Show PLACED UNDER BONDS james jain es howard prosecuted under the edmunds law I 1 about yesterday afternoon deputy Mard marshals hals franks and cannon went to south bountiful add arrested james howard of that place on a charge of unlawful cohabitation with urs mrs juliet howard and mrs betsy howard as his wives the latter is the widow of the defendants brother william howard who died some years since and it Is alleged that she was waa marr married ed again about five years ao ago mr james howard was arrested at his own home and at the request of the deputies went over to mrs betsy howards to get et the batters lat young daughter to open the door as she and a small smal child were th the only occupants of the house and she was frightened at the deputy who came to the house and locked herself in mr howard was called before commissioner norrell today and a preliminary examination held two of the daughters daught erb and one niece of the thede defendant were examined as witnesses but knew very little of the case abe niece miss clarissa arissa Jl A howard did not answer the questions as district attorney peters wanted her to and ho exhibited considerable severity of manner several times the fol following lowin colloquy was repeated the tae attorney each time speaking very sternly mr air peters what do you ou mean by dont know you miss howard I 1 mean sir that that I 1 do not know mr peters abruptly what do you think miss howard I 1 dont think 1 mr peters sharply why denyou think miss howard because I 1 do not meddle with other peoples busia business ess that is nove none of mide anine in reply to further queries they qung 11 lady stated slated that her tather lather died vylen bhea she was quite small when she I 1 paid a visit to a trends tn tri ends enols some in parleys cadion last fl pat stated that she could not give the t h e precise date the district attorney exclaimed ashes commit committing ting penury by the wholesale 11 sh she was finally excused from the witness shaou sta 1 arct a d peremptorily ordered 4 fry the district ri t attorney to be taken ito leiato rpm room 1 the badly frightened girl was taken into the marshals ollice where she found relief in tears and was subsequently released thera being of course no reason for 13 when mrs juliet wo wood od the defendants fend ants daughter was on the witness star d mr peters asked who taught you to believe in ia aply polygamy my 91 mrs wood I 1 really coul api F say I 1 have learned that it is ri t I 1 I 1 know it is roper proper mr peters did Y your our father beach teach you ri fl mrs wood I 1 could not sa say he did any more than any oae plse be it is ais a principle of my religion mr r peters does your father believe in polygamy poly gamy i mrs wood I 1 belie be heroes boes I 1 do not know that I 1 have heaed him say mrs ellen salter tes testified tiRed that it had bad been rumored for four or orve five years yeara that the defendant had bad a plural wife mr peters inquired does mr howard believe plural marriage to be right I 1 mrs salter I 1 believe heaped faeces he is a good man 1 1 mr peters do all t the e good men here believe it to be right mrs salter Salte rYes yes sir I 1 think they do sarah ann ana dow downs was ivas the ide next name called for forand wreathe when the lady came forward mr peters a are you yau married witness I 1 mr peters why way dont you know you must mus answer witness yes sir mr peters your I 1 name I 1 witness I 1 do not want wanto huffer answer I 1 commissioner norrell jorrell must answer wetness john howard mr peters when were you married witness in ia mr peters what relation ls is john howard he ward to james howard this defendant fen dant witness his brother mr peters you ar are i johns second wife no answer M mr r peters Is betsy howard in good standing in the baurch witness atness yes sir dir I 1 mr yogi whether james howard believes I 1 aft polygamy T witness I 1 never heard hear him say eay mr peters does he and bets betsy y attend the same church witness I 1 have seen sams same meeting house deputies franks franks and cannon testified that anea they arrested the defendant they spoke to him ot of mrs betsy howard as his second wife and he seemed to rec recognize recognise z t hot her as such I 1 when they asked nato bi to give bonds for his hie secord wie w he replied if youve got her ill give bonds the defendant refused to tomake make any statement notwithstanding the face that thu the officers threatened to suu subpoena poma the neighbors if he did not the outcome was that they sore some of the neighbors the defenda defendant qt stated that he wont wait over to mrs mig betsy howards house with the officers so iso that they would not break it in they kerb admitted and searched the house blat ershow ard was not only I 1 her iwo two children being present the commissioner said ahe thought the case was such sh aha Ito it ought tight to go to the grand jury jary and d required re aired the defend aist arit to give 1000 1 bonds to await the re result stilt |