Show ARRESTED AND discharged JOHN D LANG IS 15 ACCUSED BUT IS PROVED INNOCENT about 11 today to day deputy pratt arrested an aged and feeble resident of the fifteenth ward of this city john daniel lang at the batters lat tailor shop the complaint was made a 1 against ainest him by benchana Ben Ren chand accused him I 1 of I unlawful cohabitation from feb 1 1881 to jan 1 it 1887 with mrs lang and jane doe at 3 this afternoon the jhb defendant was arraigned the alleged plural wife having been brought in irom from brighton to the commissioners question what do you say to this complaint the defendant r replied mr mckay I 1 have only one wife and have had bad only one for 26 years commissioner you plead not guilty then mr lang land Ys yes sir mr moyle was telephoned for bm was not in hiera his 0 office ce and the commissioner asked I 1 cant ant you yon get another man manal mr lang 1 I might but I 1 want mr moyle the latter came in shortly after and the examination proceeded elizabeth connelly was called and tes testified titled I 1 live in brighton salt lake county I 1 know the defendant I 1 was married married to him about ten years ago but he has never lived with me when I 1 have milk and butter to sell he takes it to the city for me I 1 have a farm in Z brighton there is an old house on it with four rooms in it I 1 live alone I 1 was never married belo before re I 1 never lived in amr mr langs langis house bouse I 1 own part of the farm I 1 bought it from mr adamson mr laos lang goes out to work when he has nothing to do at ac his business as a tailor in the city sometimes somo times he works a week digging and planting the garden it Ls ig t three ree miles he dont stay all night i ne lie was away south about two years and came back a year ago lie he has gears S not stayed there since I 1 never had a divorce from him never lived with hi him m since we w were married he gives me a little tea coffee and sugar clothes etc as I 1 need 1 I have never had any children he takes his dinner with him but never ea eats to with me e except he comes in the house when the sun is hot and eats his dinner I 1 have lived there about ten years was married thirteen years ago commissioner do you know his r other wife witness not my business commissioner did lyou ever meet another lady who is married to him no answer commissioner cant you answer that question no answer commissioner you know what I 1 asked you dont you still no answer commissioner you yeu sit over there a few minutes mrs jones testified I 1 know the last witness used to teach school at brighton she lives at her own house I 1 have been there 1 I am the defendants dau daughter father liter my mv mother is josephine lang my father lives in the same house the last witness is reputed to have been sealed to my father I 1 do not remember the exact time it may be 13 years I 1 have not seen her at fathers house for a long time about two year 0 be came to see me I 1 was at her el lase be about three years ago my fathe as not been there recently he has a L farm arm ar near by and sometimes works it or hires men she does not live on his bis land but near by on her own he never owned her land she is reputed buted to have been sealed to him 1 r dont know whether there is aj any difference between sealing and marriage but think there is to A man and woman according to my reli religious giotA belief way may be sealed when one is de dead two living persons may be sealed and still not live together this is when they do rot lot marry for this life this latter is the understanding of my fathers relationship with the last witness my father has always lived with my mother and when he goes to the farm he takes his dinue dinner with him elizabeth 11 beth connelly recalled I 1 know mrs lang I 1 have visited her once or twice the last year when I 1 was in the city I 1 only stayed a few minutes OR on each occasion I 1 L sometimes come in afoot never stayed over night mr lang never stayed at the 16 farm rm over night he has no other house bouse there be leaves his tool saat my bouse and comes for them w when V en he be works on the farm I 1 am generally out attending to my cows mr lang never bought them I 1 my farm I 1 was married tor for eternity I 1 dont know whether you call it sealed or married but it was for eternity a man must provide for his bis wife under those circumstances it he does right I 1 am now 57 67 mr lang laag stated that he be was 65 years of age and a native of switz switzerland erla fid mrs jones stated mated that her mother was 57 years of age she was not homo home at pre present pent mr moyle stated that there were numbers of instances among the mor imor mons parties were sealed or married tor eternity with the understanding that they should not live as husband and wife in this life commissioner well I 1 guess IH IA let him go you yon are discharged |