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George Crowther testified tint N;
father, the defendant, was In Goa
Vile from about April 8. 1858. an,
remained there some time; he al,
r not know how. long; he was Their
S three weeks IN May; I don't think h,
. couiI have visited Salt Lake fiv,
different times in May without me
E he frequently had business In m,
l city, but l do not know Of dis com
ing in May.
II Mrs. Eliza COFiess testilied-I Iiy,
IN the Fourth Ward; am the de
PENDANTS sister; know Miss Heffer
an, who was his plural wife: / saw
| ather house, between two and three
years ago, Mr.. Kane; he was rather
: familiar; he called her ssMa;,, the
children called hin "Pa."
To Mr.. Narian-I never saw Mr.
Kane there but once; / knew she
was my brothers wife, and the
children were his; / never heard
anything wrong about her; we were
} members Of the same Church, I
knew TINT such thing as mar be
inferred by my worth was not coun.
tensncet ~ the Church; / told my
brothers. first wife long time after.
wards; think the occurrence l
refer to was in October. 1857.
Thomas Corless testified-I saw
MIR. Kane, as my wife has related,
and he seemed very familiar with
the defendants plural wife; he was
called sPa,'i
To Mr.. Vafian-They call Mr..
Crowther "Pa;'' | thought the &C.
lions Of Mr.. Kane were rather So
cable; l can't tell much of what
was said.
Miss Nellie Crowther was recalled
by Mr. Earian, and testified-Mr.
Kane first came TO the house in
February, lsSs; he was casual
visitor, and called to see me. He
never addressed motheras "Ma:ohe
would speak to the children. and
refer to her as Mammal when do
ing 50.
Mrs. HefTeran Crowther, the
former plural wife, was recalled-I
never saw Mr.. Kane before Febru-
airy, lSs6; Mr.. Crowther and he
came together on On, occasion; my
Children hhSef called him "PaIa;.
say, on my conscience, that |
never had any intimacy with Mr..
Kane, or any other man. He never
addressed me as ''AIa;" he may have
referred TO me as 'fMa" when speak-
ing to the children.
This closed the evidence
Mr.. Varian said this case present.
ed new and peculiar features: he had
had considerable experience in
mormon" cases, and he never saw
where one repudiated n child. This
is the fist instance where a man has
denied the paternity OF his plural
wlfe's child. 1t is the first case IN
the history OF these prosecutions
where g man, holding a member
ship in the Church, repudi- !
aied his plural wife and her child. I
IL is the hrst time where such n |
man has endeavored TO strike down /
the character Ofhis plural wife, and /
IL Is the first time where a plural 4
wife, In these prosecutions, has ever |
been accused of unfaithfulness.
These people were married. prop
erly as they believed, and they lived
together for many years. Now
comes this man with this infamy.
| say he has been living a lie for
The past seven years. In 1856 he
obtained pardon from the Presi-
dent on Representations made
under oath that he had
abandoned pOlygamy. He swore
that he had not sustained
the relation Of husband 10 HE plural
wife subsequent 20 March 90, ISS2.
Yet in November he addresses a
letter to her that shows clearly he
vas maintaining his former rcla-
tons. But when the consequences
of his act were likely TO come upon
him, he casts her aside, and at
temp;s TO brand her as n harlOt. lie
admits that the child born in 1888 is
his, Notwithstanding his statement
under oath that upwards OF a year
before he bad abandoned his rela-
ton. The plural wife and her
daughter resentsd the imputation ,
he vas endeavoring 10 cast upon
them. He wanted 10 pose be- /
fore the public as a law abiding ,
citizen, yet secretly kept up the re-
latiOn; and when he Is discovered j
he tries TO throw upon her all the
blame and requires her 10 suffer. ]
NY this Is the most infamous and (
defense that was ever
presented IN a court OF Justice. | ,
,ar il ought to be rebuked by the /;
Jury, aud, when they are done, be
by the court. say 1t would I
be a disgrace to this jury to bring :
IN any other verdict than that or i
guilty, ,
Me-. Hamilton addressed the Jury /,
IN behalf Of the defendant. He
aid he had been appointed by the ,
,ourt to conduct the case for the !,
defendant, aud he had endeavured :
o 10 his whole duty by him. i'd
nit that il Is true that this Is IL
inst tifie where, when il came 10
,ourt, "A father has deserted bis
children. | say the
'easOn for this is the pardon granted
" the President. The sixth child \
vas not born more than a year after
March %, 1852, but within a year. d
lie called upon the mother at the C
lines that have been stated, on iDvi- r
alton Of her and their daughter. The
violence has Blown that the de-
endant was not in Salt Lake during o
Day, 1885, 20 that II Is not possible a
or him 10 have been guilty as
LEGGED. AS 10 the letter referred to, :.
shows his affection for the plural I
wife and her children. l believe =
hat every man who believes in =,
will, In spite OF all laws :,
gainst u, have a feeling of love for =
lis polygaIcous wife and children, y
Inless his wife is untrue TO him. 1t :,
ras natural for her to claim that her 4,
was the father of her child. =
ask you 10 weigh the whole testi- -
lony in this case, and trust that y,
on will excuipate this man from
be charge against him. Is
Mr.. Narisn replied in his Closing =.
and said that the sixth -
hid was born more than n year :,
Ter the law of 1852. l am aston ~
he'd that a mau who had Fracticed n,
Olygamy, and who still has a a.
in the Church, would come u
Ito court, repudiate his children =
nd cast of their mother. The y
DRY about Mr.. Ksins bears on its ~
zee the impress Of faisehood, fer If =,
ich thing were going on, there .,
ould be the greatest effort g. kesp a.
secret 1 say that the one who ~
oul4 fhspect ais wife, A. this h.
efendant has done, is unworthy to ",
, called n man. I say 4 man who m
Guild cherish such a thought of the
oman who had stood by his side 7
T twenty years, upon such a me-
Iadow of suspicion, has something ne
his composition that Is not in or al,
nary mortals. say Il was the ,
niger ofthe penitentiary that I'M he