Show J I A IIKVM MAN John II Iliinicl Sr flouts Out In I I Ilir ery face of u leI < I le-I illlnrlnl mill Iroiiilncv I lo Obey I lolin 11 I I lliiinol Sr who was nr meshed II fen weeks ago on tho charge of nlwfiil cohabitation has been Indicted br hint Grant Tury anti this morning ho wlnt Into court to pleitl to tho charge Thou indictment charges Mr llmnel with King with Alibio Gray Itutncl and Hunt Gray between tho 1st clay of December 88 J and the 25th day of Not ember 1880 H t8 r cr Mr Hiimel entered a phi of guilty to the Indictment and then with tho per nission of tho Court ho undo tho follow hog statement In pleading to this indictment if Your I 11 iYI l fonor please 1 would like to make n short element My record ns a law abiding citi yen for nearly sixty eight years has never been called I in question i until this dny Bar Pr SI nc this 1 titus II1 have never sued a person nor have I ever had n suit to defend lo say hat I am guilty of this charge would bo oliiR violence to my conscience novertho less the Grand Jurors havo indicted mo for this crime of unlawful cohabitation Ands And-s their findings are entitled to respect I shall plead guilty which Booms to bo rather paradoxical delr I have erred in my judg ncnt or understanding of this law in I this toast I shall not tarnish my record ago law ihiding citizen in tho future and will obey the law in tho future ns construed by tho court Jonn II HOMEL SB I Mr Variiin stated that ho belch cd that lIIr llumels statement waS In accord alice with his feelings and ho would therefore ask that sentence bo suspended sus-pended Judge Zano said Air Ihinitl I am favorably impressed with jour frank statement and I beleivo that you are incero in Jour promise to obey the laws I therefore eslro to extend to jou tho same Icnlcncj that I have shoun to men who lmo in tho pact pleaded guilty to this crime and promised to become law 1 ibidmg citizens I think the laws aro best served bj a suspension of sentence and sentence your case will therefore jo suspended There was an air of Lener U satisfaction In thu room and as Sir Ktiincl walked out onto tho street hand in hand with Liberty the expressions of idmiration for his manliness were heard on every mud Mr UuinelH action would boa bravo ono at anj time but it is the more so just now inasmuch as Chief An us took occasion occa-sion In his sermon on foundaj to con deinn thoso who promised to obey the laws and inasmuch an tho church organ of last night leveled its bun at this very iraetieo lollowing is a portion of tho editoria referred to j Events since the opening of the present anti Mormon crusade hue simply demonstrated the positioi taken by tho fievs from tho commence incut It has hcui that to promise to obey the law ceo uitineil bhe I courts amounted to lepudi ilioti of religious tint fimilj obligations In theory is well aq practice Events 1m o placed this bojom reasonable question fho matter is clearly defined and each indiudim iiitht in tho judicial dragnet must elect his own course Only those who realise the full me in ing of n News cililon has to a member of tim Mormon Church can understand whit Mi Kmncls action amounts to lie is 11 man of no great means wholly almost whollj dependent upon Church patronage for tho support of Ins family entirely dependent upon the Church for I sociil and iehious position and abso lutelj dej cndoiit upon that orgamzatioi for the good will of his friends lIe hold a high position in the Church being wo believe the President of ono of tho quorums of Seventies which ho will lose b > tho step ho has taken At tho timo of Bishop Sharps making a similar promise Mr Iliimol eamo out and on dorscd that gentlemans course lie received re-ceived a Church rebuke with all tho terrors it has for the average Saint taunt vet ho stood bv his eonvictions Ho will bo branded bv tho Saints as a coward but God 1 lions that his action was a thousand times braver than that of the hound who crawls into tho Pen for fear of his masters lash Taking ill 1 into considci ition Mr Hu mels action is second onlj to that of Bishop Sharp and it must bo admittei bj all fair minded men that his tours was that of a truly brave ind consci OIK iou man |