Salt Lake Telegram | 1903-05-08 | Page 10 | Polygamy Affidavits Mysteriously Disappear

. . L . . . . ' i..lf I - ' " ' i ' it ...J.--! UU - --Oi . . CIi2rg:cs Against Officials cf Irrnrn-Cliurcli Seem to Have Kot Reached Department:, State. ; Mytery Furrounds th whereabouta ot Che affidavits charging President Joseph Jo-seph F. Sm!th and other high officials of the Mormon church with living In polygamy that were Bent from Salt Lake City to the Department of State at Washington ten days ago. . It waa officially announced In Wash- j lngton yesterday by Assistant Secretary Secre-tary Loomls of the State department that such documents wer on file, and the only paper that might be considered consid-ered anti-Mormon was a copy of the protest -tnade against Reed Smoot in the Senate,, which had been forwarded by a minister. "Will Not Affect Missionaries. It is the belief of many In Washington Washing-ton that the documents sent from Salt Lake are expected to Influence the Gov- ernment regarding the expulsion of the Mormon missionaries from Germany, but Mr. Loomis said the fact that President Pres-ident Smith is consorting with several wives would not nter into the question ques-tion of the expulsion of the missionaries, mission-aries, but he thought that the department depart-ment might have to consider any attacks at-tacks made on the citizenship of the missionaries. The problem is': What has become of tbse affidavits? They were, mailed In Salt Lake on April ?Sth. aiid were expected to reach the Department of State at Washington Washing-ton cot later than last Monday morning, morn-ing, i . . - it Is also set forth in these affidavits that Brigham H. Roberts, former Congressman Con-gressman from Utah, who was rejected by. Congress for polygamy, is still living liv-ing in that relation.' Charges A gainst Smith. Among other things the affidavits set fcrth that Joseph F. Smith, the president, prophet, seer and revelator of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Is now, and has for many years past, been living in open and notorious polygamy with plural wives. Five .of these wives, with their residences in Salt Lake, are given as follows: Jullna L. Smith, living liv-ing at No. 333 West First North street, where Joseph F. Smith has his residence In the directory; Edna L. Smith, living at No. 143 North Second West street. This woman is a sister to Jullna, and she it was who accompanied the president on his trip to St. Louis. The third wife Is riven as Sarah E. Smith, living at 157 North Second Wept; the fourth, Alice K. Smith, living at 127 North Second West; the fifth, Mary T. Smith, living at 66 East North Temple. The affidavit sets forth that Joseph F. Smith is the self-acknowledged self-acknowledged father -of forty-two children chil-dren by these wives and that three of the children are less than three years old.