Show occurrences the baswell ariti continued mrs bassett barsett permitted to tests other osher matters AUers on wednesday morning por ning after the of the district bisti lei Cour courtois this honor overruled the objection of mr rawlins to mrs sarah arack ann W bassett basett being sworn and testifying against her husband who Is being tried on the charge of polygamy tte tle court held that oat the second or plural marriage was a arif ariae e against the legal wife and ahat therefore shib she was competent to go on the stand as a witness against the de she then went on to the standard stan stand dand and testified in substance as foi follows after speaking of her ber marriage mar nage in may ad 1872 to defendant their arrival in this country settling at salt lake city their removal to rogan logan and final anal return to salt like lake again she bhe said in august mr bassett went away from home for about three days after his return she had a conversation with haia on sunday the lath of that month th in which he be told her that he nad had been to logan and while there he had bad MARRIED ANOTHER WIFE he did not at that time tell witness to whom home he had got qt married but bilt subsequently ly li said imas it was rate kate smith this was on the friday following he told witness that she could do as she pleased about living with him again but lie he would support tier and her children he told her that he bad applied for a a divorce itom her but she told him she would not be divorced div orcel and if he pressed tile the suit she would give him awa away Ns 9 that she would tell allgee all abe knew of hs second marriage that she would send him to the penitentiary for five years witness Vit ness said aalde she did not receive the summons for a 4 divorce until nov ov 27 IM 1885 on the following thursday she had another con conversa verba tiou tion with mr bassett in which he pleaded with herlo help him out of the difficulty he had bad got into and lie he promised her that if she would do so he be would withdraw the buit she up braided him tor jor trea treating tInz her in such a manner and told him she could not help him and said it if he would support her children she would not bother him he never asked witness consent to marry kate smith nor spoke to her on the subject before sunday august he then ihen told her he thought HE HB RIGHT as he would continue to support her and her children she had borne six cla children ildren only two of whom are now alive bhe told Mr Bassett if he mar she would not live with him afterwards 7 she would not live with any manin man in polygamy but she did not want to be divorced she had refused to live with him previous to the time the divorce was as obtained mr rawlins kawlins for the defense moved to strike out the evidence as being lin in coupe competent tent and should not go to jury no evidence contained in it showed that defendant is guilty of polygamy or ol 01 unlawful cohabitation no evidence had bad been given to show that he had lived in the as follows ua marriage by the statement 0 of f the witness and no corroborating evidence could be i bown that he lived in unlawful cohabitation if he is cont con v evicted acted it would be on the statement of the woman who had threatened to give him away it he sued for a divorce vore and irom from her statements it had not been proved that thal the defendant had ever married another wife counsel read authorities to lo support his bis sufficient por corroborative evidence had been given to support the 33 99 ALLEGED confession of defendant to witness that he be had bad married another wife boch uch statements without other evidence to confirm them should not be permitted to go to the jury ury and he be renewed his motion to strike out mr dickson follows follow with argument arguna ent for the prosecution in which he be contended that if the defendants marriage to kate smith can be proved by confession t can caa be proved by confession to one witness only and it was for the jury to determine the gaudily of his bis admission of the marriage and of the competency tency and credibility of the wit witness ness M he argued further that no certificate was necessary neither were eye witnesses nessel essential essene ial to prave the fact of the marriage but di deliberate liberate admissions ot 01 the defendant were sufficient to prove the fact whether of a first wife or a second one whether it if be in utah or elsewhere but he sad the I 1 jury ar in considering it must be convinced convince 1 01 01 the fact bavand a reasonable doubt and that is ill all that is required after a rejoinder from mr sheeks the court overruled the objections of the defense and denied the motion to strike out the the testimony of mrs bassett the co art then took recess AFTERNOON at 2 p in the court attain assembled mrs t bassett was recalled and said anat after the defendant had bad been from nome home on the day above named he be told her he had bad been to lewisen Lewi sin in logan OR OH cross cros examination she said she did after mr bassett told her he be hao had a tell the prosecuting officer that be had bad another wife she told others of it subsequently she denied the diforte divor fee did not acknowledge it but mr bassett and witness ceased to ive together after that time mr rawlins then said the defense would show that Mr Bassett was married to kate smith but not until he be had bad been divorced from his first wife atie divorce was obtained on the loth of january 1886 tho th divorce bul was put in as evidence MRS KATZ w asi blon sworn and te testified stifled she was ficai lied to defendant on the of january 1886 at salt sait like lake city but was never mar married to him prior to that time she had previously resided in logan where sae sae was born went to salt lake cita on the day before he be was 24 she had been for a long time clerk in the fourth ward co in logan she went to work about 8 a m and often remained at the store till a late hour at night took breakfast before beerts she he went to work but ti usually silkIly tool her lunch with emily robbing Robbins who was manager of the store A day book was then thed presented to witness which she recognized as the one used in the store re and containing entries made b by herself while working there i and which at the request of counsel she marked with a pencil did not meet defendant in logan in au august 1884 previously she had only bata had a speak speaking ng acquaintance with him in october of 1881 1884 went to salt lake C city i ty to conference Confere ace stayed at the valley 1 e y H house u p part art 0 of f the time part with f friends and ud e one e night at the co continental hotel the reasor reason for the latter was that in company with her sister and husband she went to the theatre and being late when they came out they all went bo 60 the continental hotel her sister and herself occupied the same room together the husband another room on cross examination witness said defendant DID NOT VISIT HER at any of these places while she was in the city she saw him once in company I 1 with some other members of the logan choir at the tithing he be was then working wor kine they all hands I 1 wita him wid aid then went ou on their way she had known mr bassett about nine years altogether defendant commenced paving pay log his adIf esses to witness some time in october 1885 maide a proposition pio position to her of marriage she accepted it on condition that tie he obtain a divorce f from ro m his wife she knew that he intended to get gee a divorce from her when be began to write to her at first it was only in a friendly way A searching cross ex was then continued as to her ie i ef using fusing to answer the question of the grand jury whether she was married C t her husband at any other time than on the of january 1886 whether she bad been in the logaa Logan te temple le and when if she had bad been arted married by any marriage to her husband in the temple she answered that she was in the temple sume some time in june almi and thought she was there again some time in december of the same year and SHE WOULD SWEAR that she was only married to her husband once she was also severely questioned again in relation to the entries made by her in the day book and those made by mr robbins kobbins she was wa then quest questioned ionea as to whet hershe was ft a member of the church and aad it she believed in all the doctrines of the church including polygamy she an that she vaa A as born and raised in the church and believed in all its tenets adam sworn was justice of the peace in salt alt lake county and he be performed the ceremony of marriage between between the defendant dufeu dani and miss kate smith on january 1886 that was till mrs kate smith bassett was recalled and asked if the temple belonged to the church if religious services were hew held there if marriages were c celebrate edana ed and if she did not know that plural marriages wera celebrated in that temple blie bhe said SHE DID NOT KNOW whether such was the case or not she was then excused mrs emma ballif sworn she corroborated ro the testimony of mrs kat kata bassett relative to their visit in oct 1884 to sait lake city and where she stopped etc never knew duew that defendant ever paid any attention or address es to her sister in that year mrs florence smith and u mrs lucy cardon gave similar confers tes testimony mony mrs harriet robbins confirmed the statements ol of mrs ehte bassett relative to ner being bei engaged engage tl in ia the fourth ward coop co op store her duties the hours she was wa there usually and the manner of entries made in the day book the book was shown to witness and she recognized it as one used in the institution tia tion MT mr dickson questioned her pointedly about ane marriage ot defendant to kate smith and naked her if she had not HEARD IT RUMORED that they were married a long time before kate left the store to which she no joseph edilson EW E wilson ilson was sworn he testified that mr bassett was former leclerk in the tithing office in logan when he be lett there witness succeeded him but there were some matters connected with the accounts that required some explanation and witness wit nias wrote to defendant for the information and he went to logan to furnish it to him this was in 1884 did not know whether defendant had any other business s there or not at that time david grift griffith was sworn was formerly a restaurant keeper in salt lake city defendant boarded with witness regularly from about the middle of august 1884 1881 until april ia 1885 mrs griffith wife of the last witness s corroborated ro her husbands statement and said mr bassett always ate at the same able with witness and her husband b lad gallager te testified affied that basse bassett tt went ta 6 his restaurant to board about april 1885 and continued so sd to do for about one year he was there contin bously during that time he might have been away a day or so but witness could not liot positively say that he was john hilton at the tithing office salt lake city testified that h he kt kofta that de fendt det defenda endt slept there I 1 EVERY Z except four nights from april 1884 till august 1886 susannah harding testified that she kept the cache valley house in logan in 1884 and that the defendant came there lere in august of that year and stayed there about three days he slept there during that time butwid but did not have kate smith i with him neither did slie she come ih there ir e while bassett was there thomas thomaa B cardon of logan corroborated ro iro kate Bas Bassetta testimony relative to the visit to wt salt lake in 1885 mrs robbins bobbins was recalled by dick son and asked if she and her husband were members of the mornion mormon churba Ot turca she said yes this closed the testimony the jury were then excused till 10 am thursday miscellaneous the grand jury came in this evening evenin g and presented a number of indict ments against whom and for what we shall know in due time they ignored the cases of the people vs john woodfield elihu warren and walter waltermar war oil re leilet ea at ai charged with malicious mim mi chief hi f for fora a long time the minions of the law aw have been on oil the qui vive tor for henry W manning of hooper they have bays raided his residence once or twice unsuccessfully but bat today to day they struck lie he deputies mclellan and dyke visited mannings house found him at atheme home and brought him to ogdene og e when he gave bonds tor for to abw pear to answer a charge of viola violating ing the edmunds act J W brow browning ing and E H nye were sureties for fo I 1 I 1 charles prank frank of logan was brought into court and pleaded guilty to a two count indictment charging chargin him with unlawful cohabitation from january 1885 to january 1st ast 1887 he will be sentenced on saturday tile the esth THE AMERICAN MILL heber gordon a native of great britain this afternoon applied in the district court for citizenship A severe vare test oath was administered to him he was thoroughly by the court as to his general qualifications ficat ions and then specifically questioned as to his theological fitness s to become a citizen of the american union he was a member of tile the mornion mormon church was baptized when he was quite young knew what polygamy vv was as was aware that con congress grews had bad p passed assed a law making it a crime if lie he was admitted to citizenship zen ship and sat in tile the jury box he be would convict auy man who violated that law if evidence warranted it did not know whether the revelation on plural marriage was true or not he be believed it was but jae be would not obey it he would now obey the LAW OP OF THE LAND he could not say day that he would obey all the counsels of the president and other authorities of the church he became completely mixed however when mr dickson catechised catechi sed him and sometimes gave answers opposite to those th the questions implied the court told gordon to withdraw his bis application for the presentac pre he did not seem to know whether lie he believed the doctrines of his bis church 0 arnot but it was time that he did and he had bad better study the matter over gordon r retired eti fed but about five p in he returned ard aad renewed his application he said he had recovered from the excitement he was in when last before the court he now knew he be did not believe the revelation ot celestial marriage and by the time dickson dick son got through with him he appeared to be thoroughly revolutionized he would prosecute all nis brethren ohp violated the proscription scrip tiou aati he be would note the offenders would search them out would report them to tile the proper authorities intact in fact comply with all that was required he be would become a I 1 SPOTTER AND A SPY aud and it if required to go on a mission and preach polygamy he be said he would suffer himself to be cut off from the church he had spoken several times in meetings and had borne his testimony to the truth of this church when asked by mr dickson how he be had become so suddenly changed in his bis views in only a few hours he said he never was before a court Ie before fore was he tie was first quash tidney dickson was still in dinue doubt as to whether he ou ought bt to be admitted but the court allowed ablit ed him to be sworn and he rece received ivea his papers now gordon may make a tood good citizen but I 1 do not believe the judge Vudge has bas confidence in him who will 6 be s responsible if he is not lo 10 loyal al il the test lest is severe and such as a almost ost compels a mormon man oy or waman to deny his religious laith faith or connections before he can become a citizen of 0 tha united states and A n d it 1 t is I 1 8 the intention of thia the court and the attorney to continue this whenever one of them makes application and as they declared they |