Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-08


9th it is possible that he did, but don't
remember it 4; | swear that | have no rec
/ collection of it | saw my sister Annie
the day before my marriage; | knew she
| had obtained divorce i think my mother
| told me the defendant also told me be-
! fore he proposed marriage to me | knew
the ground; | suppose | had been in
| formed.
Q.-You knew before you married the
defendant that his first wife had Just OBJ
tanned a divorce from him on the ground
OF adultery, and you consented to marry
| him?
Ayes, sir.
Q.-Was that matter spoken OF at the
time he proposed?
A.-No, sir; l think not.
Q.-Then the very day that your sis
ter, the woman he had wronged, had OBJ
tanned divorce from him on the ground
OF adultery you listened to his proposal
of marriage and told him that you would
think OF it; nothing was said as to the
time or place you were to be married and
the very next day you and your mother
went to his farm and you were there
married to him?
Ayes, sir.
Odd you make any inquiry OF him
as to the truth of the charge?
A.-No, sir.
Q.-You were perfectly Indifferent?
Al can't say that | was Indifferent
about it.
| Q,-It was matter OF so little concern
that before the ink was dry on the papers
OF divorce between this man and your
sister whom he had wronged, You lis
tened to his proposal and did not mem
ton this matter?
Al didn't speak of it,
Q.-Were you ever in the endowment
house?
Al have been there several times /;
| was there when | was baptized; don't
remember how long ago it was; it was
more than three years ago; can't say it
was more than four; don't remember
when was next there; don't remember
what purpose | was there for; have no
recollection OF what | was there for was
there once after that; it was six or seven
years ago; don't think have been there
within three years; | can't say that my
last visit was not within the last three
years; the last visit was to witness the
marriage OF my sister to the defendant.
Q.-Were you ever in the Logan tenn
Pile?
Ayes, sir; | think / have been
there.
Q.-More than once?
A.-No, sir; | think not.
Q.-When were you there?
Al don't remember exactly; it was
not last year; | don't remember whether
it was in the spring or the autumn, but it
was muddy; | went in company with my
brother, Junius F. Wells; | went simply
| 30, l,n e., Il TAb ~
Cannon that day.
Q.-Mrs. Cannon, do you say on your
oath before your God that prior to the
you never went through any marriage
ceremony with the defendant?
Ayes, sir; | do.
| MRS. ANNIE WELLS,
The divorced wife, was then called. She
said: | was not present at the marriage
of my sister to John Q. Cannon don't
know that they ever were married; have
never heard the defendant speak of it !;
they were never married in my house
when | was at home; | don't know that
they were married at my house during
September of this year; | think that
they were, because | have seen her with
a ring on since that time, and because
| L
desired it because | thought they wanted
thought they loved each other; don't
that he loved her; Louie never said any
thing to indicate that she was in love
with him spoke to defendant of it over
year ago; he denied that he was in
love with her; | spoke to him after that,
but he always denied it; | desired it
when first spoke OF it.
@. Why did you want them TO marry ?
A.-For the simple reason that it was
a desire of my own; | was not grieved to
any great extent believed that it was
right; | loved her better than anybody
else on earth, and | therefore wanted her
to marry him; | last spoke OF it some
months ago; have not done so since | re-
turned from San Francisco, nor while |
| was there.
Ole knowing that it was your de-
sire that he should marry her, is it fact
that he did not speak to you about it or
invite you to witness the ceremony?
A.-No, he did not mention it to me;
was walking around the yard when I'M
derstood that the ceremony was going on
yes, understood that it was going on
since that time have lived at my home
John @. has lived at his fathers farm
and Louie has lived. with her mother; |
believe they were married on the 10th OF
September; have not been told that it
was that date; have no recollection OF
going to the door to meet them; my sis
ter had on light brown dress; they re-
manned there over an hour; Abram Can
non was there he came there about IL
o'clock; | had no conversation with him !;
he went away that day,
Q.-Was there any other reason why
you wanted this ceremony performed
than because you thought these young
people loved each other?
Alt was from principally that | de-
sired it.
Q.-Where did you get the informa-
ton upon which that complaint was filed
A.-From my husband; he told me on
the Sunday he made the confession in the
Tabernacle; he simply related to me
what he had said in the Tabernacle.
Odd he tell you none OF the par
ticulars?
Al could not name the time when;
the place where, or the woman with
whom the Otiense was committed | was
the only witness sworn in the Probate
Court, where the divorce was obtained;
my husband came there and admitted
the facts the particulars were not gone
into. Excused
EMMELINE II. WELLS
Was next called. She began by asking
ii the crowd OF men could not be obliged
To leave fine room lint Mr. Richards