| Show UNDER THE EDMUNDS LAW JOHN ic C GRAY CRAY EVADES THE QUESTION BUT GETS THE FULL imprisonment MORE segregated indictments this morning was the time fixed for bishop H herman grether john P sorensen Soren seu george B wallace and jonn joan C gray to appear in the third district court to plead to indictments found against them by t e grand jury bishop was tic n i present as he fie on f received cei I 1 ed notice late are last and as yh be h had d twenty two miles to travel did not reach the city in time for court th this s morning so his case was deterred until til this afternoon as was also that ot of brother wallace who was detained from the same reason when JOHN C GRAY was called a gentleman apparently seventy years of age whose feeble step and pale face indicated that he be was in poor health came forward in fact when mr gray was arrested a couple of weeks ago he was too sick to be present at a preliminary examination he was arraigned on an indictment alleging that irom november be 1 1883 to october 16 1886 he had lived with elizabeth H R gray and mary newland gray as his wives contrary to law in response to the clerks question bilat is your plea to this indictment tie be said guilty I 1 presume 11 the court then asked do you wish some time or dodou do you wish to receive sentence now mr gray it may be as well now as a any time wt court u you have been indicted for the crime of unlawful cohabitation wid arid have pleaded guilty it now becomes the duty of the court to pass judgment on you have you anything go co say why sentence should not be pronounced mr gray I 1 dont know that I 1 nave have court will you in tile the future obey the law against polygamy and unlawful cohabitation mr air gray I 1 consider it the duty of every good citizen to honor ard obey the laws of his bis country court you have pleaded guilty to vlis offense will you change your conduct and obey the law in future will you live with only one wife r mr gray that is what I 1 have dose done for the last six years court wh v did you plead guilty to the of offense tense you know you pleaded guilty ailt V mr gray I 1 have not lived with my first wife court she Is your lawful wife mr gray yes sir air question is will you live with your lawful wife in chefa the future a mr gray I 1 might until ther 4 a more liberal law in utah w court you might but what is your intention mr gray that is my intention until there is a more liberal law court but suppose there never is a more liberal law mr gray grav I 1 do not intend to break brea k any statutory fory law court do you intend to obey the law mr gray I 1 do not intend to vialate it court will you obey it mr gray I 1 have only lived with mith one wife what is the law court it is to uve with lawful wife and her alone and not to assoni acci ate with any other woman as your wil wife mr gray I 1 could not live with her I 1 would have bave to build a and live alone she is a delicate woman sad and is IB court you do not appear to be a robust man and it would seem a delicate man and a delicate woman could live in the same house you do 10 not seem willing to 10 obey the law what is your means to pay a fine mr gray 1 lama am a es cai rp penter enter I 1 have 25 a month rent coming in the court thereupon sentenced benten ced the defendant to imprisonment in the penitentiary for six mont monley lis and to pay a flue fine of 50 ile he was taken in custody by the marshal HERMANN GRETHER ot of the tenth ward waid was then called the indictment against him charges that he has lived with E ediza liza grether and anva ania gratner as his wives ivea and is divided into five counts W by the segregating method of the crusaders ernd crud der the bovere covered d by bv tile the I 1 counts are areas as follows nov 1 1682 to may 81 J june u ne 1 to dec 31 1881 1884 jan 1 to july 31 1883 aug 1 1885 to fob feb 28 1886 1866 march 1 1886 to october 91 1886 the defendant entered a plea of not guilty and bail was fixed at the indictment farind a against 9 ainest JOHN P of the eighth ward waid contains three counts during the period named be was absent from the country about two years he is charged discharged v with ith having baving lived with bis big wives eva M mor tenen and anna helgren hortens vor tens en from nov 1 IM 1883 to oct 81 31 1884 nov 1 1884 to oct and oct we toe last count bouat covering a period of 0 but IS 18 days he entered a plea of not guilty and gave bonds in the sum of 2000 io to ap pear pearlor for trial when court convened his bis afternoon H H HAWTHORE the gentile polygamist was arraigned on a charge of having on august 24 1886 married miry mary wann while he baa hac a wife livin living mary buckley whom he married at maidstone kent en england land on the ath of june 1885 the the defendant will plead on tuesday next GEORGE B WALLACE of granger salt lake county was next arraigned on a charge of unlawful cohabitation with his bis wives hannah davis wallace and martha dalis wal lace tile indictment contains two counts from november 1 1883 to dec 31 and jan 1 ISM 1885 to oct 28 the defendant pleaded not guilty his bail was fixed at 2000 BISHOP L E H of f bluffdale Bluff dale pleaded not guilty to a 4 three count indictment charging him wita unlawful cohabitation with his wives mary A and sarah T Croas crossgrove grove the periods named bained in the counts are nov 1 1883 i to oct 31 81 1884 nov 1 1884 to oct 31 1885 and nov 1 IM to sept 80 am he gave 1500 bail |
