| Show HERMAN BOUNI BOUND OVER ON THE OF LIVING WITH HIS TWO WIVES yesterday afternoon herman groe ther of the ward was arrested on a of unlawful ua cohabitation the complaint against him is signed by D W rench and alleges that from november 1 1883 to october 1 1886 he lived witti his wives caroline groe ther and anna graether Gr oether mrs caroline graether Gr oether was the first I 1 witness called by mr varian she testified that she was the defendants defendant Ps wife and had dad three children she bad known anna since 1879 since the summer of 1884 ann AEn had occupied a bedroom in witness house she had bad had two children the eldest ot of which was dead the other was an infant witness did not know of her own knowledge thit that anna was defendants wife but thought so heard a i amor in 1883 1882 that sue bad been married to the defendant anna thess graether Gr oether was the next witness mr varian asked her are you married to mr herman graether Gr oether witness 1 decline to answer mr varian have you a child witness yes ye sir mr varlan varian how old is it witness about two months old mr varian ill ask you first are you married to anyone witness I 1 dech decline ne to answer mr varian vanan second are you mai ried ned to the defendant mr herman hermaa Gr oether witness I 1 decline to answer that mr varian haye have you yon been associating with the defendant as his wife daring during the past two years wi witness t ess 1 I decline to answer answer mr varian vanan Is ho he not the father of your child witness 1 I decline to answer mr varian vanan it not net who is the father of your child witness I 1 decline to answer mr vanan Varian were you not married to him in the territory of utah during the year 1884 T V witness I 1 decline to answer the commissioner decided that the questions were proper and the witness was given a short time to consi consider der and edin the custody of the marshal mrs caroline Gr grossher Gros cether ther however suggested to her in German that she answer ve tc questions in a short time anna Gr greather Grce cather Sher was recalled and to the first four questions replied in the affirmative to the sixth inquiry she answered that she was married in february 1882 at the endowment house the witness was then subjected to a rigid cross examination by arkarian Mr Ar Varian in the hope of making her testify to the marria marriage geat at a subsequent date but the witness maintained her position and told a straight story throughout during this proceeding mr varian vanan asked ased do you believe in a god witness dessir yes sir mr vanan VaLlan do you believe in he heaven aven and hell bell witness yes sir mr varian do you believe lying a sin even when told in a court ot of this kind witness yes sir mr varlan varian do you on your conscience and before your god say that you were married to your husband two years before you went to live with him witness yes six sir mr varian do you 3 ou believe you will be rewarded in a f future state accord ain to your deeds witness yes sir mr varian do you believe polygamy to be a divine command witness yes yei sir mr varian ajo do vou believe the law against it is wrong witness 1 I guess it it is mr varian when the law of god and the law of man come in conflict which would you obey witness evidently misunderstanding him both of them mr varian do you believe this people are being persecuted for their fe Y ligion witness emphatically 1 do mrs cast and arnold thess were examined but knew very little of the case the defendant was held to await the action of the grand jur jury and gave ave b ball ail in the sum of 1 za james in e S t JO bon and james 0 petersen being tile the sureties |
