Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-09-04 | Page 2 | Supposed Wife Sacrifice Cult Leader Bonded

SUPPOSED WirE j SACRIfiCE GUL Ti LEADER Mo Moses cs Gudmundson of West Tintic Colony Former Instructor Instructor Instructor In In- Waives Hearing on Statutory Charge NEPHI Sept 3 Moses S.-Moses Moses Gudmundson Gudmund Gudmund- son formerly an instructor at thoI tho the Brigham Young university at nt Provo Prove I who came carne In for much notoriety re recently ro- ro as a a. result of ot the tho disclosures regarding his colony where wife sacrifice sac sac- ac- ac wa was practiced Jn n tho the West Vest Tintic Tintic Tin Tin- tic district and arid who was arrested a fow few days n ago o waived preliminary hearing when he wa was arraigned before be be- be fore foro J J. C C. Cooper Justice of or the tho peace hero here and lind today nd was bound lound over o to tho the district court for Cor trial Mr Cooper stipulated that Gudmundson should file tile a 1000 bond hond to gain his liberty pending trial before the district court Tho The Casil will be heard hearl November 19 U. It was 1 thought that Gudmundson hall hail left Jett this district following the tho disclosures and ancl In a recent suit for tor guardianship of ot hl his children filed at Provo IrOy b by a relative it Jt was stated that the tho defendant wn was WAg living In Los Angles An- An geles It developed however howe that Gud Gud- was again in the West cst Tintic Tintic Tin Tin- tic district W W. ii B. B Ins Higgins district attorney of ot tho Fifth Judicial district dis dis- dis Issued a complaint charging Gudmundson with adultery and E. E 0 O. Bylund nylund chief probation officer of ot the tha district was commissioned lone l 1 to servo sen o It it Sir Mr higgins also Issued com corn plaints naming a similar charge n against David White and 4 Houtz alleged to be bo satellites of at Gudmundson Gudmundson Gud Gud- Mr r ll Bylund lund took the throe three 0 accused men into Eureka Frida Friday and brought them on to Nephi today White and Houtz like Gudmundson on were also bound over O for tor trial In the sum of ot 1090 each The issuance of the complaints i is believed cd to have hav developed from fr-am In Investigations Investigations Investigations In- In made by T. T II IL Bur Burton n Juab county attorney with several se of at his followers was ex excommunicated excommunicated excommunicated ex- ex communicated from the tho Mormon church a few months month ago ngo Ho Is al alleged al- al legetI to have ha practiced wife fice ice in which c certain men In tho the colon colony did not net respect tho the view that the they should live with their own wives only He lIe attempted to establish a n farming enterprise in tho the West Vest Tintic Tin Tin- tic tlc district but hut things thing's did not prosper prosper pros pros- per and coupled with this the the- theta ta fact t. t that tho the wife He sacrifice idea did not appeal to somo some caused the colon colony to disband Gudmundson is lg said to have hwo stated that he had a revelation lon whereby the scheme he ho proposed for the foundIng foundIng founding found- found Ing of ot the colon colony would be successful Some of ot those who Joined him hUn are re reported reported reported re- re ported to have sold their homes and andas andas andas as a n result of tho the failure of or tho the scheme are arc reported to have lost their thell all aU