The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-10

was on trial under the second indicl
ment THE HERALD has secured copie
, of the addresses as they were given
and takes pleasure in preseE ting then
verbatim to its readers:
Mr.. KIRKPATRICK.
The defendant is indicted under tn
third section of the act of Congress
known as the Edn.u ids law, which
provides that "if any male person in ;
Territory or other place over which thu
United States have exclusive Jurisdic
ton hereafter cohabits with more thar
one woman" he shall be punished a.
therein provided 1t is charged tina
the defendant, during the year 1884
cohabited with more than one woman
and your investigations are limited tc
the conduct of the defendant during
that year. The facts of the case as
developed by the evidence lie in a
narrow compass and are briefly these
The defendant has seven wives now
living. He resides IN Brigham City in
this Territory. Upon a certain block in
that city stand two houses; one known
as the ''old homestead, under whose
ample and hospitable roof the defend.
ant. before the passage of this law OF
Congress, resided with several of his
wives. About twenty rods distant
separated from the old homestead by a
substanti fence through which there
is gateway, stands what is called the
brick house" This house is the home
of the defendant where he resides with
one of his wives, Minnie Snow. He
moved from the old homestead to this
house in May, 1882, as soon as the pro.
visions of the EdInunds act became
known in Utah. There he has ever
since made his home; his business
office is there; lie receives his mail
there; he lives, he eats, he sleeps, he
dwellS there, and this was the fact
throughout the whole of the year 1881
At the old homestead reside three of
his wives, and the remaining three
reside in other parts of the town
These ladies own the property on which
they reside. conveyed to them BY
the defendant before the passage
of the act. To all of. them except
Minnie, with whom he has exclusively
lived since May. 1882, he has been mar
ried for many years, to some OF them
Y
married in 1871. They each have a fam
ilv of children. The defendant is in the
I'D year of his age. All OF these women
are supported by the defendant. They
bear his name. The evidence shows
conciusively that the defendant did not,
during the year 1884. nor has he since
May, 1882, lived dwelt, taken & meal,
slept or made his home at any house,
except the "brlck house" nor with any
woman except Minnie Snow. On two or
three occasions only in 1884, he visited /
the old homestead; these visits were !
made specially to see one of his daugh /
tiers who was dangerously i'll, having |
sustained by an accident, a fracture of /
the skull; he and her mother Sarah, |
having at the time of the injury gone !
to Pleasant Valley for her and taken |
Ter home with them. The visits were
made in the day time and were not to ex-
coed half hour each in duration. On one
occasion in November, 1884, the defend
ant called with carriage at the house
Of Harriet Snow, one OF the wives. took.
her and his sister Eliza 10 the house OF
her son. a few miles FRI N Brigham City;
be proceeded 10 his farm some distance
further on: returning in an hour. he
took Harriet and his sister in the carriage
and left them at their home in Brigham
City. Throughout this trip the carriage
was driven by man named Olsen. with
whom the defendant sat on the front
seat, the mother and sister sitting on the
back seat.
In 1884, the 10Th anniversary OF the
birth was celebrated in
Brigham City. A banquet was given IN
a large hall, called the Court House
Hall. 1t was public occasion and the
people of the city and vicinity in gem
eral attended to tender their congratu
Iations, and to testify the high regard
in which they held the defendant. At
that banquet, all these ladies were pres
ent.
Evidence has been admitted OF the
general or public repute as t.
the defendants manner of living. and
the relation he bore 10 these women
during the year 1884, and it is all to the
effect that it was generally understood, {
accepted and believed by the public that ;
the defendant lived and dwelt AT the
brick house with Minnie Snow eXclu
;ively; that his home was there: that j
le had not during 1884, nor indeed |
since May, 1882, lived or made his heme ]
It any other place, or associated with '
my other woman as a husband asso- :
laIeS With Ills Wue. Iu6Te Is no eflU6uCt
hat he has held out or announced any !
,ther woman during said time as hiswife. :
There is no evidence of sexual inter- E
curse with any other woman. The l
License could and would have proved t
hat there had been none during said t
ime. Dor since the passage of the act, I
ut the Court has ruled such evidence q
We have the right, there
ore, TO assume that except with Minnie l
now, whose youngest child is months t
Id. no such intercourse has taken Y
lace. 5
Prior to the passage OF the Edmunds n
CT, these women were all well known r
0 be the wives of the defendant since Z
hat time he has obtained no divorce q
rom any of them in the courts: o
e has supported them and their fam 4
les in comfort, ana he has been kind G.
nd considerate in his treatment OF il
hem all. All Of them are OF advanced 5,
&c except Minnie Snow, who is now "
bout 50 years Of age. ii
These facts are established by indis- n
utable evidence; indeed. there is no o
onfiict in the evidence as so any OF N
hem. The prosecution has placed e
pom the stand all Of these women, a,