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Show IP MARELAGE RECORDS. Nicholson. Failed to Bring thers With Him. tfGTON, Dec 15. August l was recalled for cross-ex-when tho Senator Smoot ion -was Tcsumed today be-enate be-enate Committee on Privl-Elections. Privl-Elections. Attorney Van Senator Smoot, asked the he had ever considered tho s taken in the Tomple as a or in the light of a vaudo-rmancc. vaudo-rmancc. ys regarded tho oaths as e said, r declared that men cannot igh the Temples to tako en-for en-for -women, istrom again gave to the corn-oath corn-oath of vengeatice. or law of , over which there has been y between witnesses. Tho is given by Mr. Wallis lh his testimony, s told the committee also of e of mutilation prescribed for the tokens or violating tho the whole congregation passim pass-im tho Temple repeated in the a the obligation and penalties ted the signs accompanying ceremony he attended, the witness said, was in 1S0S, at the Temple, when Apostle Merrill ofllciated at tho seallngs. Lectures were delivered by the witness wit-ness at the Swedish Lutheran church, in which he gave hl9 reason for leaving the church. "Wero you ever taken to task for your statements?" asked Senator Dubois, "Weir the ofllclals of the church called me a 'liar,' ' said Mr. Lundstrom. He was asked if he hall ever married in polygamy. ' "Only in a way," he replled( "Have you had a plural wife?" "Yes. sir." Then he explained that the dead woman wo-man had been sealed to him for eternity, but that he' had only lived with one wife. John Nicholson, the chief recorder of the Mormon Temple at Salt Lake City, was sworn. He proved the most reluctant reluc-tant witness of all the church oulclnls who have been brought before the com-1 mlttee. By a slow process the attorney for the protestants drew from him the fact that he keeps the records of marriages, baptisms and endowments, which are solemnized within the Temple. He explained ex-plained that the endowments are the placing upon individuals blessings that will be upon them during this life and-all and-all eternity. Nicholson "Wouldn't Tell. Attorney Taylor questioned Mr. Nicholson Nich-olson closely concerning the manner of keeping the records and obtained from him a statement that he had access to all the records, but he would not admit having authority over them, or that ho knew who Is In authority. He said he know where to find the records of all persons married within the Temple or who had taken tho endowment en-dowment and could give such information informa-tion upon demand, adding, however, that unless the person making the request re-quest was entitled to Information It would not be given to him. He said he was responsible for the safekeeping of the records and that so far as he knew no part of them had ever been taken from the Temple. "I believe you were served with a subpoena to bring all the records in the Temple?" asked Mr. Tayler. At the request of Attorney "Worthlng-ton "Worthlng-ton the subpoena was produced, which called for tho marriage records only. "Did you bring all of the Temple records?" rec-ords?" asked Mr. Taylor. "No. sir; I could not. I had no authority au-thority to do so." He added that he brought one record, rec-ord, that of the v marriages performed within the Temple. He was asked where he kept the record rec-ord of the endowment-house; marriages. He said that they were in the Temple, but that he had no authority over those nor would he admit knowledge as to who has such authority. Record of Temple Marriages. Mr. Nicholson Maid the book he brought with him contained the record of every mairlage performed within tho temple "since it opened, May 21, 189.1, and Unit records of marriages performed outside the temple are not kept within this book. On cross-examination the witness de-clarcu de-clarcu that no marriages had been performed per-formed within the temple except when the legal license had been Issued by the clerks of courts: that the marriages performed per-formed there had always been Cor time and eternity; none for time only. Mr. Nicholson also said no record of marriage ceremonies is kept by him. J. IT. "Wall Is, who was on the stand yesterday, was recalled. He said that in addition to others he had revealed the secrcis of the endowment house to a number of Salt Lake City ministers and also to other residents of that city. Among them were Drs. Page ai:d Chrls-tlansor.. Chrls-tlansor.. Referring to the statement of the witness wit-ness yesterday that the penalty for telllpg these eecrets Is to have the throat cut, Mr. Worthington asked the witness if liis (the witness) throat had over been cut. He replied in the negative. nega-tive. He hafiL been once assaulted on the street, uut did not know by whom. He also said that he la not conpected with the Mormon church "at least not ho far as I know. I told one of the bishops of my desire to withdraw." He had ceased paying the tlthlngs, hev said, slftce upon a certain occasion he had paid $-'.55 to the w ife of the bishop and had failed to get any account of it. Pie also said that Mr. Nicholson's act of giving out the ecret3 of the endowment house had much to do with the changing chang-ing of Ills esUniate of the sacredncss of tho covenants of that institution. Married to the Dead. Mr. Lundstrom at the afternoon session explained his marrlngo to. a dead woman, and nald this ceremony Is called "sealing" and was for time and eternity. He also was scaled to his legal wife, ho said, but no record of memorandum was given him. The witness said he had heard tho endowment en-dowment houso obligations administered bIx limes to congregations of from thirty to sixty persons each. Not to take tho obligation, the witness said, Is regardod as a. sign of weakness to the faith. Robes aro worn in tho ceremony. cere-mony. Thoro aro no marks on tho robes, but there aro marks on tho priesthood garments. These marks aro to remind the person of the covenants ho had mode. Tho witness said there arc marks of tho compass and tho square on tho left and right breasts, a rent like a buttonhole button-hole over Uio navel and another ovor tho knee. "When do you wear this garment?" Mr. Lundstrom wa3 asked. ' Always." lie added that tho garment was re-movod re-movod only long enough to chango to a clean one. "It Is supposed to be a nhleld against all danger, temporal and spiritual." ho said. "And tho marks are to remind you of tho obligations takon," asked tho chalr-man. chalr-man. . Tho witness answered In tho affirmative, affirma-tive, repeating that the breast marks are for tho purpose of making tho obligator remember his oath not to rovon! his covenants cove-nants under tho penally of having his heart and vitals cut out. On cross-examination he said tho marks never had been explained to him, and that ho put his own construction on them because be-cause of their association with the ceremonies, cere-monies, .i i ... Tho hearing was continued, until tomorrow, tomor-row, Ten' Subpoenas Unserved, Ten subpoenas remain to bo served In the Smoot case. Of theso half a dozen coinmnnd the presence of men and women who havo been, absent from Salt Lako City during- a year. |