Show 0 BISHOP BASSETT Some Good News for the Duped Twentieth Ward Stiluts Early this morning Captain Greenman made an arrest which will be good news to the poor duped saints and saintesses of the Twentieth ward The victim of the Captains vigilance was none other than William E Bassett the newma Bishop of the ward abovementioned above-mentioned Several witnesses were caught and as soon as their number is reinforced by the relatives of the second wife who live at Logan there will be sufficientevidence to convict this upstart polyg The arrest was made upon a complaint com-plaint which charges that between the 1st of November 1883 and October 1st 1886 Bassett did unlawfully live and cohabit co-habit with more than one woman as his wives namely Sarah Williams Bassett and Kate Smith Bassett Bassett is a I young man ana should nave Known better bet-ter but he appears to have gotten the defiant Rudger Clawson spirit under his shirt bosom and decided to show the Government just what he dare do The second wife is i a young schoolmaam from the holy town of Logan and his marriage to her is quite a recent affair The defendant was taken before Judge McKay this morning and required to give a temporary bond of 1500 as surety for his appearance for examination at 10 oclock tomorrow David Hilton and John Lees were the signers It will be remembered that a short time ago John Sharp who had served the Twentieth warders faithfully for a score of years was decapitated and before be-fore the people had a chance to say boo young Bassett was their bishop He is a clerk within the tithing walls and the fact that he had two wives must have been what raised him to the exalted position He was not a resident of the Twentieth ward and for this reason was less than ever acceptable to the suffering Saints but they could do nothing but grin and bear it The story of how Anguish Cannon popped up from the Undeiground and sprung this upstart upon the Twentieth warders is still fresh in the minds of DEMOCRAT readers and naorl not Tio rononfofl Verily there is a rejoicing in Israel today to-day rejoicing among the Saints because this infliction is about to be lifted from them rejoicing among the Gentiles because be-cause the stripling that presumed to pose as the successor of John Sharp will soon find himself in his element among the striped legs at the Pen Just how Anguish feels could not be ascertained ascer-tained but it is safe to say that he too will rejoice for if there is anything Angus An-gus likes better than pie it is to see a man go to the Pen provided his name isnt Cannon |