Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-03
PAINFUL CASE.
A Young Man aud His Nlece Commit.
ted on a Serious Charge.

bciotc tonmlaslonor FREEMAN,
yesterday afternoon, the preliminary
examination took place In tho case Of
Samuel Allswor,h and wife (noc Sarah
whitehcad), who were recently m.
rested at Demlng, New Mexico, on n
charge Of incest. The complaint, as
previously stated In the NEWS, was
lodged 10y the woman's father.
Mt. John NJ. Zane prosecuted and
Mr.. Hamilton defended the accused.
Tho Defendants attorney wished TO
waive examination, but Mr.. Zane In.
sisted on taking tho testimony, and
Walter Whitehead, the complal nant,
was called. He tcstlfed-rhis girl Ia
my daughter, aud that man Allsworth
II her scduc.r. He II my Wife. own
brother aud formerly resided at Spring.
VILE, while my family lived nj Provo,
over n year ago lao buried hls wife.
and M lao had number Of small
chi ldrun 10 care for, | lot my daugh.
ter 10 10 his house ana helm
him. After she had been there for a
time l heard nimor 10 the effect that
tho relations between them were NOT
proper, anu inquired Into IL. What /
heard caused me 10 take my daughter
home vi once, but lot her Younger
sister 20 10 Allswnrth's. He came 10
l'ruvoaiter that aud saw my daughter
olandestlnely, and In October last they
olop-d, and yeDt 10 Mexico. We 70.
ccivcd several letters from him, and Ia
one OF them he says he has not com.
milted lncest Ia the eight Of the law,
but he know better. Before thoy left
they had boon talking OF getting mar.
rlod. aud they have rot q letter from
President Woodruff, Who told him that
such marriage was unlawful, but
that II he married tho girl ho would be
guilty Of Incest ami liable 10 imprl,on.
ment from three 10 fifleen years, Alter
they were brought home by tho mar.
shall few days ago, my daughter TO.
turned 10 my house. She has a six.
weeks old babe, and she admitted 10
mo that All-worth was tho father OF II.
but claimed that II WIS begotten M
Mexico and denied that she had ever
had Intercourse with him In the United
States.
Mn. Whitehead said-Allswotth 4,
my brother and the girl Is my laughter.
Sho went 10 live at his house after Ia,
death OF his wife, rs testified 10.
heard reports 10 the effect that their
relalionswefe Improper, but never saw
anything myself.
Miss Amelia Whitehead stated
Sarah Whitehead Is my sister, All
know about this case 10 that on October
I last while my father and mother
We're away from home, Allsworth came
10 the house and went away with
sarah. received letters from them
from Deming, Ia Mexico, They
wanted mo 10 come aud Joln them, /
do not know what Sarah'a condIlIon
was when she left Provo.
J. Il. Allsworth testlled-I reside nj
Sprlngyllle. The defendant A INV
ofother. While Miss Whitehead, my
niece, was nj his house, | told her
tnai l Thought she was too infinite
WIN her uncle, and | warned her
agalusl MIN and advised her 10 20 home,
Ihtn l told her father AMI mother how
thlngu were shaping. a short time
before she left tho country with her
uncle She complained Of being sIck,
aud from all the circumstances I con.
oluied she was pregnant. Since my
brother left here, no has written a mum.
Der Of letters In which lie referred 10
me harshly. He evidently thought
mat was the cause Of the prosecu.
ton.
This being NIL the evidence for the
prosecution, Mr.. Hamilton said the dc.
tense had nothing 10 offer at this time.
Mi' Zane said that the case was cor.
tRinly shocking Que, and called for
no tendency. He asked that Allsworth,s
b0nd DO Increased from $1,000 10 81. 6OO