| Show BELLE HARRIS Ws WE take following paragraph from the chicago limes belle harris a polygamous wife at salt lake has hab been teen thrown into prison for refusing to tell tho the grand jury who is the father of her child the work of exterminating polygamy goes gobs bravely on none of the self confessed ista have been arrested it la is true but ono one of the victims is ia safe under lock and key and the arrest of bome some polygamous young one uncertain asto who its mother ia may hourly be expected blessed is saint jerome Ed mundel the rimes times ought to know the facts in the carrington case cue while belle harris li la being half roasted in the pen for not telling an attorney whether she was waa a mairlen woman oi or not J B carrington who had bad been clearly proven guilty of bigamy having baving admitted the marriages marri aget agea ol of which no ho was accused was turned loose to deceive other women in the same garne way he pretended ho he had been divorced but the judge of the court where the divorce was claimed to have been granted swore he made no decrees decree the clerk swore no such decree had been given and the records were produced as sis evidence that none had been entered his was a clear case of bigamy under both the act of 62 and the edmunds law but ho be was a gentile and was set let at liberty wo we have made some remarks more than once on tho the assumption of the functions of the grand jury by deputy prosecuting attorney zera snow A letter just received from one of the grand jury before which beile beila harris was taken cor ro borates our statements he says the attorney did not inform the grand jury in regard to the case before it but just went ahead on his bis own responsibility and asked the question for refusing to answer which the lady was committed the fea dealings lings and views of the grand jury were not consulted and as its were not lawyers they just submitted to the actions orthe of the attorney attorneys without question or objection not knowing their powers nor the limit of the attorney a author ity he will know better bettor another time and we hope hops every citizen called and sworn to servo serve on a grand jury will learn something of his own rights and not allow them to be usurped by any attorney no matter how much authority he be may the following letter which came cams to hand to today day speaks for itself colorado july 2nd and 1883 editor demmet netos s Sir Enclosed find ten len dollars for the benefit of that nobie cobie woman belle harris we aho also forward ten cents to be given to zera snow on condition that ho he will promise on oath to spend the amount on jongh on Rate bind hind and take the barnd baraw within one hour after he be receives the tho money yours truly horkin HOPKIN the sta eta stampa stamps amps are on hand for the gentlemen for whom they are intended whenever they are wanted and the guaranty is in given to abide by the conditions query if belle hsrris harris was sent bent to the penitentiary for the purpose of upholding the dignity degnit v of the Court courty has bas not the dignity been held up by one weak woman with a baby in her arms about long enough in this hot weather westher wea wen ther |
