Show A RAID ON millard co january 31 81 1887 editor deseret news just before daylight this morning 0 our ur town was visited by four deputy marshals namely mcgarry armstrong hutching and moore they appeared very anxious to interview several of our cur citizens upon important business for which purpose they divided their force and two visited each of the houses of bishop A A kimball Kim bali and knocking lor for admission they were told to wait until the family could robe to unusual early callers upon admission they found the bishop where he has spent most of his bis time for the past two years in bed sick they proceeded to read a warrant summoning him to appear before a commissioner at beaver on the aud 2nd of february to answer to a charge of unlawful cohabitation with bis wives but the th bequest was politely declined without thanks the bishop informing nis his canes that he had been aware of their intended visit for fora a leei previous and had he been able to travel he h would probably have visited bis big friends to avoid their acquaintance to toey they ey offered to a comfortable conveyance and allow him three days tomake the fifty aft miles but bat he still declined the venture and threw upon them the responsibility of pobar probably y taking a dead man into court they d did d not like the proposition and made max e hurried visits to the phe families of bald win H R watts makin making anxious inquiries forham for him but baeny baldy interview being rather choice in toe the company he keeps they next hastened to the reis dence denee of aaron Repp leye but winon simon had urgent business in another direction and could not be a seen een they searched the house calef carefully ally seeming to imagine that the elasticity of amen had bad folded itself into a threefoot three foot trunk of his aged mother lia ia jaw from which the 0 ofed old d lady would have hare been as ranch much sur isedro have seen him emerge as a at salt lake audience was at the departure vf herrmanns vanishing lady the gentlemen seemed fresh and lim agi native at the one conceived the idea that watts had gone through ta is tack hole and ensconced himself on the top of the factory ceiling at i which he poked with a bis big stick or rather formidable magid magic wand which he carried bithey next visited the house of sister ellen woodard here they tjien were more fortunate in finding the lady also sick in bed but they subpoenaed several persons to i appear before the court at provo on tl tbt of february later they returned to the bishop and withdrew the former summons to ap appear ear at beaver bearer and changed the lo location catton to provo forthe tor the declining the responsibility of hauling bailing him off they to subpoena several members of his feml family as also several members of watts fa family m uy to appear at the same time and d PI place ace in ia all about 16 15 or 16 witnesses ar a re e invited to provo on the of february I 1 wish to say that the conduct of the marshals was unobtrusive and pleasant as could be in the performance of what appeal to t them theme even vein an agn duty BIRD |