Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-20
FAIRLY BEAMEO WITH DELIGHT.
By Profession Is an Engineer -- Has
Done Newspaper Work--llis
Present Occupation
HIRED TO WORK AGAINST SHOOT,
His Anti.MOrmOn CampaiGu-- Methods
lie EmplOycd-Giyes Alleged Re-
suit With Many Details.
Especial to the "NewsC
(speclal 20 the "News.")

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Special TO the "News,D
Washington, D. c., Dec 2o,-The
protestants against Senator Shoots
rlsht to hold his seat in the United
states senate concluded their side Of
the case shortly before o'clock this
afternoon When C. NJ owen was
dismissed from the stand Atty. Tayer
said that some testimony of Importance
may be secured which would be intro
duced II the witnesses who have disap-
peared can be found, but he does.not
anticipate this and VIII therefore close
his case with the introduction Of GER
tain documents Of evidence which will
be introduced when the committee re-
assumes the hearing Atty Worthlng-
ton protested against compelling the
defense to proceed with the other side
before the case rs actually closed. He
wanted the committee to declare Tay-
ler's case closed before asking the de-
Tense TO produce witnesses. II was
agreed however. that the committee
had a right to reopen the case at amy
time II the Witnesses sought are found.
Senator Shoots witnesses win be SUM
moned to appear Immediately after the
holiday recess, The hearing will be re-
sumed on the 10th Of January Names
Of witnesses WIN be handed in today
end subpoenas issued az once. After
he case was reported closed II was de-
cled to require the attorneys TO sub
init documentary evidence today in or
der that the senator's attorneys may
know what they have TO overcome.
This win take an hour or more
The star witness Of the day was en-,
Owen lie was also the most willing wit.
ness who has appeared.He fairly beamed
with delight az the opportunity to make
public In the official records Of the sem
ate mass Of information with which
he has stored his dome of thought dur
Ing five years owen told the commit
tee that he is an engineer by profess
sion, but that he was engaged In news
paper work for several years, From
his testimony It would appear that he IS
the official accoucheur Of the states Of
Utah, Wyoming and Idaho for he seems
to have been present at the birth OF
everybody In the past three or four
years, and Is also posted as to when
The advent Of other little ones is TO be
expected. Mr. owen has had difficulty
ia keeping back his testimony so long,
10 fact he has told many things to
newspaper men during the hearing and
has never missed a chance to post
Atty Tayler as TO questions to submit
to witnesses lie said that he has lived
in Salt Lake Il years, and that in Jan
uary 09, he received an offer from the
New York journal 10 act as It's cor
respondent in the antl-Roberts cam-
paign, The Journal started the cam
paign to unseat Roberts, who had been
elected to Congress, lie accepted with
The understanding that It would not I'M
tertere with his engineering work, but
10 September he gave up engineering
work and remained with the Journal
until 1901. subsequently he was en-
gagged 10y the lnterdenomlnatonal Wo-
mans society 10 Investigate polygamy
In Idaho. In 1901 he was retained
Do the Smoot investigation and has
bcen engaged ia preparing am the pa
pers IN the pending case. Prior to 90 had
come more or less I'M close contact with
polygamists and sint then has travelled
throughout Utah except "a small portion
OF the south and southeast and devoted
au MS time to Inquiries into the facts
as TO poysamous practise IN Idaho
wyoming and Utah There Is hardly
settlement IN any OF these states where
nere is not apostate or good standing
Mormon from whom he could not get
Some Information quietly. He said that
ne never accepted one mans statement
pu' checked each case before reporting.
Asked as to plural marriages which
nave occurred since 1890 he said: John
W. Taylor is reputed to have taken two
wives the past two or three years, they
We're Rosy and Roxy Williams. Taylor
mas five wives Apostle Cowley is re-
ioted to have taken new wife within
Two years. He certainly has three and
Possibly another, Understand both are
In Canada.
Apostle Merrill Is reputed to have
hme wives, the ninth wife Is named
oleson' to whom he IS rcputed to have
oeen married about three years ago.
Jane Toronto, the eighth wife, is also
reputed to have been married since
me manifesto. Apostle Merrill owen
Gays has IS children and lO7 grand
children.
And he Is the man who is In poor
health'' exclaimed Chairman Burrows.
D. NJ Tanner Is witness who was
po' found He has certainly four
wives, possibly Ave. Three were mar