Show JARMANS TRIAL the investigation of his offenses by the englich authorities I 1 on mondal monda at canses police court before tie tae stipendiary stipendiary mr J C Fow fowler lerand anal dr evans a summons against Wm jarman an anti mormon lecturer enar enlarging ging him with inciting inci tine persons to use violence towards david williams a mormon elder and praying for sureties sure jUes of the peace became returnable the ex mormon priest entered the court decorated with a number of medals and with a f formidable array of law books which he laid lai d in order before him on the table lie he conducted his hia own case mr monger in addre addressing as ing chico the co art said the co complainant prayed for sureties of the peace to be provided by the defendant who was at p regent deliver ing lectures against mormonism at the albert hall mr jarman was a native of exeter and a poor law guardian for that union he had delivered a number ot of 9 it inflammatory SPEECHES at the albert hall especially directed against the complainant and his bis house in grove place and mr williams considered himple and ois his wife in danger of life and limb defendant which wife laughter mr monger proceeding said that threatening crowds had gathered outside mr W williams illiams house but jarman himself had bad used threats he referred more particularly to tuesday the of Pep september when jarman met elder williams in de la beebe beche street and said to him old fellow your days are one oae of the defendants attendants went about armed with revolvers and he went to house continually asking for copies of a mormon paper the mil JIM leonial lei star this was nothing but a subterfuge to intimidate the complainant p nant he mr monger did not think the defendant would world deny that he had been incarcerated in an asylum that he had been taken to the DEVON COUNTY ASYLUM in the he ordinary way for tear fear that he be might do harm barm to himself and others the stipendiary said he thought such a statement should not be made in an opening speech applause which was suppressed mr monger said mr jarman himself publicly made the statement that he was an escaped lunatic tile the stipendiary what I 1 say is that it is not right for an advocate in his opening speech to say anything but what he is prepared to prove rove mr monger then ca called T ed mr david williams an aged man who said he be was a retired mining engineer od belonged to the church of latter day saints defendant was delivering lectures in the town against the mormon brotherhood on tuesday the dinst he met mr jarman who said old fellow you yon are here again I 1 yo your r days are numbered As jae he knew that jarman had incited people to mob the mormons cormons and to destroy their houses and do them bodily injury he took it that this was a TO TAKE HIS lifee and he was wa in bodily fear during the last week he was visited by a man carrying jarmans advertisements who mao had bad a revolver and a bowie knife in his belt he had bad come there lour four times on the same errand viz to in quire for certain copies of the millen bille ml star he had heard mr jarman threatened to visit the meetinghouses meeting houses of the mormons especially no 42 Is lington liverpool ane headquarters and have them torn down to the ground he incited the people to drive the mormons cormons out of the town of swansea crowds had assembled round his house houe there were persons in one and they smashed a pane of glass and marked his door with stones defendant subjected witness to a long cross examination as to the number of wives he had where ahern he be married them and the tenets of his religious belief inspector jones jdnes said that on oa tuesday last bat he visited the albert hall and heard a lecture delivered by mr jarman mr williams house in grove gro v place had since been under SPECIAL POLICE protection from the crowds which issued from the hall he afterwards heard jarman ask the audience what they were paying the police far tor was it to protect murd murderers exers ile he also asked them whether they were going to allow the mormons cormons to remain in the town or not every person paid for admission to the hall ball mr T rees bees shorthand writer gave lecture showing that the defendant had alluded to the people living at grove place as murderers bigamists biga mists blackguards black guards etc mr charles F harris said he lived at 70 cockburn street Ca thays cardiff the back portion of his house bouse was used as a mormon meeting place he himself was not a mormon on a sunday during mr jarmans visit to cardiff one of bra emissaries came to his house bouse and SCALED THE WALL to get to the meetinghouse meeting house two or three other persons foH followed owed the next day lie he saw a crowd of about 2000 persons round his mother threatening her he went to protect her and p put t ix her into a cab he was knocked aim kicked about by the cro crowd wd and was taken to police station for shelter whilst he be was there a message came that the crowd had broken tae windows and threatened the inmates and a detachment of police was telegraphed for from roath that night he and his bis family had to leave the house for fear of further violence mr samuel R brough said he lived in utah he came to cardiff on the ath of september and while le passing up salisbury road be noticed a larse large meeting being held addressed by one of carmana Jar mana 8 agent aen ts 0 cross examined by mr jarmin jarman he had one wife and it made no difference to that inquiry how many more than ons one he had married no english girl lately SOUTH WALES was the part of the lords vineyard in which he be was at west went from place to place and had bad roving commission he was under th direction of elder williams who was wag the boss boas missionary 11 mr jarman proceeded to call wit w fi nesses for the defense james thomas said that he attended the meeting in question jarmans remarks were entirely directed at the general body of he said nothing which could be construed into inciting the audience to attack the I 1 residence of grove place simon knight john coode mrs birs davies mrs parker soft ava mrs ace were then called and gave evidence corroborating this the defendant afterwards addressed the bench at some length the major portion of his speech being a repetition of the allegations he be had made against the mormons cormons in his lectures he had bad no intention of inciting his audience to violence against 1 the stipendiary in deciding the case said he be had no topeat all as to what his bis duly as a magist magistrate Tate was it was his duty to preserve alao peace of the town and to protect alf persons who were under reasonable apprehension of danger from broco violence the language proved to be used by the defendant seemed to him to FULLY JUSTIFY THE ALARM I 1 and apprehension mr williams had expressed he thought there had been a dangerous I 1 agitation set on foot and it was absolutely necessary to prevent scenes dangerous to the peace of the town lie he hoped what he had said would have due effect on the mind of mr jarman defendant would be bound over in Us own of to keep the peace for three months defendant over my open grave I 1 swore that thai I 1 would expose mormon practices anft I 1 must do so the costs amounting to R 9 2 Us 61 were ordered to be paid by the defendant who produced his cheque book for the purpose the magistrates clerk however declined to receive a cheque and defendant said all his cash had gone on to merthyr ultimately the matter was settled and the parties left the court the mormon missionaries being howd hooted no the street by the mob western mail hall sept 18 |