Show thomas A harris arrested thomas A harris is the bame name of a resident ot oa this city vrho who has been engaged for a number ot of years vears as a dealer in coal iad and kindling wood and ad later la Is keeper of a small boot ind and shoe store he Is the father of thos F harris who was convicted at the Sep september term 0 the third district court count of polygamy this morning harris senior was aftel arrested ed on oil a charge of unlawful cohabitation the complaint is signed by deputy frolks and alleges that from nov 14 18 0 o nov 21 01 1887 thomas A harris cohabited with two women as bl bli bh i wives it is alleged that mrs harris and her sister are the ladies whom born the recognize is as wives mrs harris lafr haw been emp employed loyel as clerk in harris shoe store the case was set for hearing belore Commis commissioner signer norrell at 11 am a m today but butow owing ipg to the absence of witnesses 1 was continued till the defendant abo came to jo this country as a mot mormon won 11 but N who V h 0 ac cording to Ws ins own state statement men t 1 1 d dont 0 nc at believe in much machof ot df it pow now was in custody during daring the wait he was very expressive in his bis of those wao worked up the she case against trim irim declaring that fie be never had but ope one wife and never even dreamed dreaded of kitting getting 4 another there are ahm fellers said be they persecute a man for and they persecute him for not bot cob abbing what is a feller a goin goina to do cant he be get no protection it abat ig the constitution and laws im aboin to have my naturalization papers transformed I 1 aint goina to be a citizen of a government as persecutes persecute cutes you when you does and cute antes you whency ou dont why now a man cant give elve tits ala sister in law a job to tend store to keep her from st arvin but these fellers get after him I 1 dont ickow noth aothia fial more about this thing thine than that boot this is the wort of that darned charley gilmore ill bet 1 this afternoon the defendant was arraigned and pleaded not guilty I 1 mrs biro harriet Fount fountains Fo sitt was the first witt witness less and testified that she heard a little boy call defendant papa never heard beard of defendant having abing a second wife oi 11 1 1 mrs harriet led the alleged plu plural ral wife said I 1 aishe resided at toe sn shoe store the defend defendant adt sald and his bis wife who imy bister gave me a home and licht because my health was very poor I 1 live alone my maiden name was smith smita my husband james lee audi parted about SUB six years ago mr Harris has never been the endowment house I 1 was never dever married to him have never been railed palled uri mra hama jarr 16 a am W called mrs lee petar Fo fountains testified that he only knew of defendant having one wife had seen another lady at defendants house butwid not know who she was have seen a little grandson gi andson of mr harris there I 1 tho thought the other lady was mr mi harris hams bif wife I 1 saw her there so many times there ther e is a secret room in the house mrs hansan was the next dext witness the examination had not concluded when the news went to press it is probable tuat that the defendant will be discharged I 1 |