Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-19

skill. logic and eloquence, going hand In
hand throughout. He Is still speaking
as this report closes, and will not NM
ish before court adjourns II he does
then.
THE HOWARD EGAN CASE.
Promptly at o'clock Judge Powers
opened his address, presenting at once
the first case Of this character ever
presented before a court In Utah. This
was in 1851, when Howard Egan was
tried. The address made by George A.
Smith on that occasion was quoted al
most In full. This case, said the judge,
would take the jurors back to first prin-
ciples.
THE CHIEF GLORY OF WOMAN.
What said he as a preface, Is the
chief glory OF a woman Is II beauty
Death touches with its finger and all
becomes clay. Is II figure? No; the be-
dizened baird may be perfect in soul
Is It intellect that places her upon a
penestal ana causes man 10 worship at
her feet? No. 1t is virtue. That Is the
coronet that sets her apart as superior
to men. What Is the chief glory and
strength Of the State? Is II an army
with banners? Is II wealth? Is II pow
err? Is IL broad expanse Of land? Is II
ships upon the sea floating fortresses?
No All these are nothing compared
with the purity OF the home. Without
pure homes there can be no great state.
II Is as true today as when God thun-
dered forth His commands from the
mountain that Thou shalt not covet
Thy, neighbours wife
WHY DO MEN FORGET?
Why do men fail to learn this lesson
taught away back in the dim ages OF
creation? Why will men forget that
fire burns? Why do they fail 10 re-
member that What God hath Joined
together no man may put asunder."
This man, said Judge Powers, offered
his life TO his country, and while he
was away his false friend took away
everything that was sweet In life. His
whole heart was wrapped up in'his wife
and children. For him all there was OF
life and hope was centered in that
home circle Friendship imposes obi
cations and Mills and O'Melyeney were
more than friends-they were almost
brothers. And the man who takes up
on his knees the little children Of his
friends wife and then dlshonors her
hangs over his head the sword. ! re-
greet that the widow of the de-
ceased sees TT TO be present
on this occasion. and much that | will
say must seem harsh 10 her We are
here simply 70 consider the law and the
evidence, and | must deal with this
dead men as one guilty OF treason to
his friend. lie forgot his own family,
brought misery TO them and death %
himself. He forgot the words OF the
Bible, The path Of the aduterer leads
to death Mrs. Mills who pulled down
the roof tree. has suffered. She has
confessed; she has atoned. We did not
call her because II was unnecessary.
She Is still this mans wife, and we
would not humiliate her needlessly.
But we offered her 10 the
state Of Utah, al the prosecution
Is estopped by that.
Mills home was home OF virtue.
o'Melveney invited this wife OF his
friend to his home while his own wife
was absent. What was the real pur-
pose OF that? He slandered the alb
sent husband and then forgetting his
own family, he proceeded with his work.
At that time. Capt. Mills was wearing
the uniform Of his country IN the far
off Isle OF the seas, and then was strick-
en- down by disease. Better for him II
he could have died there with the love
Of his wife In his heart, and been buried
by the sea. In the providence Of God,
he was 10 live and 10 come home a
stricken man, mental and physical, TO
undergo this awful ordeal
Judge Powers then went on to picture
the mans condition when this awful
blow fell upon him like thunderbolt,
and judgment was melted out TO John
c. O'Melveney.
WRATH OF THE WRONGED HUs-
BAND.
The wrath Of the wronged husband
Is the vengeance OF the Almighty. Man
may boast OF his 6elf-control, but when
the iron enters his own soul his power
TO reason and meditation goes with the
wind. The law OF self-defense is the
instinct which God has implanted In
the hearts Of men for their preserva.
ton. In the plan Of the Almighty the
male Is the protector. The mother has
the instinct OF motherhood and will
plunge to death TO save her own. Mans
laws bow before this great law. No
fear Of death ever turned aside The
anger Of wroEged husband. He can.
not stay his hand even II he would.
Our State recognizes this. To the glory
and honor Of Utah. II Is placed on our
statute book.
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