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Show GQSVfCTS II JAIL lEiiraiiis Outrage Permitted by Sheriff of Salt Lake County in His Quarters. WOMAN OF ILL REPUTE MARRIES CONVICTED THIEF Son of President of Mormon Church, and Deputy County Clerk Officiate. Why tho laws of tho land aro so llttlo inspected by many citizens of Utah, why leadtTH of tho dominant church are permitted per-mitted to go unprosecuted for living In doflanco of the laws that respectable citizens citi-zens lako prido in obeying, can perhaps bo to soma extent understood after a recital of a marriage that took place at the county Jail Thursday Horo aro tho facts: Married by Prophot's Son. First of all, It Is to bo noted that this marrlago ceremony wm performed by Deputy County Clerk David Smith, an elder el-der of tho Mormon church and a son of Joseph F. Smith, president of tho Mormon Mor-mon church. Bride and Groom Under Sentenco. Minerva Reoves and Herbert Williams were tho two who were united Thursday In marriage according to the authority vested in Clerk and Elder Smith Both tho bride and groom are under sentenco In tho county Jail, and tho ceremony was performed In tho quarters of Sheriff Emory, Em-ory, whllo ono of his deputies acted as best man. After being married both wero returned to their cells to continue their sentences. Hard to Understand. It Is scarcely conceivable that under tho known circumstances In tho caso officers of-ficers who are sworn to uphold the lawn of their country should permit such a marriage. Tho Reeves girl was an in-mato in-mato of a houso of ill repute, who dur-h.g dur-h.g a quarrel with hor alstor, who occupied occu-pied the came station, shot at her. the bullet going wldo of Its Intended mark. She oscaped with the light sentenco of six months' Imprisonment. Williams Convicted Thief. Herbert "Williams Is serving a sentence on conviction of potty larceny, ho having, hav-ing, while Intoxicated, as it is alleged, robbed tho room of an occupant In his lodging house. Such marriages ns the one cited aro a shamo and disgrace to tho good pcoplo of Utah and the offlcer who permitted It to take placo In tho county Jell, as alro tho one who performed tho coromony, should resign tho ofllccs which they have disgraced. |