| Show i KENNEDYS 1 rL PLURAL L M MARRIAGE I t Told fold Apostle t Was Admitted t She Sh c cJ cd J Refused to Teasdale Teas d I C Positively Perform Ceremony WOULD NOT HUT AUTHORIZE IT j Wormed at nt t All MI as ns s the Could Cou Id Sot Not ot be 1 Church Had Done Away With It I APOSTLE LYMAN ON THE STAND STANDI I Charles E i Merrill Admitted Ii lie L They Were With All MI Their Families at Present P r Special specIa 5 P to the thC News Nes Washington I IJ C March hearIng t progressed pr rapid tour lour iy I y During the thC t C examined two of ot cs re e d her mother them tern h M r Kennedy ennedy wm ere d from rom further attendance Tho The and I charged paid Mid their fees tC i committee commit lee was wa late I In netting getting together r ns as R unal Even 1 H n Atty Att lIy faler fa er tailed failed to toas appear until un 10 1040 40 0 and nOli there were only on I t live Ie members I Jers of oC the Iho committee In Iii their t theira I IC I r I a fats eats when Irl again took too k 4 the t Ie Ie stand tand sa I nd That the Iho ordeal she sho io had hat 1 gone one through I h ro Uh was van a II I severo ever one ono was wa a s op Tarent arent to every person In the room and nn d 4 Ihen hen at nt last i sho ho was WIlS wa to Join her cr Infant and her mother In the room LI cj 01 c the her hel cheeks checks were tre wet with Uh tears anti and her face ace was u bed to a R crimson hue Her Hel testimony the fact that many mony lOOn today tay IN brought n out 1 1 h hc did not tell tU the man vho rho ho married marr I Cl ClIe 1 4 her Ie that her already nl nd had ono one oneie ie nor was wa the abe advised eta tie toti lold her Mr of o the fact She Rho made one which somewhat 1 the Ih damaging character of at her state meats menti o of which was waa to 10 the tho effect that her mother ther had told her that Apostle TM had positively refuted to t V perform a n marriage ceremony cremon be bo botten gi teen neon Johnson and herself anti and had Imd dc do declared 4 dared that such auth a 0 thing could not be bo bedone 1 done CHARLES S E 1 I Mrs Mathews took look the tho stand L diaries Charles K E 1 Merrill was called c upon up n and ond u m AI WM VM 8 the aso with President Smith surprised ur the tho committee with the Ce he displayed In answering nil 1111 itt The Tho only ony Important fact elicited from him hint was that tho tio core cero many loony ihl h united him to Chloo Chloe lien Hen drick was performed by y his Merrill In 1891 and that he had hada a 1 living at nt tho time to ho he was married In Iii list but of ot which mar rl riago go his hla father r might nol no have been Mare as a his oio of ot 1881 iss Annie D was at nt tho time living with her r parents on n a Satin and had borne him Ern no children MM MilS KENNEDYS KI MOTHER Mr Mrs who followed Mr Mer till that lint during her hr residence it I m lit Dim sue she he became acquaint H M with Ith Johnson who subsequently 1 L m mamed her daughter In Jaurez about j t to o years h fore or that marriage Dur Durf log IlIg f one CM ne year of ot that time limo she ha hrut l re ro I I urged ur cd to marry her hp it tn to Johnson V 1 but hut ho tie ir I it 1 N had hu ally r replied ht stich core cero 1 I not be performed as nN It II was Willi waso iIII o III law MV of 01 the tho Church After t UIA manner mallner In III which her hera a u Johnson and his A ATU rrt wit 0 Jaurez dc do 1 I Claret thi thoL her daughter had never ne cr told 1 her Iler or of hr and l she it had no to i M i It 8 ot of It from frum from all They Ihy Were ere gone goi 11 1 dEl da said Mrs Mn Matho Mathes They n d dror vp up to 10 tho Iho tim door ono one morn I I log Ing jaw aM Johnson stayed a l day days and J J wm night and 1111 my followed I the th to following November l I never oll It If they ero married E LYMAN ON O THE Tm STAND STANDi s M i Irman w was t the io fourth and nd bt kt durin tho session Uko Othy n of or the ChUIch Church Mr SL wred 11 tho the volley ot of f Q quell que e 4 lions Italian J J 4 nt at him hIti without apparent lies hes In every instance lb freely reely ad all u his hb J and K lIIa inae e no RM P to excuse o his hits admitted t r o of th ho law except when ho hi do de d II 1 that hll IM born In ln and from it th time ho y hal had wn wa nl ot t alro bee cd In the Iho r of rny that ho he felt tolt In h ht heart ani aM ul that the tho q of Dt principle prinCipIa POlygamy J m wn true 1 NH IRS K myS 1 I i IC To Ph c tHy Al 1 f J March dabel Clara d In tho Ih the to ttO Hrell Smoot Ih ease on Pris ro fur th Mr n ot thA to And t th a nil as s for her marriage being Ale o At nt at the tho Me and In I t t DIaz Where she Ahe Mormon I r or at no She Bho Pall Mitt Aha I llo anti had no tern an attempt to 10 the tto I 3 fp 1 she did PerfOrmed not lell I n b to h hom noth IJ bho 0 to bo be that tKo I IH H 1 1 I f ALLOWANCE A CI i FOR WITNESSES 4 IN IX SMOOT CASE CASEI i I Special to the tho News 4 D C March M reh 8 S X Witnesses In the tho Smoot hearing 4 learned today for tor tho the frAt first 1 just what they tile the are uro to receive rec In lit Inthe x the tIe of ot fees teeR Mrs Irs Matthew 4 and Mrs Kennedy Kenned were each al allowed alt t lowed railroad fare tart meals meats sleep sleepIng Ing lag car cur fare und thir thirteen teen days nt ut a u day each J 4 x They arrived only on oit Sunday but butt t under the law enacted since eluce the thet ij t Clark Investigation they were t I entitled to live 10 days da pay Imy each ch j 1 way 0 In lieu of ot mileage formerly allowed This will shil be the basis f 4 I of or payment for tor all 1111 other witness ssi cs II I H I 4 had another wife am so far tar as she knew kness those thoKO performing the thc ceremony tilt did not know th marriage was to bo be a II plural one Later Inter Mr Worthington asked Mrs Kennedy If It she sho Ild not know that ap up application lm had l been beell made ninde to AlJ and that ho lie had refused to Conduct or to the plural mar marriage marriage What did ho ray Fay Fa asked Mr Worth WorthIngton Ington lie H It could not nol be ha done ns as all alt that hurt had been boen done dono away with said Mrs Kennedy INCONSISTENT NT STATEMENTS STATI Mr Worthington called attention to 10 the Inconsistency of o 0 the statements and ond ho ha asked d why wh dm sho had paid alti she did not know knoss a Ii i request had been made to an another another other person HI 1 dont know kno how I happened to say sa that cold eald the tho witness Continuing she hc said with some Horne emotion It was 18 not pleasant plC for tOI mo me to think about those e things and I tried to tInt put them the aside I tried to forget nil all I J could about It ItIn itI In I response to further from rOm Mr III Taylor Tayler the tho witness wild said her mother told h hia of o tho the request of ot Apostle Teas reas Teasdale dale dalo and that she nho had no other know knowl edge edgo of or the Attempt to get him to per per form the Iho ceremony SON Charles CharieR F Ii I Merrill a II son Fon of Apostle Merrill wo WM then called culled to 10 the stand Ho Ito said paid ho was WI s as tho the son BOH of ot his fathers third plural wife and Is himself a n al nu l u In to questions I concerning his hla hl own marriages Ir Merrill said he lie was married first arlit In mi 1 to 10 n a wife wI hod hiu died In 1889 and that he lie married hla his legal wife Chloo Chloe Hendricks In III 1891 and had five the chit chil children dren tren by her tier Ho lie married another In III the ceremony being performed I In tho Logan temple by XI M 2 C son He tIc hits hns had four tour children by h 1 that wife wire the oldest olde t of which Is J 0 years and find the th youngest st 2 years yearn Their mothers name namo was wall Anna Ann 11 R Stoddard St Tile Tho to my legal II ul wife In 1591 Hild said Mr Ir Merrill by b my lilY father Were ere you ou living with Anna nM II n Sled 1 danl daril when you OU married the woman whom you call your our legal Ira was IT I J although nit hough she sho hind had no house l Sho Sue stayed at nt the home of or her fattier father and her hel mother and amI tofu I 1 lived with my 11 mother the witness In answer to 10 questions from Clinic Choir Chairman nina man Mr Merrill sold said he lie has hai hI now to two tw 0 wives and Is cohabiting with both Senator l asked the witness Is It not the woman you OU married notified In III your oUr legal I gal wife wl 7 No sir Mr Merrill explained that when he lIP martiNi married In Ill 1883 he ho had hall a wife living using and out that he understood that under the lawn that was wall not legal and nut that therefore his marriage In 1891 1691 after the tho death of o his first In 1839 made mada his hits last Illat a 0 legal one Olle CEREMONY Senator Overman naked for tor a de do description of ot the ceremony In Iii 1558 tho the witness declared that ho tie could not remember how It was VLIs per performed formed formell except that ho hi went vent to 10 tho the temple templo In iii Logan and It was wa performed there In lii response to tn a question by b Senator Dubois Dubols Mr Merrill there thero thereS wan Willi S no nl 71 marriage Issued no record or any all documents document of or any nil kind BO Ito far ns os he ho knew Ho lIe said Mill there thero WAil ivas no urn music no ho prayer and alit no flO questions that he ho could remember There Thero was WIS nothing but hut the marriage ceremony ho tie said with emphasis Well ehi tell us about thinS that several members of or tho lie committee demanded I 1 cannot repent repeat It H said uld the tho witness Do lo 1 0 you mean menu to ray pay Fn that you OU do donot not miot know the ordinary marriage core cere ceremony many mony muon In your our Church naked asked Senator limit Hoar severely Yes YeK I 1 know answered the witness And thai lint what IS asked 1 ho he h was asked The witness said It was Ho Be was told to 10 give the tho substance of ot It Ho lie said ho lie his hits stood up and Joined hands Then they made you OU promise sonic some something I thing Old did they not Inquired Senator Hour Yes es sir air 1 1 Hut But you OU have base forgotten what It was wan tho the senator remarked with a II aOh I Oh no I 1 have mae not forgotten paid said Mr Ir Merrill lie Ho then Mid that he had hlll promised to tu love lose cherish and aull sup SUllo support port JOlt the woman And did II hI you yell continue to 10 cohabit with her utter jitter you OIl married the time woman you call mil your legal wife Chairman Time Tho witness wild said he lie lived with both wives vises but that hilt they the had lint different homes at lit Richmond Utah about a it 1 You ou aa Kay you were living hivIng with your our mother when you were married this the sec end ol l time Where your fat her Apostle Merrill nt at that unto time he lie ON TUB 1111 Ho lie was wan on the tho underground most moil of ot tho the time home Hild the tho witness jocularly do you mean by h on the Iho un under nuked Mr Ir Worthington lie He wan WAH In iii hiding Why Wh was 11 ho hu In iii hiding M asked the I about that time lima thero there were i going on oil for polygamy I Mr Merrill Morrill answered Ho Ito said that of ot I ho tie would not see eo hili fl for tor torn I n it l Mr monti tr said stub that lie he had taken n his hili I 1888 1188 wife to his mothers mother homo home atonally but hilt that she sho had nor never stayed I nit nil night there thero that so 80 far a ilK as ho he I know knew his fattier father did not know that ho lie I had a n wife already when ho was sins 10 mar marriot riot by b hl lila f father 10 to tIme tho woman he hI calls I his hla legal leral wife Mr Mc Merrill said his bi rather father I is till still liv tog Ing and Is III 1 still tilh apostle nn an tle of or the thc Church hurch but that he lie Is very vcr ery feeble t ble In regard to 10 lila bis fathers athers family Mr Merrill said he hud hail n a father with six 81 wives anti that he hind had 20 O brothers and Rud 17 sisters ll ter lie He was asked how ninny many mAn nephews and nieces he had antI and said he tie did know but thought there were weN more than My M oilier father lives with his first wife and comes lomes to th the Koine Hono of ot my 01 mother probably W hot more than once alice a month he ho said sold My 1 father hither Is IR n R very ery busy bu y man the th witness ilu supplemented Mr Merrill thought three of at his hIli 1 brothers tutu had married plural wives and 1 that two of at his hii sitters sisters bud married Into polygamous families MRS M tS KENNEDYS MOTHER CALLED Tho The to the tho stand Mr tIr Matthews of ot Utah Ulah mother of ot Mrs irs Clara CIRra Mabel Ken Jen Kennedy nedy ned Mrs Matthews mitt she Rhe hie had hind been belli beena bellia a member of at n a Mormon family for 23 25 2 years and la Is n a Mormon herself herMIt Sho She has been n a plural wife hut hilt Is Iii l not now nosY Mrs Kennedy Is IR the child chillI of ot Mrs Irl Mat It first husband huband and amid was Wl born be before before fore tore Mrs lt Matthews became n a Mor rOt Mormon mon moo Mrs Matthews said Raid Mrs Irs Ken Kennedy I en enned nedy ned Is 26 6 or 27 2 years old lId and amid lint had gone Kono to Dma Diaz with her parents 16 years ago ngo MOTHER HAD JID NO Mrs Irs Matthews raid Eald that living nt at Dma Diaz she sho hail hal known MI Mr Johnson for tor two years ears prior to 10 his hili marriage to her daughter and that she sho lund hat hilt had nn no III objection to her laughter daughter becoming his plural plum I wife Ite She Sho remembered well tho thio marriage of ot Johnson to her tier daughter and fixed the tho date duto definitely In May In 1894 1891 He lie just asked askell me nio It If I J was ns willing that he lie should marry marr my m Iii daughter and andI I J said Mid yes es said Mid the tho witness She Rho wonted to until she was 18 IS hut but ho lie was Willi not willing She saw naw haiti both Mr III Mrs Ar Johnson the first wife wll when they the and the daughter who was to 10 be become como come the second wife left lert for tor You knew they the wern ivere going to 10 Juarez Yes Did you know lenow your our daughter sas to tobo tobe bo be 1 0 married then to Johnson JohnsonI I J did not Where did you suppose she was go going going ing 1 OIt OItI I r did not nol know Then Than you did dill not see her married lOa I did not Has Jl A she ever eel told you OU tint hat she was marriott to Johnson thou then She Sho tiM hM M not hot I J never neot asked her These TheM Cu were store put by Mr Fay Tay leI her when ho h concluded Mr Worthing Worthington ton naked n a number of ot questions Cue by which tIme the fact vas IM brought out that Apostle hud had advised d her against her hor to conus Il n t plural on time the ground triva Im It wan tho law buy of ot the Iho Church Mr Mrs Matthews gave rome facts concerning her tier own on history luster In iii response e to questions by members of ot tim tho com She Is IA n a native of or England and living a II widow In that country had become herome to about 1885 by 11 deorge OConto harbor my cIty of er tho tIme Mormon Church She Shie nf of 0 clunn cammie to am married Harbor Barber becoming his third wife wire She hud Ii she ho sold said embraced a Is iii knowing thiat It Inculcated polygamy but when she hc became a 1 plural wife she Khe was Stan not told that polygamy iras against tIme the law of the hand MR Mil m RECALLED Mr Merrill wn sa 18 temporarily recalled questioned by Senator who said Mr Mu II Merrill do 10 you oU uphold the tho doctrine of polygamy No Xo sir was wan the tho reply Hut But you OU practise It ItI ItI ItI I do 10 tb How host do you ou reconcile tho the two state statements ments ono of ot tho th committee asked The fhe did dl not reply hut u II num nuni her Ier of the committee Illustrated by II sayIng Baying he hue like hike the man who was for tor prohibition but against the enforce enforcement mont ment of it itI I t 1 i 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