Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-08

ing and IL still an apostle OF the church,
but that he Is very feeble.
In regard TO his fathers family, Mr..
Merrill said he had a father with six
wives and that he had 20 brothers and
IL sisters. He was asked how many
nephews and nieces he had and said he
did not know, but thought there were
more than 100.
My father lives with his first wife
and comes to the home OF my mother
probably not more than once month
he said. my father Is very busy
man." the witness supplemented.
Mr.. Merrill thought three OF his
brothers had married plural wives and
that two Of his sisters had married into
polygamous families:
MRS. KENNEpY's MOTHER
CALLED.
The posecution called TO the stand
Mrs. Emma Matthews OF Marysville,
Utah. mother OF Mrs. Clara Mabel Ken
nedy. Mrs. Matthews said she had been
a member OF Mormon" family for 20
years and Is Mormon" herself She
has been plural wife, but Is not now.
Mrs. Kennedy Is the child OF Mrs. Mat
tItWr UIfl HuSlldHu anu was WI u Dt-
fore Mrs, Matthews became q Nor
mon" Mrs. Matthews said Mrs. Ken
nedy Is 26 or ~ years old and had gone
TO Dlaz with her parents l6 years ago.
MOTHER HAD NO OBJECTION.
Mrs. Matthews said that while living
at Diaz she had known Mr.. Johnson
for two years prior to his marriage to
Aanuhtax nd that aha had had No
objection to her daughter becoming his
plural wife, She remembered well the
marriage of johnson TO her daughter
and fixed the date definitely In May,
1894.
"He Just asked me n ] was willing
that he should marry my daughter and
said yes" said the witness, "She
wanted TO wait until she was rs, but he
was not willing She saw both Mr..
and Mrs, Johnson, the first Wife, when
they and the daughter who was to be-
come the second wife, left for Juarez.
you knew they were going to
Juarezg'
yes"
did you know your daughter was to
be married then TO Johnson?"
II did not"
where did YOU suppose she was go.
ing2"
II did not know"
Then you did not see her married."
II did not
HAS she ever told you that she was
married to Johnson then?'
"She has not, never asked her"
These questions were put by Mr.. Tay.
Ter, when he concluded Mr.. Worthing-
ton asked number Of questions by
which the fact was brought out that
APOSTLE Teasdale had advised her
against allowing her daughter 10
come q plural wife on the ground enwt
It was against the law OF the Church.
Mrs. Matthews also gave some facts
concerning her own history In response
10 questions by members OF the com.
mittee. She Is a native OF England and
while living widow In that country
had become converted To "Mormonism'
about 1885 by George Barber, mission
AIRY of the Mormon" Church. She af-
terward came to Utah and married
Barber, becoming his third wife. She
had, she said, embraced "MormonIsm"
knowing that II inculcated polygamy,
but when she became plural wife,
she was not told that polygamy was
against the law OF the land.
MIR. MERRILL RECALLED.
Mr.. Merrill was temporarily recalled
and questioned by Senator Dubois, who
said:
"Mr Merrill, do you still uphold the
doctrine Of polygamyY'
mo, sir" was the reply.
but YOU practise t9"
II do"
How do you reconcile the two state.
ments2" one OF the committee asked.
The witness did not reply but mum.
Der OF the committee illustrated by
SAYING he was like the man who was
for prohibition but against the enforce
ment OF Il.
= APOSTLE LYMAN TEsTIF1Es.
Francis NJ Lyman a member OF the
Twelve Apostles OF the Mormon
Church and the prospective successor
OF MIR. Smith as president OF the
Church, was the next witness He was
born 81 years ago and became an Apos-
tie In 1850,
"Arc you polygamlst2" Mr.. Taylcr
asked, and the witness replied frankly
"Yes." He said that he had had three
wives and that Of them two are still
living,
nv his second wife, 10 whom he was
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