| Show f CU ODDEST EriT EVENTS i t Edmunds Law Prosecutions The case against C A Olson for unlawful cohabitation was dismissed i 1 on the motion of the Prosecuting Attorney Oct Herman F Thorup was wasI I arraigned in the Third District Court on a charge of unlawful co- co cohabitation cohabitation co cohabitation habitation He was given tm till Jay 1 Wednes Wednesday ay to plead t s sU U S vs Samuel Griffiths the bigamy bigamy biga- biga my dismissed on motion or of C S 8 x Varian on the ground that the last i marriage had been discovered to be f legal Griffith having been boon divorced r from his former form r wife On October 11 Robert Allen Alien who lives at east Fifth South Street was arrested on a charge ot of unlawful ful ml cohabitation He is to have a hearing bearing before Commissioner man Green Green Green- Greenman Greenman man His alleged plural wife was arrested as 88 a witness i October Deputy Marshal Mc Leilan Mc- Mc McLellan t Lellan LeHan arrested allested George Facer at att t- t tI r I Willard on the charge of unlawful cohabitation He was taken before Commissioner Cross when he gave fd bonds in the sum of 1000 for his ap ap- appearance appearance appearance on Wednesday Octo October her for preliminary examination 1 October McLellan took a trip to N North orth Ogden and there he at- at ati arrested ar arrested rested Abraham m Chadwick on the same charge and took him to Ogden I for hearing During the afternoon i I he appeared before Commissioner JI g Cross where the preliminary exam exam- exam was held hold It resulted in his It being bound over to await the action of the at the November r grand jury t term in the sum of 1000 The al- al alt al t c J t 1 4 v I d second secor l wife Mrs Mary Ann AnnI I Chadwick was bound over in the sum Bum of to appear as a witness Ogden Standard The rhe case of the United States vs Alonzo E Hyde was again before the court Oct 4 being called calle up by Mr Varian The hargo is unlawful unlawful ful rul cohabitation arid and the indictment WIS found in 1887 Mr Varian stated that an important witness was missing The officers have UI used d every endeavor to find tind her heraud and aud he did not think that they would ever be 00 able to so he asked that it be dismissed The request was granted On October 10 Wm D Newsom of the Eleventh Ward was arrested on a charge of unlawful cohabitation cohabitation cohabitation tion He was taken before Com Com- Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner missioner Greenman and gave bonds for his appearance at a pre pre- prelim prelim preliminary lim nary examination tomorrow He has been in the penitentiary on once on sentences for polygamy amy and unlawful cohabitation One who knows remarked when Mr Newsom was arrested Its It It s what he said himself that was carried and caused the arrest A real estate man went to buy his bis place New New- Newsom Newsom Newsom som said that if he sold he wanted the purchase price down as he de- de desired desired de desired sired to leave town be because the mar mar- marshals marshals marshals were watching him and the did not want to go to the penitent penitent-ary ary again The real estate man came right down and reported what had been said and the arrest was made made Mr Newsoms Newsom's s plural wife was arrested as a witness and released on bail baiJ Released From Prison Oct Wm McNeil of Logan came out of the penitentiary where he has bas served 30 days in addition to toa toa toa a three months sentence His fine was and costs He was sen sen- sentenced sentenced sentenced by Judge Henderson for un- un unlawful un unlawful lawful cohabitation On October Thomas Godfrey who resides at Clarkston Cache Count County was discharged from the penitentiary He was detained there for unlawful cohabitation andin and andin andin in addition to a four months months- term served 30 80 days for the fine imposed Im Im- Imposed posed The Full Term Walter E Wilcox a along long time re resident re- re resident resident of this city was called be before be- be before before fore Judge Zane Oct 2 for se sentence tence on a ft charge of unlawful cohabitation cohabitation cohabitation tion The indictment was three years ago When WhAn Mr cox Wil-cox Wil- Wil Wilcox cox came forward Judge Zane said Mid Have you anything to say before sentence is passed upon you Mr Wilcox Wilcox-No Wilcox No sir Court Court- Court Where do you reside Mr In Wilcox Wilcox In Salt Balt Lake City How Court How many wives have you Mr Two Wilcox Cou When Court When did ditl you marry the thelast thelast thelast last one Mr In Wilcox Wilcox In 1860 Cou What Court What is your age Mr I Wilcox Wilcox I am just past 69 Court Are Are you willing to state that you will obey the law in the theu future u ture i if Mr I Wilcox Wilcox I could not hot make any promise Court What Court Court What means have you Mr N Wilcox None Wilcox None one at all Court Court- You Court Court Y You ou appear to be an intel intel- intelligent Intelligent man If you cannot give ghe any assurance rance that you will beyo the law in the future you jou OU are not DO entitled to t any leniency You will willbe be sentenced to the penitentiary for y the term of six months and pay the costs Mr Wilcox went out to the tile hostile ha this afternoon Severe s Sentences The cases of Bedson Eardley and Otis L Terry convicted of adultery with their plural wives were Wele Judge Henderson October the he defendants being called calle for sentence Mr Rawlins moved fora for a D near w trial in the case of Bedson Eardley on the ground that the verdict was not supported eu by the evidence Mr Varian opposed opp ed the granting of the motion Judge Henderson stated that the Was that the defendants defendant's plural wife had a child and the fiu b that she was known as his bla plural wife and aud sometimes took his name was evidence against him He had also been seen in the of the place and persons would naturally consider him to be tile the father of the child The Judge there the therefore fore overruled the motion Mr Rawlins made a similar tion nio-tion tion in the Terry case upon the same ame grounds This was also opposed by Mr Va Pa Va-rian Va Tian rian and the court denied the mo- mo motion motion mo motion tion fori Otis L Terry lerry was then called caned for tor i sentence and in reply to the court coon said he was a poor man and aud his wife had bad been an in Invalid vaUd for seven years and was now He was mar mar- married ma married ried to the plural wife eight or OJ nine years ago Judge Henderson said he would consider the recommendation of the jury and be lenient but the statute must mURt be enforced so 80 it will stop stol the practice and to compel also O th the observance of the law of 1882 the 1882 Edmunds law He was sentenced to nine months in the penitentiary y Mr Eardley was called caned and stated that he was a poor man Judge Henderson said that he had been shown that he had ha punished once for unlawful coh bt I tation and had violated the law again The only to way pre pre- prevent prevent prevent vent his family being large was tp to confine him in the penitentiary He was sentenced to imprisonment for two years Gets One Year The case of the U S 8 vs Wm Wm Evans indicted for adultery w weir caned called for trial in the Third Court Oct Mr Varian and Mr McKay prosecuting and lad Judge Powers Powers defending This is the there se sein in which the defendant a clerk for forthe the he R B G W u hen arraigned e ethe the commissioner entered a plea lea of guilty nty He married a WIle wife w in ID N Nebraska and afterwards deserted her Then he married again agata la Ja Colorado and came to Utah whets where his first wife followed him and ait d hut b bhim him arrested Mrs Ida L Ii E rf Dl 1 t 1 I Fk D F f B 1 i court this morning and aud sat sal r j bade e her sister Mrs 1 ins ing most of the Ule time Miss 6 JEt R Lewis whom the de de- deX X t married for second wife HM who knew nothing of his bis bava r Jus a S wife was waa also present as aI a ness and wept bit bitterly Hattie Cud with was the the the- witness She testified that her herIda Ida ua L was married to Wm i y I Evans in Geneva Neb in 1888 Heard the defendant plead guilty r when beD he was before the commis- commis er Amer Miss Mies Nellie R B Lewis I testified testified Mat I e the defendant at Greeley Gre ley Colo Colo- Colo was married to him there t 18 3 1889 came to Salt Lak Lake him in May I lived d here with lm as 8 his wife was so living on I Jq 15 1889 the The case was rested on this r j J Arguments were wert ther r MW was given to the jury on the f f- f judge 9 s charge A verdict of guilty was r returned turned out the jurors leaving the box Judge Powers read s several veral affi am I i to the former good character i defendant Mr Evans was called for sentence i elite hd d said d he had nothing to say he be he- he 26 years old X y Judge Zaue Zane sentenced him to im- im im-DriK im Dm nt in the penitentiary for foro forone one o year w A Manti Mantl Club We learn from Mr George Scott that that tow town Jl is ahead of Silt S Lake in the organization of ped pimples pimple's Party political clubs That t p was taken in the capital of k s te County as early as last March farch W R B Reid is president of 1 the Ibe club George Scott first vice vice- 4 president ent William Willia WilliaS Hill S vice president W F Reid secre- secre secre and Fred Anderson treasurer The e dub club is la in good working order T An Explanation 1 F W W William D Newsom called ai r u lie us to Oct 14 and stated that the J k made by a certain real es- es esman esman es man to the officers in which fit 10 Newsom is credited with saying t he wan wanted d to leave because the die deputies were watching him k is t entirely without foundation in f ft fh t He says he never made a moment ment Mt of that nature and the whole bole thing is the invention of the spotter who acted in the case Arrived c October ober 7 q 7 we received a call from Lorenzo H Durrant Durrant of Morgan C who was injured in the hsin wreck at Lynchburg Va H He on Saturday accompanied I W Kies Adeline Allen Alien who was wasl hurt and Miss Patience Ben Ben- Ben l who stayed behind to nurse Brother Durrant at the time i the the- accident was in the car carh 1 h stood on end when it v lit th the Elder through bridge JJ J ant labored in Scotland fort fori for t lN year gear then in Newcastle Con Con- 4 1 enee oce and later in Birmingham erenee or er Durrant was 1 to our office by Elder Thos vl vile of Beaver City who was waa wast t also in the Lynchburg wreck being in the car that was completely smashed He was injured in the knee but not so severely as to hin hin- hinder hinder hinder der him from coming along company w tb the company at the time H HaMa- HaMa bored in the Welsh Mission where lie he acted in the ministry nearly two years and a half balf having left Utah for Europe on the of May 1887 Returned Elders Elder Saturday Oct Elder John E Booth President of the Northern Sta States Mission made a friendly visit to our office He arrived I st night from his field of labor I No would have reached h here re in time for the opening of Conference had bad hadit hadit it not been for a delay occasioned by a freight wreck on the U P at North Platte the Platte the same as was re- re re referred to in the The n n is doing well so far as the andu nt of preaching done is concerned the Elders Elders having am- am ample ample pie opportunities for delivering the Gospel message There are an but few additions to the Church however Mob violence violen e has bas greatly decreased and indifference to the truth has in- in increased in increased creased in about the same ratio There is a corps of v very ry faithful and efficient Elders in the field Oct 11 n we Wt had the pleasure of a call from Elder R B Larsen of Lo- Lo Logan Lo-gan Lo gan who returned from a mission to Denmark yesterday Oct He left Utah for Europe two years ago He had many opportunities while abroad of bearing testimony to the people concerning the restoration of the Gospel and had bad the pleasure of baptizing about twenty persons into the Church He labored in the Aarhus Conference the entire time of his stay in Den Den- Denmark Denmark Denmark mark and was appointed to take charge of the company of Saints who arrived yesterday They had a pleasant jou journey both by sea and land the health of the 1 bein K I Ii i and id no accidents storms nor nor storms 01 of any moment having baving been encountered The company was composed entirely of entirely entirely- of Scandinavians Scandinavians Scandinavians Swiss and Germans Monday Sept we received a call from Elder Theodore of f the Ninth Ward of this city We tte returned on Sunday evening from a mission to the Western States to fill which he left home October 7 1887 1881 He labored in Illinois Indiana Michigan and Pennsylvania He did not find a man who were anxious to hear Gos Gos- Gospel pel but had the tile privilege of bap bap- baptizing baptizing baptizing six persons into the Church and aDd assisting in the thead it ad administration ministration of that ordinance to 00 quite a number of others The op- op opposition opposition op opposition position he encountered in his ministry minis minis- try consisted of threats only there being no actual violence used Many of the people were friendly and hospitable Subsequently Elder A W Lund also called called He too returned on Sunday from a mission to the same field He is a resident of Para Para- Paragonah Para Para-gonah gonah Iron County and left home on the of April 1888 He labored for one year in Wisconsin and the remainder of the time I in n Indiana and Illinois The school schoolhouses schoolhouses schoolhouses houses and even private residences were closed against the Elders who consequently made but little head head- headway headway headway way Sunday October 6 four returning missionaries arrived in this city from Indian Territt Territory ry These were T the First Ward of this city Lorin C Woolley of Centreville J Joseph Jseph J Hill of Og- Og Ogden Og den Og-den den and J W Ashton of the Fifteenth Fifteenth Ward Wani of 01 this city Elders Jack and Woolley left on their mis mis- missions i alone November 1st 1887 Elder Ashton November 1888 and Elder Hill October 1888 To- To Today Today To Today day we had bad a call from Elder Jack who has bas bad immediate charge of the work in that section of cou country w where here he has bas been laboring for nearly neally two years During that that that- i period missionary iy y work has been bee principally in the Cherokee nation though the Elders have branched out to the Choctaw nation and bap bap- baptized baptized baptized several persons there They have have also opened fields among the and The peo peo- people people people generally have treated the El EI Elders EIders Elders ders kindly and the only trouble has been from white men from the outside The mission is now in avery a avery avery very encouraging condition Prejudice Prejudice Prejudice dice is being the feeling of opposition is decreasing The people exhibit great friendship for forthe forthe the Elders and manifest a strong disposition to Inquire into the principles of the Gospel El- El EIder Elder El Elder der Jacks has enjoyed excel excel- excellent excellent excellent lent health up to the day be- be before before be before fore he started home when he be had hada hada a light chill which did not leave any bad effects Elder Woolley had two spells of sickness one of them quite severe but the remainder of the time he has been well Elder Ashton has had several attacks but buthis buthis buthis his health is now fair Elder Hill has also suffered and has bas not yet got rid of the chills but will probably probably probably ably be all aU right in a few weeks The brethren are all aU in fine flue spirits |
