Show OF V Z T CLARK DEPENDANT DEFENDANT aen ON NEXT today to day the trial 0 ezra T clark an old resident of farmington davis county was held in the thild third district court an indictment bonta containing ining three counts had been found against the defendant defend anti charging him with unlawful cohabitation the following witnesses answered to their names mary annie alice susan lucy and J B dark clark edwin pierce john wood and wife were not present mt dickson elected to edon the first count colant in the indictment the following fal lowing jurors were accepted to try the case all mormons cormons Mor mons being excused louis I 1 hyams B H conklin J P F lubeck lonis Martin WM larabie joseph durka wm win whitehill White hiU james ashman achma W if H R A J D B storer edgerly Eda eily The indictment cover e ver the period from october octo er Is 1883 to october 1 1884 aud and alleges unlawful cohabitation with mary clark buan dark clark and aad nancy nanc mg chalk as the defendants wives at the request of mr kickson dickson the witnesses were excluded fim the courtroom room mrs mra mary maky S dark clark was the first witness called by mr dickson dic akson she bhe testified I 1 am the defendants first and legal wile wife I 1 was married to hi bi m in 1845 in iowa he be had no other wife at that time I 1 the defense objected to the witness being compelled to testify against her husband f the objection wa was overruled witness to mr dickson 1 I live in farmington davis county I 1 have several children know nancy dark clark dont know idere ft here she Is now up north somewhere I 1 saw her a year ago at meeting ting the defendant lived at my house in in 1883 bauc daucy dark clark left farmington three years an and eight months on 8 ag aga I 1 le e member e testifying before the grand ran d j jury I 1 made a e a 06 mista mistake e t there ere la in esti estimating in at il the atme e I 1 bave ba e learned that sa s1 since nee th the man a w who 0 rented the house is a not no here h re 1 I did not state the th time tl me positively to the gr grand d lury ury f my recollection then thena vias a 8 t that ba abe bad agone two years and a half this was in last S september when I 1 considered the maier 1 remembered that it was more inore than three years I 1 did not think what I 1 iwae was saving say ing my son told the grand and airy ur the th correct time I 1 dont enog know commissioner mckay I 1 I 1 test testified when my husband was as arrested we all talked about it when we went home and I 1 learned my mistake 1 I know nancy moved away three vear years and eight ei montas ago she left in une ne I 1 think thuinli I 1 am telling the truth kaacy N asey dark clark was my husbands plural wite wife I 1 aint know what year it was it was over three years ago it was not altas as late 1 as october it may have been september ber she went to goose creek in farmington shi she lived across the street froah me she able had four children the youngest gest 23 3 or 24 years of aleshe age she wh was to my husband about 20 years ago she never had any y children belliva by him he never lived at R tier r house he be was eherd part of the time but never made afa home with her he lived with me af theotime the time donar know where he was tbt remainder n of the time susan dark clark is the he defendants fend ants wife she lived near bear nancys house one of gaddys ildren children cn is at kanall one at morgan andone and one in the states none of efthem thein are at farmington farmy nancy nane y has been back two or three times visiting visit ingher her daughter daught ef the first time was nearly dearly three yeara ago I 1 sometimes visit su she is recognized admy as my husbands wife he goes to z her house bouse to see the boys he changed his manner of living three or forur boluk years ago her youngest child la Is four or five years old T B dark clark testified the defendant is my father my mothers nama is miry mary it is understood in the family that nancy is my fathers alfe wife I 1 do got ot k anuw no w where she is 4 I 1 1 th think she left 10 19 ur or live five years ago mother may have bave heard me state when w hen nancy lef leffa t s I 1 do dot do remember saying sayi ngit it wa a three years and eiba eight months ago I 1 estimate the time from renting come ome property to the man aan who wao lived in nancys house he was henry dark clark an Englis ainan who carp came to the country nearly neaily four foar years ago nancy left in the summer or fall I 1 think it was ov erfour years ago I 1 dont think I 1 told the grand dj jury what time it was I 1 told them I 1 rented the house to henry C nark dark over two bears years ago and he lived in a aunt nancys house 4 a year before then the time of renting is what I 1 base my estimate of the tune time on I 1 have baye not n at reckoned qed the time time and dont know ow it exactly know it was over three years ago I 1 I 1 dont believe I 1 testified as 48 you say eay before the grand jury its about four years fiance since nancy moved away I 1 know sudad dark clark she is understood to be fathers wife I 1 do not know whether whet tier he be visits vial her house I 1 have seen him around the premises miss annie dark clark testified the defendant is my father my mothers name is susan I 1 know nancy dark clark she moved from farmington ton three or four years ago I 1 do not know I 1 exactly when awas it was over three nearly tour it Is not u ot two to years last tall fall since sloe she leftie lef left tit jt was gerhan longerman lon that it w was in therall the fall in september I 1 think father e comes to our house we visit each other othe r f father doad cops not take meals with mo mother tuero lie he has done but buc not no linb 1882 except in ia 1886 this was wa when there ther ewas was hired help he comes once or twice fice a week he provides for her toor richards my lather father calls at the house to see age it if the boys boy are ready for work and to direct their labor they work for mm lp h he e also comes to see gee ho how the family 17 are he does nofi fiot sleep or br eat at mothers others lp house to mr dickson father has taken meals meal at mothers prior tp 14 1883 and ana has a mgt slept there part pait of the time before that date I 1 think he be stopped liv living ing were there about four lour years year ago sago to mr richards Kic bards when I 1 pay father has not eaten or slept I 1 refer to the time named in the indictment mrs susan dark clark te testified stifled I 1 am the defendants wite wife live in farmington was married in 1861 enow know nancy dark clark she left farmington about jour four years ago I 1 told lold the grand 9 r na j jury aryl could not then tell the time tame if I 1 have ifrid it was a year and a half half ago aga I 1 made a mistake I 1 lam am sure I 1 said I 1 dd not know the time ime mi my husband visits my house occasionally we Feco recognize galze each other to mr Rie richards bards from oct 1 1883 to oct 11 f 1884 he called to see that all were well and would stay a few minutes eshe 5 he did not either steep sleep or eat at there during that time may have eaten there but 1 do da not remember he bla come came the men I 1 dinnat did not sat eat with them during the time named in althe indictment I 1 have not lived with him as his wife to mr dickson I 1 sustain the relation of wife to him I 1 meet him as my litts band I 1 recognize hm as my husband at all times i this closed the case which was submitted to the jhb lury jury without argument 11 the court coart gave the usual charge the j dry retired and a recess was taken until 2 p in i when the jurors returned they handed in a verdict of guilty as charged cn arged I 1 I 1 sentence will be passed on monday february |