Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-11-18
THE RIVALS REVENGE.
The story of How the Hawthorne
Prosecution Was Brought About
The Trial Commenced.
The Additional Charge Of an Attempt
to Perpetrate n Panorama,
The Defense Tries TO Impeach the
Principal Witness For the
Prosecution.

cohab. trials when the space inside the
railing is crowded to its utmost and the
spectators benches are well filled with
people eagerly awaiting each new deyel-
opment.
The case called for trial was that OF
the United States against Henry w.
Hawthorne, charged with polygamy.
Outside of the plain facts in the case,
there were so many interesting particu-
lars brought out in the examination be-
fore the Commissioner, that every one
who has heard or read of the case has
been anxious to hear the evidence for
himself, and drink in for himself the
story of how the long-bearded masher
won the hearts OF three confiding women,
varying 80 greatly in age, size and finan-
cial standing. 1t will be remembered
that the last wife taken by Hawthorne
was one widow Warne, who had shaken
another man, TO whom she was engaged,
in order to marry the festive Hawthorne.
The rival then decided upon revenge, and
he therefore went to the Marshal, gave
the snap away and had Hawthorne ar
rested.
THE DEFENDANT,
Who is man about 80 years old, APP
peared in court, looking none the worse
for his short term among the zebra
legged brethren in the Pen. 1t will be
remembered that at the time of his ar
rest, Hawthorne claimed that he was q
member of the Mormon Church, but,
owing to certain disagreeable circum-
stances connected with the case, the
church organ repudiated him, and he was
thrown upon his own resources to pull
through for himself without even the pro-
lection of the revelation on celestial mar
riage to shield him from public scorn.
When indicted by the Grand Jury, Haw-
thorne's lawyer, Judge Mcbride, de-
INJURED to the indictment, and succeeded
in showing SO many fallacies in the docu-
ment that the case went back to the grand
inquisitors. Another indictment was got
ten out and the attempt to kill it with Il
demurrer wasivain. The case was then set
down on the court calender, and after
several continuances, it has at last come
to trial.
THE JURY.
As might readily be supposed, it was
not an easy matter to get jury satisfac-
tory to both sides, and it was only after
considerable discussion that the follow
ing twelve were finally accepted
w. G. Dunbar, Jr., Sc. Pancake,
jas. w. Campbell, Chas. b. burst,
Il. G. Nj. Smith, NJ. Dusseldorf,
Albert Fisher, @. M. Brown,
II. w. Crane, George Mullett,
j. M. Harvey. Joseph Foreman.
THE EXAMINATION
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the prosecution, and by j. X. Mcbride
for the defense. Each witness was put
through rigid questioning, and all that
any of them knew about the case was
brought out clearly. The examinato on
opened by the calling OF
JEwETT b. FRANCIS,
Who testified as follows / live in this
city; am miner; know defendant ::
have known him some four months !;
when | first met him he was stopping at
Adams he lodged with me for some
two months prior to the time he was
married; he told me that he married
Mary Berkeley, in Maidstone, England,
and that he left her in Hartford, Con-
necticut when he came Vest he re-
ceived some three letters from her to my
knowledge ;sI heard part OF two of them
read he said that the letters were from
HIS DARLING WIFE.
lie said that she expected soon to be
confined and he was anxious to hear
from her; he afterward told me that she
had gone home to her fathers in Eng
land to live until he could get her
home heard him read letter from
her, written after she had arrived in Eng
land | introduced the defendant to Mary
Warne; he told me some OF these things
before he met Mrs. Warne and some after
then; he told me that his wife had gone
back to England and he wanted
A WIFE WITH MONEY,
As the other had none, so he was going
to marry Mary Warne.
To defense: When | first came to
Utah | went into the mountains locating
and working mines; | lived in Silver
Reef for two years off and on; left there
about three years ago; | don't consider
that caused the defendants arrest;
had mighty little to do with it; Haw-
thorne and | had no difficulty at this
time; | had and have no feelings against
him except that / thought he had treated
his wife wrong; our rooming together
was brought about through business re-
lations | had scheme for
GETTING UP A PANORAMA
And wanted him to go into it with me
ii he saw fit.
Questionable show business didn't
go?
Answer-It hasn't gone yet.
Witness went on: Some of the time
between the time we met and the time
he came to room with me | was engaged
part OF the time in building roof for
Mrs. 'Awthorne" as she is now called :;
part OF the time | engaged with him in
experimenting on soft soap and other
things.
ON what connection was it that this
letter was drawn out and read?
A.-Well it said "My darlin' Harry. "
Counsel-That isn't the question.
Witness-Iie made the remarks volun-
tarily; the first letter | saw was written
before she left Connecticut; he told me
her name was Mary Buckley; / had for
gotten the name, but it was brought to
my mind when | received letter from
her.
Q.-Didn't you try to induce this
woman to marry you?
A.-No sir.
Q.-Didn't you try to promote mar
riage with this woman?
A.-Yes, to Hugh Turner, Of Idaho.
Q.-Didn't you tell her if your nephew
didn't marry her you would?
Al might have said that Just "a
joshing," but didn't mean it,
Witness went on: This prosecution
was brought about by my nephew; he
said that he was going to get even with
Hawthorne because he had married a
woman to whom he (my nephew was
engaged it was not understood between
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