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Show JAMES CAMPBELL IS GIVENJHREE YEARS Polygamis. Enters a Plea of Guilty in Judge Arm- ! strong's Court. FIRST WIPE TALKS OF CONTRACT ENTERED INTO Believed There Would He No Trouble if She and Plural lame Here. 3aoi Campbell, the man Who, acting H upuii the ndvloe of Mormon elders, took H In marriage llftcoti-ycar-old Mary Cry. his firt wife's lister (the ceremony being of the moun tain -aide variety with Camp- H bell b first and lawful wlfo for a wltneM), H ii .s 1,1 1 ti R.-nt to Hi.' Utah Slate prison P for a period of three yean. Campbell H was arrested on Saturday , was held to H 1 Die Dlstrlci court by Judge DIohl oi i Monday and was sentenced as stated abu e bj Judge Armstrong on Thursdaj H Deputy Sheriff Joe Sharp took Campboll PBBBV X" the penitentiary Thurbdaj afternoon. BBBBl after tii' latter had been allowed to BBBBB spend how at the county Jail with H ids wosplng wife and live small children, i h youngest babe of two months BBH Mary Cry, the piurui wife did not appear BBH at the Jull. To a Tribune reporter who BB oalled al tha bou PI ursds) afternoon, BBB the plural wife H 1 Can't Understand it All BJ BBBBB "I can t understand what all this BbBB manna. Why have they sent Jim to Jail BbBB win n he has only done what other Mor- B mons have done? K eaai i was told this BbBB morning by a Monnon vmhiiiiii who railed BlBB and talked nice to no- that a great many BM Mormons still live with a number of BlBB wives. Bhe said that Shi was a firm be- Bfl Hover In Mormotdsm and waa now a BlBH ui' inbcr of the church, but that sh" BM i jd n i believe In polygamy. She said the BlBV president of the church pi III lived with BS more than om wife and that she thought In was setting a bud example for others all over the country. Another lady called who was not a Mormon She s.ihl the sain ut the Mormon woman about polygam) They both said 1 was not to blame for what has happened, and both thought that Jim would not now be In trouble but for lh example set by some Of the church OfTlOlals and the advice given him by ihe elders In Colorado. Never Want9 to See Temple H "I came here wtth my stater and her Bg hunbatid SXpSOtlng 10 becijtpn a member Bj of tii' Mormon churoh l believed thut BlBj the contract wo dud entered Into tip In BlBa ihr mountains would protect us. Now 1 never want to sea the temple, either the I outside or Inside. 1 can't underteand why Jim Is In prison." Contract Disappears. The contract, which contained the names Of Mr and Mrs James Campbell and Mary Cry, and which was signed by all three while they were up on the mountain side and inking upon themselves them-selves th- only obligations to a marralge ceremony that ware at their command, has disappeared. When last seen It oc- iplcd a place between the leaves of a Bible bjt u is not there now. and the two slstcra do not know what has bc-comt bc-comt of It. It ma have been lost. It Is barely possible that It was stolen. At any rut" tho valuahh paper has disappeared. disap-peared. First Wife Makes Statement To a Tribune reporter Mrs Campbell paid- "1 don't undorsland why the trial ssjjjjm was had so sudden or why I had no B chance to be there; The tirst l knew BB about It was when word woe sent to mo BB thai I should call at the county Jail at B I' o'clock, and whi n I got then 1 found B 1 1 1 1 -1 1 I ' r 1 1 1 i . I - BM lei llary. 1 have never -1 1 right about BB the way Jim was living with both my J sister ami myaolf, but w in n hi told me BB thai it was ail right arid spoke of what BB the elders had kjiI.i to him about it. ( sup- BBBBj post d, of course, there would be no BM trouble That was whj we came to rtah, BBBB In order to bo where n would bo pro tected i never thought it was right, t"n BB consented to it after what my husband said about tii' older He seamed sure BBH that he wan doing right." Detective Shannon Talks BBB -To a Tribune reporter Thursday even ing Detective Shannon said "Campbell admitted U Ilia Saturday night that he eanif hen' in r uin'- ho thought thut be BB OOtlld live In polygamy In this State, and BB because he found he couldn't llva in Col orado with two wives He nid ho ex- BB nected lo J -i r, th hurch and claimed hs believed in the Mormon religion, not atom because he expected that polygamy could bo practiced, but for other reasons BBh H Family Provided For. B A nurabrr of people who read In Tho BB Tribune of tin i.-sil 1 1 u t condition of the family, have sent articles of clothing. BM bedding groceries, fuel and money to Uirni Sufficient supplies have been sent to keep the Ms!.t and the five Campbell ; children from want tor some time, but because neither ol tha women are in eon-BB eon-BB (Ution to an) worli other than caring lur the Children, and will not be for some BB time to come, they are still practically BM left to the oharlti of kindly disposed par- cons, and contributions will be thankfully thank-fully rocoived at an) time. Cash dona- tlonn con be left at The Tribune office, ij and all such will be turned over to tho family. In speaking of the future, which nt best looms up dark and dreary to both BM women, Mrs. Campbell said ! May Give Up Children. "I am afraid that I will have to give BB up mv children The last thing Jim said j was to keep them with me, but how can l Bjt do this? Ti r five of theni, Includ ing the baby nod I could not, at the .iml, hrn more than mv board and room, for my health Is VOrj jxior " H Certainly a Sad Case. And aa Mrs. Campbell ccam d speaking bo the reporter and spoke s rord or two M ol comfort to tha children who were lug ging at her dreai and asking why papa BB 1 Idi '1 com i home, tears came to her ayes M A woman of but 28, hei hair is fast bo- MBBJ coming gray, and th deep linea on her MBBJ face speak- louder than words of the ln.- BB presalon that thi (aal few Months iavi BBb in:, i" upon her. Is n Good Mother. 1 Mrs Campbell In not an . .1 ica.1 ed BBV vomiin. That she Is and alwayp has I been a true wife and a i mother no BBm one who sees her will question Sho can- BBB not understand all that has happened. BBB Bho knows that, In order to protect her BBB flster and the man who Is not deserving BM r her lovi ihe has been dragged into I 1 a condition that was iiltasteful to her I j That she has i.-en made irons thwn a. .1 widow as n r 'lit of hi r husband's acta BBB )io one knows let than she Elders Said All Right. I HI Btandlnsj out boldly before her. whetbat I BM aaleop or awake, are the words Of her BM husband: "Tin- eiders told me It would BB be all right In the eyes of the church BJ that many members of the church I BJ , . lived In polygamy " She sees again that BB Trlti to tho mountain side and once more HBfl "he slgiirt a paper, against hirr bettor .BM judgment, because her husband has bean B I converted to the Mormon faith und the BM I cUlcra have said: "The church thinks It I I IS all right," ' TV Will Never Forget Scene. HBfl Ttitdght and tomorrow night, and for HBfli rrtontliH iLnd ea.rn to come, nhe will re- (; . BJ TAmbvr that scene In the county lall. BHBJ When the dtputy walked away with ".llm." her husband, the father of her Children, to place him In thr. Suiie penl-i.ntluiy penl-i.ntluiy for three ve.irs Sh doesn't un- deratand it all now she never win Does Not Understand. The longer she lives In Utah the less sh. win on. h i stand why Jim wns taken away, for If she put keep her eyes open aha will sec. not one, but a large number of men, coming awoy from first this house and then the one around the corner. and In each doorway that they enter groups of little children win run to them miii ii. th n papa. But "Jim" win still be confined within th. wails of tha State -prison while the o..ii wife and true, tha mother who gave everything that no shame might come upon hei children hi f i ' mand or slater will le pa.rtcd from her babies. It Is. Indeed, a sad story. How Story Wns Received. As an example ,f how the story as told In The Tribune was received, It may he fald that both Democrats and Republicans Republi-cans have been heard to ay that tb election of the American party will go a long ways toward making Mich conditions Impossible that us soon as they uro in power the news will lx spread broad -01 St aw to th true conditions hare, and It will l.o possible to bring guilty parties to justice, One man, a Democrat, and the brad of li large family of children, said: Hnvo Changed Their Minda. "Mj four sons and 1 have been talking this thing over and we have changed our tolnds about voting for Morris. We are going to vote for the parly wlvlch will i. so every ipportunllv to punish lawbreakers. law-breakers. io matter who they are, and that parly Is the American party We want no more cases like the Cujiipbii OSSa N e want no more men sent to prison for doing what others do, bul who are nol molested." Campbell Arraigned. Campbell wns arraigned In Jiwle Armstrong's Arm-strong's court shortly after io o'clock Th irsdny morning, and, after the in- Cormatlon t barging him with having illicit ri '.aliens with a kIH under the age of const con-st nt had bevn read, he was asked If he wanted time to plead. His reply was In the affirmative, and Judge Armstrong then uaked him If he had an attorney. Attorney Is Appointed "No, I have no attorncty." was the r ply "Aro you able to employ an attorney." the court then asked. "No ' said the defendant. i "Well you are entitled In nn attorney.' attor-ney.' the court mild, "and I will appoint one for you. I believe It better for you to have one." Judge Armstrong then appoint, ap-point, , s I' Armstrong and gave ( amp-bell amp-bell until November 9 to placid Campbell Changes His Mind. Campbell was taken from the courtroom, court-room, but within thirty minutes he was back again having decided, after being arraigned that he would bi tter enter a plea of guilty and have the matter terminated ter-minated to that extent. Upon Campbell's return to the courtroom court-room IMstrht Attorney Ixiofbonrow Informed In-formed the court that the defendant de-Birsd de-Birsd to change his plea, and the necessary neces-sary order waa made. Wants to Change Plea. "Do you desire to change your plea?" the court nkd the defendant "I do," was the reply "Do you understand that a plea of guilty meuns a term In the penitentiary for you" tin urt continued. "Yes, 1 understand that." "You understand, do you, that you are entitled to an attorney to defend you If you wish lt" "Yes " "And you do not want a trial?" "No." Plea of Guilty Entered. A plea of guilty was then entered by Campbell, and he wns asked the usual question as to whether he knew any reason why sentence, should not be wl .SM I I In reply to ihls question Campbell, with liars streaming down his fac. said to the court thnt he hail always been a hard-working man. and that he had never committed a. crime, or been In a court be fori He 'so laid thnt. he had been a sufferer wiih rheumatism for a number of years, and at tlmea had "spoils" during which he hardly knew what he was doing. Lived With the Girl. Then coming down to tho gist of the matter. 'amplell said that he had lived with his alster-In-law with the consent of tha girl and her sister his wlfo but that he wns not married to her He had been living with her about six months, he added, having come to Salt Lake about the middle of (i.-tober No ceremony cere-mony of any kind whatever, he added, had ever been performed At this p.. hit I I h t r I . t Attorney T,nof-bonrow T,nof-bonrow Interrupted to ask if the agreement agree-ment ria nt loncd w as In w riting Campbell Camp-bell replied that It wit" not. In conclusion I'umpbell snld that his Wlfl was not In good health, and that she and thflr fle children were dependent depend-ent upon him for support, anrl he hoped th court would be as lenient as possible. Thiee Years in Pen. District Attorney Loofbourow, when nked by ihe court if lie had any comment com-ment to make replied that I 'ampbcll's statements to the court worn snb-stnntlnllv snb-stnntlnllv tie m as had been nin.li to him by the defendant, and he onlj Wished to add that. In his opinion, three years In prison would be about the proper sentence. Judge Armstrong took a similar view of the matter, and sentenced Camphell to three years' Imprisonment In the State prison The prisoner was taken to the penitentiary In the afternoon. |