The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-05
MARRIED THE WIDOW!
Regardless of the Fact of An
other Wife Living.
REV. MCKNIGHT oFFICIATEs
A Little Piece OF Work That Will
Probably Send Another Man
to the Pen.

There was a case somewhat out of
the ordinary run of things before Com
missioner Mckay yesterday morning.
when Henry N. Hawthorne was ar
raigned on complaint, sworn to by
John F. Wood, alleging that while the
defendant was married to one Jane Doe
Hawthorne, he had, on the oath day OF
Angst last, married one Mary Jane
Warn. and had since lived with her as
his wife, ETC., etc.
The case was opened with the testi-
mony of the complainant, who said
that he had known Hawthorne for some
time, and the defendant had told him
that he had a wife living in the
east whom be was very anxious to hear
from. l was quite familiar with the
latest wife of the defendant, and have
nothing against hem except that / do
not like to see a woman imposed upon.
In answer to further queries, he said
that he was once engaged to defendants
wife, and had done some work for her
about one month ago.
Jewett b. Francis testimony was to
the effect that he and the defendant
roomed together prior to the marriage
of the latter; that defendont had tod
him that he had one of the sweetest
W lmen that ever lived somewhere back
in Connecticut. l understood him to
say that he had married her in Eng
land; that she was an only daughter,
and that he had left her in the east
while he came to Utah in search of en-
ploymenL. Defendant read part of one
of the letters he received from her. She
alluded to him as her darling husband
and intimated that she was in need
OF money, and would like to have him
send her some. l believe he said she
was at Danbury, Conn. Later on he
received another letter from her in
which it was stated that she was III New
York, that she was out of money. and
was going home to her father IN Eng
land. 1t was understood that she was
in delicate condition and was going
home to be confined. This was about
SIX weeks before his last marriage. De-
PENDANT received another letter shortly
after that, and in it was the informa-
ton that she had arrived home IN
safety. On the night of August oath,
missed defendant from my room, and
the next morning l was somewhat
asst nished to learn that he was married.
| questioned him about 1t, and he ad-
miCted that he had married a widow
named Warn. l asked him how he
thought his other wife would feel about
it, and he said that it would not trouble
her much, as she did net care for him.
Carrie j. Curry said she was pre-
sent in the same house, although
not in the same room, when the
defendant was married to the widow
Warn; was invited TO the wedding. but
did lot go. heard him say he had
wife previous to this marriage. A man
named james Mcknight performed the
ceremony.
The alleged new wife, Mrs. Haw
thorne, was then called. Her testimony
was simply TO the effect that she had
married defendant week ago Tuesday,
The prosecution rested at this point
al d Mr.. Mckay placed tine bonds al
81 500.
The latest Mrs. Hawthorne SAYS she
does not believe the stories about the
defendant having another wife, and
seems to be perfectly willing TO stand
by him through good and evil report"
The defendant claims that he has been
a oank note exert, and that he has
been a Mormon for thirty years. This
latter statement, however, has been en-
tirely disproved, and last evening it
was learned that he had a big scheme
on hand, whereby he was 10
go to England and deliver a course
of anti-Mormon lectures. He met Mrs.
Warn. however, and evidently changed
his mind, preferring the enjoyment of
the widows property to tramp abroad,
Hawthorne is said, by those who know
him, to be tough" He is a smooth
talker and carries an abundance of gall
with him. This case will be an excellent
one for the present officials to tackle,
and it will be seen whether or not they
will be as jealous in the prosecution of
this case as they have been in the past,
when the defendant happened to be OF
the Mormon faith.