Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-16
THE MORMON PROPHET IN
THE PENITENTIARY.

Inc dispatches anu papers iioh
Salt Lake City furnish US with the
details of the arrest and imprison-
ment of Brigham Young, by the
order of Chief Justice Mexican,
for " contempt of Court
About eighteen months ago, Ann
Eliza, the youngest of the Proph-
cts wives, felt dissatisfied with the
old man, and resolved to leave the
home that he had provided for her,
and to try her fortune in another
direction. The Prophet was old
over three score and ten, and Ann
Eliza was about third of his age.
good looking, smart, and in no
manner disposed by nature to seek
the cloisters of nunnery.
There was some honor in being
the Prophets "last wife," but, as
Sam Collins German frou said,
she liked something more substan-
tial than beef pork and beans
for example, sauerkrout, sausages,
and other like delicacies; so Ann
Eliza was not satisfied with 8" the
honor" of the thing, and she fled
from the harem. Three distin-
guished lawyers of the Prophets
chief city received the gay Ann
Eliza to their manly bosoms,"
and threw around her the spotless
ermine of their profession, and
with the Stars and Stripes floating
over her head, in luxuriant folds,
she soon discovered that she was
"a h'object of h'interest.
The lawyers undertook to re-
venge Ann-Eliza on the prophet
for his lack of appreciation of her
charms, and proceeded with a suit
against the "holy man" for one
half of the profits. The damages
were laid at 100000, which was
a nice little sum to be equally
divided between Ann-Eliza and the
three attorneys. Besides this, the
lawyers claimed, in the outset of
the suit, $4,000 for themselves for
the contingencies of the Court,
such as clerk hire, clerks fees.
pens, paper, pencils, and envel-
opes. Brigham was pretty large
goose and we'll feathered, and "the
limbs of the law" thought that he
needed plucking, and could stand
it very well.
1t was very properly conceived
that, during the trial, Ann Eliza
would require means of existence,
as she had, besides herself, two
boys-eight and ten years of age,
who had, in the language of the
good book, been begotten" by a
former husband, and which Brig
ham had very generously proffered
to take care of, when he vowed
connubial faith to their mother.
As the three lawyers were on "the
divy," they very naturally suggest
ed to Ann-Eliza that they were will
ling to go shares with her in that
also; but she didn't see it," and
she flew the track and gave the
lawyers ga little of her mind"
and, for q moment, it seemed that
the law suit had reached a hastv
and abrupt termination - but it
didn't.
The Rev. c. c. Stratton, Meth
odist minister, Chief Justice Nc
Kean, and another Judge" fixed
up Ann Eliza several lectures and
man by the name of Pond started
out with the runaway wife to tel
the public the story of her wrongs
and for a time the lawsuit was laio
aside.
About five months ago, the law
yers resurrected the case in the
Court, and when they had exhaust
ed their logic against Brigham (
purse, and the prophets lawyers
had defended his treasury to tn,
best of their ability, the suit fell +;
second time out of sight, and moth
ing was heard of it till three weeks
ago, when Judge Mexican startled
everybody with ordering Brigham
to pay nn-Eliza's attorneys $1,000
in ten days, to pay her $1,000 il
twenty days, and $500 a month evel
afterwards, or till the Court should
hear the case on trial.
Brigham took an appeal, and neg
lected to bring the $4,000 into Cour
to pay the lawyers, and so they OBJ
tanned from Judge Mexican a war
rant for his arrest, and to make hin
show cause why he should not be