Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-06-14

The Secretary OF War and HIS Lat.
ter Day Saint Relatives.

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1t appears that the Secretary of Wal
has a Mormon brother living at Por-
tage, Utah Territory. The Secretary's
brother, Memory McCrary, who is a
polygamist of long standing in Zion
lately departed for Washington, which
fact is creating much comment and
speculation among the Gentiles OF
Utah. The other day a young man by
the name of William McCrary, son OF
Memory McCrary and a nephew of the
Secretary Of War, put in an appearance
at Corinne, on learning which a report.
er Of the Record proceeded to inter.
view him. We append the most inter-
esting portion of the interview:
Reporter-Any relation to the Sec.
rotary of War?
McCrary-Yes. My father, Memory
McCrary, is a brother of the Secreta-
ry, SO you see l am that officials
nephew. Don't ! look like a great
mans relative?
Reporter-I believe your father is a
Mormon, is he not?
McCrary-I should say he was; so
am la kind of a one. Dads been a
Mormon for twenty five years.
Reporter-What part of the country
did you emierate from when you first
came to Utah?
McCrary-Lee county, Iowa, Think;
bnt as | was only about six months
Old at that time, why you see 1 don't
know much about that. I've heard
futEnr COW hntvnvor thaf offa. To-, x;n.,
Iowa and reaching Utah we settled at
Willow Creek, then moved t 0 Dewey's
Ward, on North String, in this county,
and aiterwards-two years ago-moved
to Portage, where we now live.
Reporter-Is your father a polyga-
mist?
McCrary-Yes, the old mans we'll
fixed that way-got two of 'em now.
His second wife he married at Portage
about eighteen mouths ago. She was
A widow named Thornton, and had a
batch of young ones by her former
husband. But Lord! You ought to
have seen the rumpus mother kicked
up when the old man let on that he
was going to marry a second.
Reporter-Your mother does not
favor ~polygamous marriages. then?
McCrary-I should say not. Why,
she gave the old man hill. She hit
HIM on the snout with a rolling pin,
broke a wash pitcher over his head,
tore his best Sunday go to. meeting
coat all to strips, and threatened to
break lis back if ne ever brought No.
2 to her house. / tell you there was
lots of fun for a little while; but now
it's all over. Mo Their had to give in.
Representatives. is your father
now?
McCrary-Gone to Washington, l
reckon. He left home a little over u
week ago and told me to follow on t O
Ogden with n team, SO that / could
axe him back. I went to Ogden, and
when / got there they told me at the
Coop store that he had gone TO Wash
ington TO see his brother. the Secretary
of War. I can't see what he's gone
for, unless it is to talk to uncle about
Utah affairs, and tell hiin not to send
any troops here.
Reporter--Your father must be
pretty we'll fixed, financially speak
ing?
McCrary-No. he amt got a picay-
n to spare. 1 reckon somebody
Brother Brigham, maybe->ent word to
have him fitted out aud have his ia re
paid to Washington, or he couldn't
have gone.
Reporter-Then You don't know just
what his mission to the Fast j.?
McCrary-No; he would not let me
know anything about it anyhow.
Reporter-Is your uncle, the Secre-
.ary of War, a Mormon too?
McCrary-Give it up. l don't know;
he may be.
Repor er-Do you think your uncle
will allow himself to be influenced by
the representations your father may
make to him?
McCrary-Now you've got me.
They haven't seen each other for a
number of years, and what the result
of the uleatiuv will be. | can't saw.