Show A FIRST winvs STORY Bishop Wllliim Eo llassett is being I tried at Ogden on nn Indictment for polvg amy His conviction or acquittal willS will-S depend upon tho ruling of time Court as to whether tho first wife will ho xnnlttcil lois C to testify at time trial ludge Hendeison f was to huvo ruled upon the question today to-day time story of the first wHo us n e bated to nn olllcer of the court nt Ogdui esterday is briefly us follows Her maiden namo was Sarah Ann Williams She was married to Bishop liassett in Wales in 1872 mimI shorlly 1 1 afterwauU accompanied her hush mil to Suit lake City fhoy lived happily togethir for nearly twelve enr3 during which time a num n eo r ber of children were ice mm to them Site j I was opposedo polgnmasheproftssed I to her to bo and ho had repeated promised her never to take another wife Everything ran smoothl until 1S34 when she commenced to notice a change in his deportment towards her Ho appeared ap-peared ill at cue nervous and greatly distiessed in mind She however did not tortoise thc C1USO of time change until un-til sometime in September when ho returned re-turned rOm n piofessed business trip to the northern part of the fen itory Ho nppcircd greatly worried and evinced hy his miuner that something of moro thin ordnnr Importance was working iix > n his mind On tho following Snnda liodecllned going tomceting but proposed tint Ihey should tike a walk During tho walk lie mule several attempts to unbosom himself but evidently conlil not bring Ins courigo up to tlio sticking point Upon their return to the house she insisted upon knowing what was troubling him when ho finull blurted I out M irili I may as well tell volt now as later Willie I omit away I mimed Knit Smllhat lom His ininner and culiin fuilH which hid come to Item knowledge hall partially prepared bet for this disiloHUii1 so she iiceived it with much more foitltudo than might luvo locn expected She replied to him cllmly hut with dimness and roso lution Sho told him that be could hive his now wife but from tint moment her nnritil relntions with linn would ease He trad to dissnido her from tins course but sho was deleimincd and it w is lIulIly arrmged tint ho wis to provide a 1 homo I for her and her children at login Sho wont to tint place and after lesiding thero forupwirds of a year w is 0110 IlllY overwhelmed with astonishment astonish-ment and indignition when divoreo papers pa-pers were served upon her I1ttho instance of her hush ind tho alleged ciuso in the eomplunt being wilful desertion Sho immediate commented coirespondeiico with an attorney m this city and ur ringed with him to defend tho case Sliortl before time I time for the trial sho cimo down here Her husbind being nifoimcd hy telcgriph fiom login of her movement mother us sho left lie depot In reply to Ins question if she intended defend time suit she most decided un swercd lint she would contest it to the bitter end She moreover vvlined him that she would withhold nothing at the trial hut Hi it ill time fuels would omo out utid tint ho must sullir the consequences Situ assured him howovci tlmt ho was welcome to hm now wHo tlmt sho would bo content tolive ipiitfrom linn but tint time would not submit to Ins obtaining n divorce upon the false allegitiou of wilful desertion deser-tion ho himself being tho deserter See ing tho penitent ir vv ills looming up I boforo him ho tlnillv promised to with dnw tlio suit ind continue lo provide for her and children if pho would Iiolly re tmn to login Foolish reling upon his promise she consented ind icturned to hei ibodo ill the Temple town of tho North Her surprise grief mutt angel cm scarcely bo imagined when a few weeks afterwards sho was ofhciill informed tli il a decree of divoico had been entered ignnst her itt this city This is tho story of the betiaed wife and if she is permitted per-mitted to testify ut tho trial at Ogden such will be tho evidence which will up pear upon tho records of the First istlict Court of tins Territory It i is to bo hopod tint no technieiht of tho law will pro vent hoi fiom testifing Sho his suf feiod most infamous wrong and it is duo to her and to tho ends of justice tint she should bo avenged and tho oulnged law of tho Nition vindicated lUssett holds time Ihsliopric former hold h Bishop Slurp in Ibis city Ho is a tpu il sunt ind if convicted will doubt less refuse to obey time law 1 ind will tic cept his punishment for conscience sake For conscience sake I Where was Ins conscience when lie ignored tint jiortion of tIme revel ition ill which ho professes to religiousl believe which forbids m irriige to tho second or any succeeding wife without tho consent of time first Tint portion of tho revela tiolltho ollly part which emits tho faintest glimmering of decency or huinanil is rejected ill moro than hilf of tho pluril mar rngcs which iro consumnuled in this Territory In more than three fourths of the rein nndci unwilling con bent m I oxtorled Imy threits and ippeils to tho fanalicil fears of the unliapp victims How I sickening is the hypocrisy which professes acceptance of murtr dom ill belt df of divine commmdment tho very esscneo of winch is so irreligious irrelig-ious rejected Ilio story of the un I liipp wife of Bishop Jiissctl is but tIme counterpirt of hundreds and perhuis thousands of others that mighl be written of the experience of ho legal wives of the polvgimons members cf ho Mormon Church |