Show current EVENTS edmunds law prosecutions tuesday june ad mr john beck gave ave himself up at the united states marshals Mara haPs office to answer to an indictment found against him on the of last december accusing h him m of adultery he was required to give 2000 bards bords before commissioner greenman A E hyde and W 8 mccornick became his sureties juneith june ath deputy marshal whetstone brought to ogden charles johns of portage cache county under indictment on the charges of adultery and unlawful tul cohabitation with a plurel plural wife he gave bail before clerk henderson in the sum suen of 1500 on the former and 1000 on the latter charge H G and P T wright became his sureties isaac J wardle of south J jordan was arrested wed wednesday berday day J june u ne 4 at his home by deputy marshal doyle on a charge of unlawful cohabitation he was brought to the city and taken before commissioner greenman Green mn and bound over for trial at the september term on an indictment found against him april 28 1887 geo A lowe aud and d S P are his bondsmen commissioner pratt listened to the evidence in a case brought against joseph powell accusing him of unlawful cohabitation with mrs joseph powell and elizabeth powell from june 1 1888 to june 1 1890 le grand young appeared as the attorney for the defendant and E B critchlow prosecuted the first witness was miss alicie alice powell who te testified stifled I 1 live in the second ward salt lake city live with my mother elizabeth powell my fathers name is john job n B R powell I 1 have a sister seven years old joseph powell the defendant la is my fat fathered herld brother he lives in the first ward his wils cifes name is thirza powell powell he sometimes comes to our house he called there last saturday about noon he only comes there to visit us my brother died seven years ago we some sometimes mes v visit i fathers t ers house he has not married again he be has not been n to mothers house for a long time mother does washing for my uncles family my uncle joseph has never stayed at our house all ni night ht lohn john B R powell testified the defendant is my brother his cifes name is thurza elizabeth powell was formerly my wife we were div divorced arced on suit by her in court this was four or five years ago when she left me she went to her brothers house she now lives with her two children no one else lives with her about five years ago I 1 found my brother at ac my cifes room I 1 ordered him to keep away from the house but he did not my wife got the divorce from me about that time he denied any intimacy with her I 1 saw him go into the house twice during last may never saw him there except in the day time I 1 have seen him there once a month I 1 contribute some to tg the childrens children Is sup support rort I 1 have heard that my brother gives them means I 1 saw lizzie at my brothers doing the washing I 1 never spoke to my brother about bei being ng married to her daniel powell testified joseph powell is my father in law elizabeth powell ismy sister she was married to john B R powell and they separated she has not been remarried she has never lived with defendant her father and his father were cousins mark powell testified I 1 live in the same house with job john B R powell powe 11 I 1 am daniel powells uncle and J joseph 0 seph powells POW cousin COU Sil I 1 lived at josephs when I 1 first came here lizziel Liz Lizzi elia father is my brother and lives with his bis son dan I 1 saw joseph at tizzies Liz house on ona occasion he be claims to be a member of the 11 mormon church and that is all he does that for a pui purpose pollia I 1 believe I 1 saw lizzie at his house once LF elizabeth lizabeth powell te testified stifled 1 I was divorced from john B R powell four years ago in judge anels zincs court the grounds were abusing me and failing to support the defendant calls to see me once in a while when he be is PaM passing ilg he sometimes comes once a week and sometimes not once a month before I 1 was divorced my husland never complained because the defendant came to the house bouse he had no occasion to the defend defendant atit does not contribute to my support I 1 have sometimes had vegetables from his garden and he did not charge me I 1 go to his house every two weeks to do the washing I 1 was never married to him or agreed to never went through any ally cere ceremony moBy with him I 1 am it a mormon I 1 was never at the temple or endowment endowment house with him all of nay my children are job john n powells Po one is dead two are living the defendant never suggested that I 1 become his wife my bed is in the front room and visitors all ail come into that room mr young do you ask mr critchlow that he be held mr Crite critchlow blow oh no commissioner pratt there is no evidence against the defendant he will be discharged |