, 1873-01-17
A Trial Arising Out Of the Days Of
the Fire.
Judge Trees Court in the Possession
Of Ladies.
Members Of the Relief Society Sued By
Mrs. Tucker.
Damages Laid at $2O,OOO---Tcs.
timony Of Plaintiff.

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terlay, to redeem tho business OF the day from
complete monotouy and utter lack of interest
but that ono avent compensated ~ n ,,ool de.1
r. :. ~. 49, .,,,a,. :. 49,
- 40 NV w 'oocn 10 say tnae 'oo3e Asee foon
presented an unusual, interesting, and ami
mated apectac1e lovely woman, several lovely
women. craced the scene with their presence.
,,oth aa snoct,tora .,a .ct,r. o,5 t,,o o~oood, ;.
oea 20 op'eIAso.n auu ao@ots' al1o , W. oAeoee'~
deeP no
the Vaccinations of the law-that is to say,
~ tba n,r+;cr1ar e,+ An h,na-corid
,,ot fs;1 r. arr.st ~. ..ta.s.,o -. .Ia Saosta~
.ls' tat1 ~ "ites5 Inc at1an1loa ol the
appeared to be eminently true Of these proceed
inea. The piaintir. brrs. 1sncker rathor a will
knov, citizan snoa cart,;r ,,,o,,,,or, NJ +bo m
~ 1"es a. oaa 4uo44t00.o - NV
nc. sociv.y 1os s@o'ooe uanases, LOT en,eilns
her dwelling house and taking from it almost
everything OF value. Tho lady's story, and tie
stories Of her friends. occunied thu DIV and
nnat Stand nnt;1 rof,,a, H., tho ot,o. s;5o
WIZ. " - eo - 'no o.net 0.o. .,
"isnout A'te"ptlng 10 gave 4 report Oh INC
proceedings, Which would take several columns,
NO confne ourselves to sketch, premieius tlat
tho raa4er had hetter bott1a mn ,;a ermnat,,r nm.
III +1o ,afa,,aort. 49,, 49,, ho.rs
'4i 'ne ue.enaans9 na'o oeen neaeo'
f@-A1*@AA3 **A@N
Sidney Smith for the defendants.
or co,rse tho ladica wero fho contre of attrac.
t;o, 1Trs r,c1.ar ~ ,,1s;r,;fr ;e = ,.5r - ~
t.oa. o.' 1ao P.11u'41' 20 ''a5 " e@@
ceeolneiy pronounced phyeiognomy; anyone
would swear to her being mistress in her own
house, a. thesaying has it, without the additional
toat;roon1 NJ a aha rn1v daf,od xo;ca +h;s 7,dv
w.. ,ran .1-assaa r. .sh;ass.,,,~ ~. s,s.,,;s
"as "en ueee,o ~ 1"oH1ty ~ cut e4otnms
OF black. On her right aud left sat female
rAfAfiVaa nrd 111ayoherxJ ~ har family. r1t of
them eood-1ooking several of them strikinrlv
handsoma. III c1ec,nt,v dressed and mt ona
,1. - =, 3os o.,o
naVlne passed that age beyond "n1ch the gentle
BOZ cease to be prepossosslng. Tho fact OF tho
Court being in possession Of SO peaceful IN
assomhlara waa vnrv soon brnited eronnd the
.s3:...s~. es.ha 60 ~~, .na..s
uleal. T. .1s.'t:a sao on T. 49, o'ets .oo
derers, admirers. and listeners. The whole
thing vas romantic. after tho first tedious
,,rocos.aa ~ tha l.w Ind hoan gono +bror,h
r.. processes ~ W % s1 ., go c1e
ane 1aoy "''hesSe7 hao no 1ucA - connn'''s
their testimony to mere replie8 to the questions
asked them The counsel, after desperate at
tempt to control their irrelevant utternnce, gave
them such full play as must h.yo scared the
guardian spirits OF the law out Of their pro-
prietv: such latitudo aa no male witnesses
might venture upon without imminent danger
OF falling under penalties for contempt, The
ladies had it all their own way as to
how much or how little they would
testify, and the effect was extraordinary.
Fancy determined woman in tho witness
box, wound up to IN almost indescribab1o pitch
OF excitement BY real or farcied wrongs, called
upon to tell tale Of an occurrence which eho
truly believes to have been MI outrageous viola
ton Of her home, her rights as al American
citizen, and her family, and which, by long
brooding and frequent conversations with those
intimate friends ind gosgips whom she nov sees
around her, have become indelibly stamped as
such in her mind. That waB precisely MrH.
Tucker, the plaintiff in this suit aud the interest
felt in her narrative, poured forth as
il was almost without lot or him
%ns At bn9 se s5 e.
timony was narrative OF the times Of tho 1ire
She had been formally charged with taking
goods that she Lad no right to teka, the proper
" OF the Relief Society, aud stocking not only
her own homo. but other homes with it. and the
Relief Committee, after an examination, had
told that che must either make restitution or 90
to prison. There seen1s to be no doubt as to the