Show I Whole Community Turns Out For Polygamy Trial X r SHORT CREEK Ariz C G UP This UP-This This tiny community until three weeks ago just two words on the mapo map of Arizona today celebrated celebrated cele cele- the biggest event in its drab history a polygamy trial The isolated side-road side village nestled in the hills of Mojave county and md close clos under the peaks of Zion National park turned out the occasion n en masse for the Tile The trial Involving three me men and one woman was held in the tin schoolhouse which serves as th the educational recreational and jud judi judi eta center for the little village The Th trial H is a prosecution of three men and one woman for living i ia in ina a a. state of oC open an and notorious co cohabitation cohabitation co- co habitation n each defendant being other than the legal leal husband am and wife of the other No one in the tho community wants want i ito to be quoted All AU got their information Infer 1 matlon mation fr from m someone else Even the officials who signed the complaInt complaint com corn until the hearing hear hear- plaint said Walt Valt ing ing Originally three men and three thre 0 women were charged d with th the crime by the state slate of oC Arizona When the law sought to pluck them from their retreat however only three men and the woman could be found The other two wives had departed depart depart- ed d from the state tate J Middle of r the the road road gos gossip ip declares declares de de- clares Glares that the three e men and three women were living together tog openly without having be been n joined by the bishop of ot the church The four who faced preliminary hearing today were Price Johnson an old timer In these parts I. I C C. Spencer John Y Barlow and Silva Aired Helen Hull Hun charged with living with Johnson and Mary Roe a fictitious fictitious fie fic- fic- fic personage alleged to have haye lived with Barlow were missing The hearing will be conducted be before before be be- fore Justice of the Peace J J. M M. Lauritzen a a eyed blue-eyed old gentleman gentle gentle- map man with neatly trimmed white moustache and steel-gray steel hair who vho believes hat there is too much In Intolerance Intolerance Intolerance In- In tolerance In the world today The Thc judge prides himself on being the he original settler of Short Creek He tells you that he owns the water supply organized the first political precinct and was first justice of the peace peace many years ago The case will be prosecuted by District Attorney E. E Elmo Bollinger Bollinger Bollin- Bollin ger of oC Kingman The defendants according to ru ru- 0 I mors have admitted that they were living In sin but whether there will wUl be evidence enough to warrant them being held to answer to a n higher court was was- worrying Judge Lauritzen the the district attorney and many citizens The whole affair Is b common knowledge but no one wishes to testify Sh Short rt Creek Is a little littletown town of some sonic 50 persons 20 miles from the nearest telephone and 80 miles I from SL St George Utah the largest community in the area It is the thelast thelast last Jast outpost t of the western frontier frontier frontier fron fron- tier where cattle rustlers still hold I sway sway- |