| Show T F HARRIS ON TRIAL A mornion answers to the charge of polygamy at half past two this afternoon the trial was commenced in the case of the united states vs thomas F harris I 1 a non mormon on the charge of polygamy it is alleged that the de len ien dant having a wife elizabeth harris living committed the crime of polygamy on june jane 18 by marrying abbie lawrence in th this is etta his first wife bens being then an fin divorced the defendant lived at ogden at the time ot his arrest and about eight months ago pl pi abed guilty boand was wag sentenced to imprisonment for unlawful cohabitation the judg men being pronounced in the first district court at ogden alary A jury wa secured without much difficulty only one challenge being exercised and that by the defense woo who excused T E harper the first witness was mrs elizabeth fl harris clarris she testified I 1 was married to the defendant seven years ago I 1 have not been divorced mr harris had no other ather wite wife when I 1 was married tl thim judge smith performed the r re mony I 1 with him ever tee ice as his wife d mrs abble abbie lawrence harris was next called mr brown objected to this witness testimony on the ground that she was alleged in the indictment to be a wile it was not proved that the lady al aeed to be the first wife was in reality the legal wife the objection was overruled the witness testified my name is abbie lawrence I 1 have known the defendant over two years there was an agreement of marriage between us it was at my fat fathers tiers res residence idenie in n june 1886 we agreed to be man and wife and that we would leave salt lake as such the same arrangement was entered into again about a week before we left salt lake and we went to evanston Evan slon wyoming as man and wife where wo we lived four months we came back to salt lake the defendant left me then he esth is the e father of my baby which is six months old he be addressed me as his wife or mrs harris I 1 have also received receive d letters from him when he was in the penitentiary tent iary toese these letters vysie W re ad dressed to mrs thomas F harris and mrs abbie T harris and were ware directed to the street and number where the witness resided they were offered in evidence by the prosecution and identified oy the witness as having been sent by harris the letters referred to wi witness mels as my dear wile and the contents are couched iu eni dearing terms dant came out oat of chevi the V me what I 1 was going t letters he had bad 9 sent 1 i wished I 1 would get d the cafe had bad when the news nawa went to priam |
