Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-07
LATTER.DAY. MARTYRS.
3ens sfths SsfsFisss and Nrstet.
sdaess ef We0oR.
THE EFFECT or PLURAL MARRIAGE
Upsa the Real Wives sfthe Ssints-pitiful
Rscitals q fwronss-Ros the Wiya
Shield Their Mormon
Husbaats.

Curclso. July GA correspondent writ
ins from asat Lake City t0the Tntef. Ocean
says: "Our local pspers have had pms-
thing to say Of late csaoerniDe the pitiable
condition of n insane wonan Who wan.
ders about our streets, and psys an occa.
sional land mose' nnweicome) visit 10 the
house that was oS<e her home, bat II nov
occupied by her husband and one OF his
plural wives. In tsis woman's case brief
period Of incarcera5on in our model In.
sane asylum completed the work which
polygamy begun. 10 she had been per.
fectly sane when conciSned - the tender
mercies Of the keepers Of that institution.
the result might have been the same.
First wives, who are said to be possessed
." "iSsI III. = ki:sfSG :i:S fG I""s.,,s..v.
have been sent to the asylam TO have the
evil spirit exercised. The following history
may serve 10 show how this 10 done:
Elder ~, Of this city, hsd Q vile
who made his home very unpleasant By
| always meeting him with tcars and re-
proaches when he returned from Q pro.
tracted visit TO wife No. :. oas day. when
Il MfA W. ~ Tic ND8u-tuut nof
| husband came in and offered 70 take the
children out for . ride, % that she might
finish her work without hindNncs. The
offer was accepted, aud standing in the
doorway the mother watched her husband
| As he drove away with her children, the
youngest baby ot months old.
She Never RaW These ChiiAres Agsta.
The afternoon passed. Sunset came, and
still they did not return. Hour after hour
che watched and waited in vain, until the
night wore away. Morning brought the
husband, alone.
- am afraid you have been an Iious about
us, " he said blsrrily. The fact Is, took
the children down 10 Sarah's, and she w0
so bent upon having us stay TO supper that
] could not refuse. After supper IL Was too
lat, to take the baby out, and 50 Nc stayed
over night. Sarah has dono the best she
could for the children and she wants msto
bring yos down - spend the day. Conc.
II e baby needs You"
The mosher hssiened her preparations.
entered the wagon that stood at the gate.
and was taken no< TO the house Of tbs
second wife, where her children were, but
to
TIE Issaae Asyla0.
She Ia there to day. To .. friend Of the
writer. who sometimes visits her she aaid
III b coald only see my children. could
bear anything else.
In the bleaf, hare Mormon burial ground.
on the hill overlooking our beautiful city.
many women have found quietsr and
safer refuge than the asylum offers. a
friend of mine who, strangely enough.
found il impossible 70 live happily with
her husband after he hal married the
servant rirl, went for counsel 10 Sister
Eliza Snow, one Of Brigham iouug's plural
| wives.
tion," Sister Eliza said. piously. after listen.
| ing to her tale Of sorrow.
II do pray" was the reply. but the more
| pray the worse feel, and ~ that girl
stays In the houss ! shall die"
| Die, then" WAS the unrui'iei reIoinder.
1.-THE Plains, from the Missouri river to
| Salt Lake, are
| Stye~ea with the Boaes
| of those who were not strong enough Ia
bear the cross of pOlygamy, and the bury
| ing ground In full Of women who felt ~
you feel; but in the celestial Kingdom eve
ny one Of these women will Weara mar
| tyr's crown
| 1t will BE- perceived from the foregoing
bit of history that the time has been when
first wives who sank into the grave under
the burdens which pOlygamy imposes
were thought worthy OF . martyrs crown.
but nov. q days II Is the girl who sup
plants Q wife and takes her place In the
house and in the husbands heart, who
poses rs martyr.
Klssss Belle Harris.
whose imprisonment for contempt OF
! court has resoI we'd itself into detention In
a we'll furnished room In the wsrdsn's
| house, where she receives her friends, an1
where he. table 10 spread with delicscies
| contributed BY her admirers. ~ the lat
| est candidate for the honors Of martyr
| dom.
| When . chsree Of bigsmy was preferred
| against ths SAINT 70 whom this YOUNG
soman Is said 10 have been sealed Sisisl
| l., lie. his r.puied second wife was brought
| before the grand Jury A. . witness Ia the
| case, and vas required TO answer under
oath the following interrogatOrics
! Are you q married woman And W W.
wien were YOU married, and TO whom
w., Mister Belle 8spiiee.
To each and all OF these impairment
| questions" ~ the Mormon press style.
| len, S,,isr IteIle replied:
| 1T - non. Of your busineS. Soh have
| 10 right TO pry into my family affairs
Judge T~iss, who pres'des IN the s"noon
ATE the force OF this logic, Instructed ~
young woman that she must snsWef IN"
| Questions put to her, and upon her dstsf'
mined and persistent fefuaal TO do 20 CON
Diitsd her Tor contempt u court. II - su
| owing No this action of yndge TWlse tfet
ne have real live martyr In Bait Lake To-
cay-a ms rtyr for whose benefit the Moi.
mon press proposes 70 rai.s i1nd ,d E;Tp un,
non Her AID who sisns himsslf "Gentile. I"
ofT.fs TO 60 without butter Tor two wseh,
in order 10 contribute bis share toward this
fund. II will, therefore, readily be Sso
bov Dc eply Sister Bslis's woes have stirred
the he srts Of this people.
As write, look out upon the sno..
cover ed peaks Of the Wsssfcb, snd recall
what dear friend Of mine said Of them
year sgo: They are
The walls 81 ~ PStssO.mssss.
God only knows bow many women have
tch oed these words, or what psseon tnis
,J ley, beautiful - It IL, has pf'''d "a
III ouiands.
Another woman said TO me: ~ dop'
think that Columbus, when be first caught
:sight of land, Vas more rejoiced than
Wien I ssw the 6rst usin OF cars con'tns
into Salt Lake. for thought. syen I.
could not esca|s thst way, The. railrosd
/ would bring somebody In to break oa'
knew sn Epslish lsd1, bssutifai. &C
complisbsd asd dslicaisly bred, wh<
drsseed Q hand-cASt from the U0our
| rivsT 70 Bait Lake. mskine the lsttsf hal
Of tbe journey aitsr tbs Sittss winter o
the Northern Territories sst 10, fordinI
streams. usdipg through snov-dsifts. sns
kept alive almost By mirec3s, whlleseroet
men dnDppsd ts6A besi6e ~. ] hav'
! beard lis kdy, aito rsoosatisg. the ho.
rors q that fearful vintsfs march, ssy: =
: vbosid have dnsxsdstbs saDs hasd-csr
baek sgaia the nsJ1 yar, foG the saks o
, escaping from utah, hsd esssps been poe
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