Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-31

. tiers go 10 her house, but they woulc
] not; Sylvia said they could not q
] there one half hour and be goo,
girls; she said we we're not 'sAIor
D mons" / heard that they were In
danger Of going into polygamy
my aunt tried to induce me TO x
: into polygamy five years ago.
To Mr.. Young-Yesterlay Mis-.
Snow struck me first; / did moi
strike her fist; l pushed her and
struck her brother; she pushed me
first.
Miss Martha Snow testified-I am
a cousin OF these young ladies, and
daughter Of Mrs. Elizabeth Snow;
| have teen a school teacher in thi:
city for gear, taught school In
, 81. George, and they attended;
was at the depot yesterday, and saw
the girls there; / got on the train
and asked them which they wanted
TO go With, their mother or me;
they said "We want TO go with
you" When we got out, they
kissed their mother and sister, and
spoke 20 them; then Mrs.
Fitzgerald came up to me. and
knocked me down; a policeman vas
there, and be told me / would have
TO 90 TO the City Hall anu make n
complaint before she cUi;ld be ar
rested; Mrs. stringam and Mrs
Fitzgerald kept the girls back, and
they cried 10 get TO me; Mrs. Fitz-
gerald called me very vile names;
lid not strike her; did not even re-
ply; we telephOned for another
policeman, and he came, and asked
the girls where they wanted 10 go;
they said they wanted 20 70 with
me; We did not go home, but to my
sisters house.
To Mr.. Whittemore-My home Is
in st. George, but have been in
Salt Lake since last September; my
mother requested me 10 meet them
at the depot; I did no: take them
to my residence, because We did not
wish a repetition Of the scene; l
told Mrs. StrinCam / would not
enter her house; gave the girls no
advice in the matter; they wanted
70 come with me; my father Is
Erastus Snow; he left more than one
wife when he died.
james Dryer testified-I was at
the depot yesterday, and saw Miss
Snow there; I saw Mrs. Fitzgerald
whip a young man on the platform,
and drive him of: she tried TO take
the girls, hut they would not 90.
Thomas Adams tesilled-i saw
the scene at the depot yesterday; ]
knew none Of the parties and 10 not
know who struck first.
To Mr.. whittemorc-I did not 90
to meet these young ladies.
Asbbv SNOW testiiicd-l live in
81. G-orge; Mrs. Elizabeth Snow is
my mother; l met my cousins,
these young ladies, at the depot yes
terday; Mrs. FITZGERALD struck my
sister with her fist; inteTfered and
requested Mrs. Fitzgerald 10 be
pelceablc, and she turned on me;
got down out o: the way; my
sister dill not strike Mrs. FitZ-
gerald al all. Mrs. Fitzgerald aud
MrS. Stringam triel 20 separate my
cousins from my sister, hut they
would not 20; ! sent TO the Ci:y
Hall FOR n policeman, who c5mc and
Above! them 10 20 where they de-
sired: | live with my mother: my
cousins are treated just as the rest OF
the family; they are taken the best
care Of; have not heard mother
trying 10 influence anyone about |
p1lygamy.
To Mr.. WhittemUre-I did not
converse with Mrs. S:riugam about
polygamy; ] did Eot tell her that If
money would keep the girls away
from her; Z. would he done; my Z
mother told them 70 10 rs they I
pleased; we were suspicious that II /,
they were taken away y esteriay 10y |
Mr.. S.-!ngam that she would not |
allow them TO be in court today.
Mr.. Whilt-more, - tine court
We ask that those girls b. given 4
into the custody o. their parents. II |
the court discharges them they will |
return 10 MTs. SHOWS, which is a /
pOlygan0u~ family, and will receive |
tao instructions 10 prevent them
going into P5lygamy. They are Of |
the same belief as the family they l
have lived with. They should be /
delivered 10 people who viii teach /
them that pJlygamy Is wrong. This /
polygamy, should place these chill /
dren where they will he taught DIFF 1
ferently. They have been located /
in the hOtbed Of POlyEamy, If there
Is one in the Territory, and /
they are likely to follow in the same
course. The court should cr,ler that /
they bc delivered 10 their parents.
IL is parody on justice If parents
cannot have the courts to support
them i'm keeping their children
with them. 4 girl 10 years old
does not know Is well as her parents
what is best for her.
Mr.. Yuung-lt seems 10 he the
custom Of some attorneys, if they
can get no evidence to support a
claim they make, to play upon
EOlygamy. Here it was alleged
that these girls were TO be compelled
to 20 % Mexico TO 90 into
polygamy. aud they never ventured
10 bring a word OF proof
Judge Ztne; iuterrupting him
You need not argue upon the ques-
ton. This is an application for a
writ Of h05CGs cyTIJifs. TO hiring those
two young ladies', who were alleged
TO b. restrained by Mrs. Snow, that
they might be discharged from
such unlawful restraint. Mrs.
Snow denies this restraint. and
says they are at liberty 10 go as they
desire. The court is asked TO make
an Orler delivering them TO their
father and mother. The question
is, should the court DO so? IL appears
from the evidence that about ten
years ago they were with their pa
rents, hut owing 10 sickness, and
that they could better be taken care
Of, their mothers sister was given
charge OF them, and they have
lived with her ever since. They
have been brought here now. They
appear TO be Of the age stated, and
at least Of average intelligence.
They have had the advantages Of an
average education. and / am not
sure but IL Is more than the average.
They appear to be well taken care
Of. They say they are not restrained
Of their liberty and that they prefer
TO live with their aunt. / think
they have been pretty well brought
up. There Is evidence 20 show that
the late Apostle Snow was a polyea-
mist, hut there is No evidence 10
show that they have been taught
and they have not been
induced 10 enter into it. They are
allowed theusual privileges OF young
ladies Of their age, and appear 10
have been well taken care OF. Their
aunt seems 70 he attached 10 them,
and they TO her. They are also at
tachel 10 their parents aud say moth
ing Gi-respcctful OF them. But they
DO not like Salt Lake. They evil
IDENTIFY testify truthfully. There was
a disgraccful scene at the station
yesterday, but the evidence is that
all conducted themselves respectful
ly except Mrs. Fitzgerald, who was
disposed TO Use violence. The court
eau only release these Young giFl-