Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-23
THEY ARE HIS AGENTS.
The Mormon Case to be Post
poned Until Penrose
Purges Himself.
Cannon, Ex-Delegate to Con-
i gress, on the Stand for
the Prosecution.
From Fridays Daily.

SALT LAKE CRY, Utah, Nov. zl.-LSpt
eiai to the Miner. When the court Assem-
bied this morning Judge Anderson decide
that as Penrose was not willing to purg
himself Of the contempt. the case OF job
Moore would be continued indefinitely IN
til he did. He further held that the mex
NJ trmon applicants case should be pro
q eded with, and in accordance with th
sasreement OF the cour eel, all the evidene
ALREADY given should be considered as il
with the exception Of Penrose's testimony
Two women were then placed upon tn
stand by the .Aormons, and they statet
that no oaths to avenge the blood OF tn
prophets was taken by the women in tn
endowment house.
One OF the women stated positively thai
the women could not hear the oaths taker
by the men when they were anointed. ThiI
closed the evidence on behalf OF the appli
cant for admission to citizenship, and th'
obisctors then began their rebuttal, thu
court granting them the privilege to intro
dnce the evidence OF some witnesses which
should have been procured at the opening
ofthe case, but which could not be had or
account OF the absence OF the witnesses
from the territory.
George @. Cannon, the ex-delegate to
congress and one of the first presidents oi
the Mormon church, was placed on the
stand by the Gentiles and acknowledged
that he issued a certain circular, a copy ol
which was shown Linn. In this circular, is.
sued four years ago, he and resident Tay.
lor called on all the Mormon people iD
Utah, Idaho and Arizona to contribute to
a d. Tense fund. This fund was to be used
in defending polygamists who were arrested
for violating the Edmunds law OF 1882. 1t
was introduced to show that the Mormons
had combined togeth her for the purpose OF
preventing, il possible. the enforcement oi
the law and that Mormonism was trea.
sonable organization.
Sarah Gilmore swore that she went
through the endow ment house and told OF
tie fearful oath that she took. She said
the women took an oath to avenge the
blood OF the prophets, Joseph and Hiram
Smith on the American nation. A long
knife was sho. ed through door to create
terrible impression and the penalty for
divulgense WAS dissection and disembowel.
ment.
Henry Lawrence, one of the leading cap
italists OF this territory and a man whose
truth and veracity the Mormons admitted,
was placed on the witness stand and for
over two hours told OF the fearful oaths
exhorted at the endowment house and re-
lated at length on the principles and doc
trines OF the Mormon church 20
years ago. He was appointed be-
cause he disobeyed the priesthood in that
he advented the opening OF the mines. He
substantiated what all the other witnesses
for the Gentiles had said as to the oaths
taken to avenge the blood of the prophets,
Joseph and Hiram Smith on this nation
and told remarkable story OF the abso.
lutte despotism and perfect theocratic rule
that held sway here for years. He said the
Mormons believed that the Kingdem OF
God has been established on this earth and
that Mormonism was that kingdom. They
believed Brigham Young and all the presi-
dents OF the church were simply Gods
agents, and that the members OF the church
should obey their every command in tenn.
poral and spiritual matters. He told OF
the great losses he sustained in his business
by reason OF his apostacy and Of the social
ostracism to which he was subjected.
Owing to the high standing Of the witness
in this community and the universal re-
spect in which he is held by both Mormons
and Gentiles his testimony will have great
weight with the court. He oficiated four
years in the endowment house and could
not possibly be mistaken as to the charac'
ter of the oaths taken there.