Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-04

morning by the appearance III Juuge MC-
Kay's court of the principal and wit
nesses in spicy case of polygamy, and
from the beginning to the close of the
evidence the interest increased, and the
tolls of the law wound themselves tight
about the poor, injured, defenseless de-
PENDANT
THE COMPLAINT
Was sworn to by one John f. Wood, who
it appears had been the fancee of the de-
fendant's latest victim, and who
seemed to have a double interest in
bringing the culprit to justice. Itcharges
that while the defendant was married to
one Jane Doe Hawthore; he had on the
oath day of August, of this year, taken to
his bosom one Mary Jane Warn, and
had since lived with her as his wife.
THE FIRST WITNESS
Was John F. Wood, the complainant,
who was given rigorous examination by
the prosecution. He stated that he had
known the defendant for some time that
he had had three conversations with
said defendant on the subject of matri-
mony; that defendant had told him that
he had wife living in the East, and had
afterward expressed himself as being very
anxious to hear from her.
To the defense the witness reiterated
the above statements and was further
questioned as to the conversations men,
toned. 1t did not appear that anything
of great importance had been said by
defendant in these, but there was suffi-
cient to show that he had wife living
in the East. These chats occurred in de-
PENDANTS shop while he was at work, and
were all prior to the date of his marriage
to Mrs. Hawthorn. In reply to further
questions as to witness relations with the
parties, he said: L was pretty familiar
with Mrs. Hawthorn at one time l am
not jealous of the defendant; have no
feelings against him, except that | don't
like to see woman imposed upon; | was
once
ENGAGED TO DEFENDANTS WIFE;
l worked for her about month ago; l
suppose she is pretty well off; in the
third conversation he said that she must
be going to desert him, sas. he had not
heard from her; Mr.. Mcknight was
present at the time he could not have
liCdli bAiC lCilltllhs GACu6cQ.
Jewett B. Francis, with whom defend
ant roomed previous to his marriage, was
next sworn. He said: know defend
ant; have known him several months;
have heard him speak of his status as
married man; he told NE that he had
one of the loveliest little women, back in
Connecticut, that ever lived; he said that
he married her in England, that she was
an only daughter, and that he had left
her in the East while he came here for
employment; he was very anxious to
hear from her; his letters came through
friend in Chicago; she did not know
her husband was here; he read part of
one of her letters to me; she addressed
him as
HER DARLING HUSBAND;
She said she was very anxious to hear
from him, and asked him if he could
send her some money; he said she was
at Danbury, Connecticut; he was anxious
to get some money to send her, and L said
that hoped we could soon get some
when he opened the letter he said, "I've
got a letter from my wife )" he got letter
later from New York, in which she stated
that she was out of money and was going
AANLiS W hCi tiiI CApCCICu W NC
confined as soon as she got there this
riage; he said
''GoD BLESS HER,"
wish / could send her some money
defendant afterward told me that he had
another letter from her stating that she |
had arrived home safely; | missed de- |
fendant from the room on the night of |
the oath of August, and the next morn !
ing | heard he was married / asked him |
about it, and he stated that he had mar
ried the widow Warn; asked him one |
day how his other wife would feel about !
it, and he said she didn't care for him; a |
few days ago Hawthorn got letter from
England; have talked with him since, |
and he said he was very happy; he said |
he was all upset with the change
TO THE DEFENSE.
The defense then took the witness and.
as will be seen by the first few questions,
tried to impeach him by bringing out
some occurrence connected with the
mans past life. The answers explain
themselves. Witness said [ reside in
Salt Lake City; have done so, off and on.
for fifteen years; | did reside at Beaver
at one time; married a woman there
and brought her to this city; killed a
man there; he was the best friend had
l was never convicted of felony:
the Grand Jury acquitted me without
leaving their seats; heard defendant
read that letter; the substance of what
she said was that she thought everyl
thing in the world of him; | have MOI
feelings against him except that L think
be did id dirty trick when he left his
wife and robbed another man of his
betrothed Excused.
Anna Reeder was next called. She
5aid Defendant boarded with me in
April last for three weeks; during that
time l had talk with him; he said he
had wife in England; that she was
AS LOVING A LITTLE WIFE
AS any man could wish, and that he ex-
pected soon to be father; this conversa-
ton occurred at the table; there were
other parties present; they probably
heard what he said also; defendant has
often spoken to my husband about his
wife. Excused.
Mrs. Carrie j. Curry was sworn and
testified as follows: | live on Second
East street; was in the house at the
Time OF the marriage was not in the
room; was invited to the wedding, but
refused to go; | have seen them eyerv
lay since before the marriage | heard
nm say he had wife James Mcknight
performed the ceremony; / saw him
here that night Excused.
10 defense: heard him make this
statement about his wife ten days ago:
We were talking about good women and
BAD women, and he said he had a good
wife. Excused.
THE NEW WIFE,