The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-16
U II A H.
THE PoLYGAnIIsTs I'M TROUBLE
Abused Women Coming Into Court-The OLSEN
ing Mormons Cannot Tell What To Do with
Their Extra Wivss-A Terrible Mud
dle-Exposures Promised.

ever experienced in Missouri ana Illinois, and
| comes with an unerring certainty that make
| them stare with surprise. Up to the las
| year they have escaped the punishments tha
their expressions evoked because there was no DOS
sibility OF reaching them in the courts; but IN,
| present judiciary are brave and honest men, an,
Brigham can neither int'midate nor purchase them
and II Is here that every sound American will b,
| glad to see the Mormon question handled
The sensation OF the hour Is the question of poly
! gamic responsibility, and what Is to become OF mi
| wives OF the dssenters who have lost faith n
| Brigham YOungs polygamic church, The
| question Ia Infinitely more perplexnf
| than the settlement Of the other twir
relic OF barbarism. Bnt it has got 10 be met anc
the liberal reformers, who are themselves deeply 10
the trouble, are openly avOwing their determination
to abide by the decisions OF the courts the latter
should deem it proper to take 1t within their jurs.
| dctlon.
A DAMNING CASE
For some months back 1t has been known TO the
federal Officers here that many women had been
badly used by their poygamc husbands not only IN
cruel treatment but IN their utter neglect OF then,
altogether, leaving them and their children TO
scratch an existence while they cohabited with
| younger women whom they called their wives.
Several OF these In course OF prepare
ton for the and the first came up yesterday
the afldavit OF Mrs. Harriet Hawkins. against her
| husband. Thomas Hawkins. formerly a merchant
tinsmtn in this city, but now residing thirty miles
south OF this city in the capacity or farmer Mrs.
| Hawkins tells her story In few words:-
| was married to the defendant about twenty one
years ago In ST. Georges church, Birmingham, Eng
land. We have been in this country about eighteen
years and have SIX children. now live In tins city
together for several Years. He was good fatheJ
and husband and always treated me and the
ka aboS six He
II. did not believe In polygamy and never did
was within few weeks OF my confinement. He
woman that he said was his wife, ana
saw them in BED together. A few years AFTER that
he brought third woman home that ne said was
another wife, and slept With her. He said was
getting old and he had no use for me, and that
he would have younger women. He has often beat
me with his Gsts and once he got knife and threat
ened to XIII me. He got the Mormon teachers TO try
to make me submit.
This is the general story OF large numbers OF the
Utah women. The Mormon men were like other
men-nO better nor no w0rse-till that accursed
institution, polygamy, brutalized them and robbed
them OF their affection for women. This Thomas
Hawkins Is an intelligent man; he Is no brute.
As he sat uncovered In court he showed massive
forehead, OF which any man would be proud, ana
the people who knew HIM here In business speak
well Of him. 1t Is the decentralization Of the assOci-i
alton and the natural strife that three wives living
In The same house engender.
treatment to her and her children before he took
other wives, and makes no effort at concealment
him. What woman can read her story tory Without Without
burning with indignation at the abominatlOn that
take Younger wVes hs Ss az
getting old and he had no more use for her ?"
A POLYGAMIST TO GO TO JAIL.
A contemplate little Mormon lawyer Miner was
the defendant OF Hawkins ana tried to screen him
by the claim that the Probate COURT had granted
INN hAfn
that she had further Claims upon her
former husband. Thswas Throwing the fat INTO the
fire, Tor the federal court Is determined to ignore
the existence OF the Probate Court outside OF its
legitimate and proper jurisdiction, here as else
where.
Up to the arrival OF present Judges the Probate
Courts here have carried things with nigh hand, and
civil and criminal, and have. In this city alone,
executed probably dozen men, hanging or Shoot
ing them, as they might elect. II was nothing in
favor OF Thomas Hawkins that the PROBATE Court
mad administered to him. The Chief Justice was
The counsel for Mrs. Hawkins presented her am
davlt charging Hawkins with adultery, and ne was
he'd to ban In the sum OF $4,000 TO answer to any
indictment to be found by the Grand Jury and fail
ing TO give satisfactory ball. he viii be sent for safe
keeping TO
TIE cALABoosE AT CAMP DOUGLAS.
This interesting case has shaken the city and the
mounting M0rmOns are furious, as they see them
selves caught In their own snare, and sending the
Mormon prisoners to Camp Douglas is the bitteresc
pm they have to swallow, Tor all OF which they have
When the present United States Marshal entered
upon his duties, over year ago, he applied TO the
MU ne Uca 70 IN Caarge Oh the here
which the Marshal applied to the commander OF the
post Tor the use or the soldiers caaboose, and
ne prisoners OF the United States Courts all
there. Had this been the voluntary motion OF the
Marshal II would have been very unwise and some
thing like persecution" but the MOrmOns bite their
lips IN silence.
WHAT is TO BE DONE WITH THE EXTRA WIVES.
The re1ormers have finally come to the conclusion
to make a clean breast OF their troubles and W. =.
Godoe mas come before the world with a state.
ie ou liz has roae wy 'esnk anna anna
three OF these have over aozcn children and the
fourth one none They all have lost faith IN Brig
and, 10 losing iaith, they have reached Brigham'i
he'll; they are tied want to do and can't"
This was the game Of the poygamc prophet from
and commanded the leading men to take more
Territory with extra wives. he had them where
he wanted them and ne never dreamed
sympathiZes with Godbe, Lawrence and such
men, Tor they are highly esteemed as honorable
business men. Their wives want to stay with them
now that they have children to them, and they
recognize every obligation to those wives and emil
dren; but they neither want to violate the laws OF
the land nor TO their wives living In misery, as
they most assurediy do here.
Dividing property equally with the polygamous
wives and giving them their liberty to 90 or stay IL
the only present solution OF the troubles: but
that does not meet the case fairly. These polyga-
much the wives of that husband az any
first wife, and 10 be now deprived OF his
Eu"anNo oNcisieut Al Icdi uik thCh Viii
dren Is a heavy task for them Surely Congress
viii arrive at the conclusion, some time, that what
IL claims TO have right TO do here should he done.
Here we see every Saturday, and other days
as well, dozens OF young. >innocent ineXpe-
rlenced girls gong up to the Endowment House,
to DC scaled to married men, and these must come
TO grief certain they enter upon that barbaro
custom that prevails here. Next week there Is u
case anticipated worse lnan that Of Mrs. Hawkins
bishops wife declares she VIII ''put HIM
through" The wife Of "a h Mormon Tsr nss
Her husband not long since took blooming young
English girl, and has been brutal TO ms hrst VIE
eyer since because she cannot "rej0iCe and he
nappy' as he Is
There are rich disclosures In store before poly
gang Is through with