Show OGDEX ITEMS One Lair for the entt fn1 1 thiT fur X0on rrcratmrep Cn cn 4eL1 The ease of the United States against A G Washburn pro Sll yond all question that there Is one law for Mormons and another for non3formons I have witched this case with dose attentions ihd will trouble your rtfulcrs t lt1h a simple narration of the facts in con nection with I A G Washburn l a young man apparently of some 30 years of age Birdie Booth l a young giil under 1G Washburn had been employed as a tslegrflrjli Operator I tfi e me busing BirdIes finffbr re metlfflt I PrlJr < ilenas also found employ nt hl the Western fnlou bfilte I WashburiihBJlhbihhO n her for I oVfetlWlr years In the beginning l I of September Birdies father had 1 his Suspicion groused ansI on the cVVnlnJ of llie loth of that nWnth he bad Washburn arrested j and placed lu the cells Of the city I police clUce but no evidence vas brouuced against him and be was ruuce U rk Next day Birdie made n I confession and Wa hburn wan ar ntosi on n charxB of forulcalloti and brought before Commissioner r Cross Mere Birdie gave her testimony testi-mony without thC slightest JieJlri lion and with auooJnetA wlilbh was Jjery JuJpitihg 1n one S young iihburn had moreover made damaging dam-aging admissions to the deputy rearsnal when he arrested and was a ant I may her state that among his friends arid ncquaihtances Wash burn doser once attempted to deny his ult He was bound over to await the acton of the grand Jury When the case came before this august body Binlio agaIn gave her testimony without any hesitation r and a true bill was found agaInst A B Washburn Duringthe whole of hst wttk tht air was fnllolrdmtirli ftboUt this c and tarefal people boldly atctted lhal it was certain t collapse The ase was reached on Saturday morn I ing and a jury duly tmr < anyed and awcSm W ur ylt As tno first and principal witness Birdie was placed on the stand and examined by deputy Prosecuting Attorney an When called on to answer ho same question which 3t hd freely aliswer jilllwitr5 tcTore she sddelr 1 ined with energy J t minorand refuse to answer aid claim the protection of the judge and jury This caused some surprise and Mr Evans boldly assorted 1hatd dlh sorted that the witness had been tampered come to wUhanl an umlenlndln to answer b > it declined from what ppwirnl knot unnaturally to b a Ruling thahie The judge now rdered tho ttdrl room cleared none emIulng except the attorneys in the case and the representatives of the press but Birdie still declined to answer Judge Henderson and At torney Evans held a consultation Evans sold This is not my case It L was brought to toe ana I simply want CS dtf my duty hero IS a feeling outside of this Couri that there f one law for Mormons Mor-mons and another for Gentiles and I do not wish t b a party to It JudgcHendcrsonUicnsaid Well Mr lrans your question I a proper one and ought t b answered but his girl is very young and I do not i If tr h 10 eel like committing her Mr Evans What If It was a case of unlawful cohabitation Judge Henderson Well Unit would b different if the heinous rime of a marriage ceremony had been gone through that certainly would make an alteration What do you wish Mr Evans Mr Evans I wish t take no re ponslbllity Sir li II Rogers attorney for Vashbum then asked the Judge to direct the jury to find a verdict of not guilty but this he refused and Imply dismifjied the case Thus ended what had been the ilk of Ogden for some three months Ogen Wosnburn is I aprominenttociety man by no means the worst of his lass No feeling of horror was ex resscd by any r them rf i act he was rather extolled I and praised by his companions No feeling of I phly was given expression to for poor Birdie Both She could b lade a toy and used with impunity for the gratification of brutal passion p alone and all this with impunity always providing that the heinous crime of a marge ceremony cme had been omitted There cane can-e no doubt in my mind that If either Birdie Booth or A Y Wnshburn had been Mormons Mor-mons Birdlq would have been compelled to answer and Washburn would have been In jail but there 1 one law for Mormons and another for Gentiles |