The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-23
The Contest on the Temple Lots
Continued.
AGED WITNESSES EXAMINED
They Testify That the Ordinances Are the
Same To-day as at the Foundation
OF the Church.

mounts the Templeton, keeps away the
vast crowd that would attend the taking
of testimony were the proceedings being
held in SOME public place But the interest
of those WHO attend never flags throughout
the day.
MAS. LUCY NJ. KISIBALL,
wife of the late Heber G. Kimball, late of
this city, was the first witnessed examined
yesterday.
"Tel what y GU know of plural marriage
as taught by Joseph Smith," said Presi-
dent Hall.
1--WE looked upon Joseph Smith as a
prophet Of God, and the Lord commanded
him to take other wives to himself"
''Tell whether or not that doctrine was
ever taught TO you personally
Yes; was married 10 the prophet
"Who performed the ceremony"
Elder William Clayton. l accepted it as
q special command from God"
''When were you marriedl'
''May !, 1913"
estate if there was anyone present and
who they were.n
'sMiss Eliza Partridge was the only wit
nessn
Estate when you first heard the plural
marriage doctrine tanght.'i
'tIn 1892
''Who taught you that principle in 1S42?''
Joseph Smith"
s.Can you state the circumstances!"
81 accepted it as command of God.'
Ibid you live with Joseph Smith as his
wifew
"He was my husband, sir"
"What difference is there between the
doctrine of plural marriage as taught by
Joseph Smith and that taught in Utahp'
''None."
CRoss-KxAMINED BY Mr.. KELLY.
"Where were you born?n
sin Vermont"
'When did you become member of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints and whereof
''When I wss nine years old, in Ogdens-
burg. New York"
when did you first see Joseph Smith,"
I'm the spring of 1S4l."
"You never saw the revelation in regard
to plural marriage?"
Eyes, sir"
'What year was that"
Gin 1S43.n
''Who did you room with at the time you
were living in the Temple house!"
with my Oldest sister, Catherine
Walker"
''You both stayed there until the proph-
cts death?"
81 stayed there until my brother was
married in 1913"
"Who beside yourself, your sister and
brother and the prophets family lived
there?"
RTwo of Bishop Partridge's daughtere
were there and the Lawrence sisters"
did Joseph keep an hotel!"
tAYes, SIR
t'Then you were there as a servant girl?n
mo, sir; they kept help"
WAS it there at the Mansion house that
he taught you the doctrine of polygamy!n
mo, sir; he taught that before.'
1.-THE Partridge girls were married to
himg"
"Yes, sir.'
when were you married to himl"
''Iu 1872
did he ever introduce you to anyone as
his wife?"
'sYes, sir; to Brigham Young and Heber
c. Kimball."
'Can you name single living man to
whom you were introduced by Joseph
Smith as his wife?"
mo, sir.''
ibid you attend the funeral as his wife?n
a attended il with the family.
'Do you know where he is buried?'
81 decline TO answer that question:
"You are willing to swear before God
that you attended the funeral!n
Yes SIR
"Were you acknowledged as his wife?"
mo, sir; was not at that time acknowl-
edged TO be his wife,
"What name did you go by?'
"By my maiden name, Lucy Walker"
''When were you known as Lucy Walker
Smith!n
AFTER came here to Salt Lake"
"How many children did you have on ac-
count of your marriage to Joseph Smith?I
al decline to answer that question
"You believe in polygamy as strong as
ever!n
81 don
"Who were you married to afterward,
where and to whom?"
ITO Heber C. Kimball, in Nauvoo, in
1886 by Brigham Young.'
''Who was Kimball.'
"He was one of the twelve apostles
"Who did you marry before you married
Kimball and after the death of Smith?"
mo one"
"How many wives did Kimbal have at
the time be married yous"
al didn't know and didn't care"
you were just anxious enough to get
married not to care how many wives he
hadg''
Eyes, sir, that is it, The day will come
come when you will take off your hats TO
the plural wives. 1 am proud of my asso-
Citations in that way"
"How is it that the church has gone back
on that doctrine herel'
''They will apologize for that some day.
"How many children did you have by
Kimball!n
"What die Joseph Smith say to you at the
time he mentioned plural wives!"
81 won't tell you; that Is my private
affair. We plural wives have lived pure
lives and have tried TO establish true
principle. / only wish had twenty sons
as good as Joseph Smith"
$50 you can't state thing that joseph
Smith said to you when he taught you DO
lygamy"
said; decline to answer that question:
''In your direct examination you said
that the doctrine of plural marriage was
received from Godg'
al accepted it as such. l regarded joseph
Smith as a prophet of God: he told me of
it. / received it as sacred and divine prin-
ciple."
In the afternoon
MRS. MARY ANN WEST,
of Ogden, was placed upon the stand. She
stated on her direct examination that she
had gone to Nauvoo in April, 1S43. and re-
manned there until Joseph Smith died, and
that the prophet had taught her the prin-
ciples Of plural marriage, which she be-
leved came to him in a revelation from
God. He had told her that she must 90 to
his brother William Smith, as a plural
wife and she had done so, having been
married to him by Brigham Young. and
that there was no one else present at their
marriage. She had also witnessed Will
hRm's marriage TO another plural wife,
Mary Jones.
She stated that she ives born in Berk-
shire, England and was there married tn
William Sheffield, from when she had
never gotten divorce. She had heen
sealed to West for time by Brigham Young
and for eternity to Joseph Stratton. Strait
ton had died in this CITY and Williop,