Show BISHOP BILLY BASSETT fRNf r I It Arrested on an Indictment J Charging Polygamy i RELEASED ON A 10000 BOND bie Iml Iklmrlct iramt Jiirj Inkc Him Up unit the Ililnl Illnlrirl liuiuUltori uiu bet Him Drop ltonil Itrlcascil Houietnlng of a surprise especially to tho I efendant himself teas created today by the nrrest of Bishop William E Hassett of the twentieth ward on nn Indictment for I wlygamy found against him by the First r 3 istrict Grand Jury nt Ogden 1 will bo remembered that liausott was rresled a short time neo on the charge of nlavvfnl cohabilation acid during the case nothor complaint charging polygamy was sworn out nnd J Hassett R was bound over on both charges Ho was required to give 15000 bonds f000 on tIcs unlawful I co rJh mbitallon I charge and 10000 on lbs polyg j aonoios charge for his appearance before fh 3 10rIOh ho Grand Jury Ho went I before that body in November and his case was STIlL UNDER hXAlttVAlIOS whecc tics Jury was excused On lbs reoom uendatlon of the Jury lie was bound over tu appear before the next body of inquisi ors Ill his old bonds were accepted In Icoeptel this case He was quietly awaiting the ao ton of the next Jury when this bomb shell bombshel truck him and almost paralyzed him with wih fright He went before Judge McKay this y < fternoon nnd his I bond was fixed nt 10 000 After somo rustling he succeeded in eltmgj Mitchell J H White and C W btaines to sign his bonds nud he was thon released onco lore In this District Court this afternoon Mr Doyle asked that tho bondsmen in bonl8men the polgani case now ponding ice this istrict be released owing < to the de owinl fen < llts indictment in the other district nbc VATUKE OF THE CASE this cuss was distinguished the lime of lbs examlnnlion by tho remarkable fact that the legal wife who had been deserted for a e estilled younger woman against t Came her bravely unfaithful forward husband and The evidence given at that time ent to show that the defendant defend-ant had married sIne Sarah Williams a umber of years ago and continued to lye with her until he met n Miss Smith 4 In Logan tend was captivated bv her charms The two were soon afterward married in the Logan leuiple and the defendant then gave his legal wife notico that he was going to heave her faoon afterward Mrs Bassett received a summons to appear in the Pro bats Court to answer to a complaint filed by her husband in asking for I decree fcd df vorce The lady decided to appear but Bissett went to her house and told her that she neednt mind ns he had decided not to leave 1 her She did not answer the complaint com-plaint and there tho mater dropped How ever when Bassett was rinsx ArntsiED He claimed that he had been divoiced from his legal wife and tried hard to work I big bluff game on Mr Dickson I was then Rowever that Mrs Batsott proved herself a bravo woman by coming provcl and de uounciug lbs young Bisbop She explained onlle e he nature of the divorce 1 and showed hat it was not even so good as the average decree granted nt the Fourteenth ward mill Upon her testimony the defendant was held and if she repeats her story before the court the handsome William will reside in bugar House ward ere the swallows nest i ngam |