Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-02


me appearance Of the affidavit 0
William Green, in the DAILY En-
q'f'reT, the man claimed by tn,
! Liberals" in their recent judicia
light before Judge Andenon.to hsv.
| been numbered or tie Plains il
1862 in Captain Danes company
: by order Of the Danites. He is a
"Liberal," and kept quiet as to hi:
identity until after the proceeding
was over. His affidavit is as fol,
lows,
TERRITORY or UTAH,
/ COUNTY OF UTAH.
= William Green, being duly sworn.
on his oath says, am an Englishu,an
by birth, fifty-five year. Of see, and
: now resident % Spanish Fork Civ,
Jtaf County, Territory Of Utah. /
. crossed the plains in lS62 i'm Captain
Danes company: knew a man by
the name Of Wardell; he crossed the
plains and came to Uah in the same
company IS 4 did. We travelled to-
gcther until the company arrived at
4 = ~.
IN PaTley's Park, where left the train
ahead Of the company, being anxious
TO meet my wife, who was then in Salt
Lake City, she having travelled over
the plains the game season with Cap
tain Hoyts company. / have lived
IN salt Lake City and Spanish Fork
City since came to Utah. / was the
only man by the name OF Green, that
Know OF, who came over in Captain
Danes company. No man was killed
IN that company by the name Of
Green, or Of any other name, nor did
| ever hear Of any rumOr OF any ors
being killed in said company, until /
saw the statement OF Wardell recently
IN the papers. / am not a Mormon,
nor have ! been for several wears. /
am not a believer in Mormon theo-
crazy, but do believe it wrong to have
any religious sect or body OF people
assailed by falsehood.
WILLIAM GREER.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 18th day Of November, 1850.
! WILLIAM GREER,
ISEAL.l Notary Public,
CeURT ITEMS.
Or Saturday the following bust
ness was transacted by Judge Black
I burn:
In the case Of the United States
Us. VIM. 4. Stewart, the defendant
pleaded not guilty. The bonds were
fixed at $1,000, and the case con-
tinued for the term.
The case Of John Il. NIilncr vs..
Provo City was continued Tor the
term on application Of the plaintiff.
The rsse Of Provo City VS.. &c.
York was continued for the term.
The case of Jacob johnson VS..
Spring City was set for December
70, 1859.
DOugal McMurphy, n resident of |
Juab County, aud native of Eng |
land, was admitted to citizenship.
The case Of William T.. Watson |
VS.. George CrOwther ct al. was then |
called up for trial and resulted in a /
verdict for plaintiff Of 81.
c. c, a. Christensen was held in
$1,000 bonds to await trial for unlaw-
full cOhabitatiOn.
The jury in the case of J. i.
McClelland VS.. Anna Marks re-
turned n verdict of $50 in favor of
the plaintiff.
OTHER NEWS.
The interior Of the courthouse is
being renovated,
Another meeting OF the asylum
board Of directors was held here on
Friday evening, at which Governor
Thomas, Mayor Armstrong, Hon.
l.. w. ShurtlifI, Judge Dusenbery,
and George Sutherland were present.
The committee appointed TO pur-
chase additional land was given
time i'm which 10 make negotia-
tons.
The quarterly conference of this
Stake Is being held today. We have
with US President George q. Can
non, Apostle Abram II. Cannon,
Presidents Seymour b. Young and
Jacob F. Gates, Of the Seventies;
Bishop o. +. Whitney and other
visitors. At this mornings meet
ing Apostle a. H. Cannon delivered
4 powerful discourse.
On Saturday afternoon George
Jaques, Of Springville. appeared be-
fore Judge w. II. Brown, for trial
on a complaint charging him with
malicious mischief, in breaking
down one Of the toll gates in Provo
Canyon on the % Of November.
Mr.. Saxey defended Jaques, and
stated that under the law Of 1883
the road became public highway,
and any one had the right 10 re-
move auy Instructions therefrom. .
The court took until Thursday to
give his decision. !
]. Il. Boshard. who was arrested :
here Friday morning by Deputy j
Bennett, on n complaint charging :
him with unlawful eOhabitatiOn, {
had his examination Saturday
before Commissioner !
Hills. The only witness on hand
was the mother Of the reputed :
second wife, Mrs. Albina Thomas, I
Of Spanish Fork, who said: l have !
a daughter named Jane; | last saw
her in September: 1 do not know {
she is married; she is {
n mother; have seen her at Mr.. Sol {
omon's residence, in Salt lake
City; am acquainted with defend '
ant; he has been to my house many ;
times, in company with my daugh-
ter; she has but one child; have
heard it reported that she was mar '
ried 10 defendant; she has denied I
this TO me, however, hut has admit
ted IT since She became n mother:
am not member o. the Mormon c
Church. To Mr.. Booth the witness I
said the child, '.for all the world. I" q
looked like the defendant. The
said he wanted to pro-
luce other witnesses, so ordered a !
until next "Wednesday.
Mr.. Boshard was released on $500
Donds.
Provo. De-. 7. 1859.