Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08

give the substance of it. He said he and
his wife stood up and Joined hands
They made you promise something, did
they not?" inquired Senator Hoar.
Yes. sir"
< but you have forgotten what 1t was.
the senator remarked. with laugh
2 ''Oh, no, l haven't forgotten" said MIR.
Merrill He then said that he had prom
Used to love. cherish and support the wo-
man.
/ And did you continue to cohabit with
Fher after you married the woman you call
YOUR legal wifeT' Chairman Burrows asked.
: The witness said he lived with both wives.
but that they had different homes in Rich
FInond. Utah, about mile apart.
L You say you were living with your
mother when you were married the second
time. Where was your father, Apostle Mer-
rill. at that timer" was asked.
His Father in Hiding.
He was on the underground most of the
time" said the witness, jocularly.
What do you mean by ON the under
ground?'" asked Mr. Worthington.
'He was in hiding"
HWhy was he In hiding?" asked the chair
man.
Because about that time there were pros
ecutions going on for polygamy," Mr.. Mer-
rill answered. He said that oftentimes he
would not see his father for month
1883 wife to his mothers home OCCASION
ally. but that she had never stayed all
night there and that. SO far as he knew.
his father did not know that he had wife
already when he was married by his father
to the woman he calls his legal wife. Mr..
Merrill said his father is still living, and is
still apostle of the church, but that he
is very feeble.
In regard to his family. Mr.. Merrill said
he had a father with six wives, and that
he had twenty brothers and seventeen sis
tiers. He was asked how many nephews
and neces he had, and said he did not
know. but thought there were more than
one hundred.
My father lives with his first wife and
comes TO the home of my mother proba bly,
not more than once month";" he said.
My father is very busy man. the wit
ness supplemented. Mr.. Merrill thought
three of his brothers have married plural
wives. and that two of his sisters had mar
ried into polygamous families.
Mrs Emma Matthews Called
The prosecution called to the stand Mrs.
Emma Matthews of Marysville, Utah,
mother of Mrs. Clara Mabel Kennedy. Mrs.
Matthews said she had been a member of a
Mormon family for twenty-five years and
is a Mormon herself She has been a plu-
raj wife, but is not now. Mrs. Kennedy Is
the child of Mrs. Matthews first husba nd.
and was born before Mrs. Matthews be-
came Mormon. Mrs. Matthews said Mrs.
years old. and had gone to Diaz with her
parents sixteen years ago.
Mrs. Matthews said that while living at
Diaz she had known Mr.. Johnson for two
years prior to his marriage to her daughter,
and that she had had no objection to her
daughter becoming his plural wife. She re-
membered well the marriage of johnson to
her daughter and fixed the date definitely
al May, 1894.
Gave Her Consent to Polygamous Mar
riage.
He just asked me if I was willing that
he should marry my daughter. and 1 said
yes, said the witness. "She wanted to
wait until she was eighteen, but he was
not willing" She saw both Mr. and Mrs
Johnson, the first WIFE when they and the
daughter who was to become the second
wife left for Juarez.
You knew they We're going to Juarez?"
Yes"
Did You know your daughter was to be
married then to Johnson"
Il did not"
why did you suppose she was going?"
Il did not know
Then you did not see her married.
Il did not
Has she ever told YOU that she was mar
r1ed 10 johnson them"
She has not; l never asked her"
These questions were put by Mr.. Tayler
When hs ended Mr. Worthington asked a
number of questions, by which the fact was
brought out that APOSTLE TeasdaIe had ad-
vlsed her against allowing her daughter to
become plural wife on the ground that it
was against the law of the church.
Mrs Matthews also gave some facts con-
corning her own history in response to
questions by members of the committee.
She is a native of England. and while liv-
ing a widow In that country had become
converted TO Mormonism about 1885 by
George Barber, missionary of the Nor
mon lhurch. She 3ffervNa rd 70 h
and married Barber, becoming his third
wife. She had, she said, embraced Nor
monism knowing that it inculcated polyg-
amy. but when she became a plural wife
she was not told that polygamy was against
the law of the land.
Merrill Recalled.
Mr.. Merrill was temporarily recalled and
questioned by Senator Dubois. who asked
Mr. Merrill, do you still uphold the doc
trine of polygamy?"
No. sir was the reply.
But YOU practice it?"
Il do
How do you reconcile the two state
mentsF one of the members of the COM
mittee asked.
The witness did not reply but member
9f the committee illustrated by saying that
ne was like the man who was for prohibit
Ton but agin the enforcement of it,
Apostle F. M. Lyman Called.
Francis NJ. Lyman a member of the
hrst presidency of the Mormon Church and
the prospective successor of Mr.. Smith as
president of the church, was the next wit
ness lie was born sixty-four years ago
ana had been an apostle since 1880
Are you polygamist?" Mr. Tayler ask
"a ana the witness replied frankly yes
re siid that ne had had three wives and
tnat or them two are still living
ny ms second wife, to whom he was mar
tleu IN 1884, he had had five children the
last being born in 1900. Mr. LYMAN said
thdt ne mad been one of the sgners of the
PRAYER Tor amnesty, pledging himself ia
an 'hat 1t contained. He did not however
iendI gust what it did contain
Mr. fdyler read portions of the PRAYER
pid YOU, he asked, interpret that to
mean that you would abstain from polvea
nous cohabitation?" %
interpreted 1t to mean that I shouId
90 an that was right"
Dld you think it would be right to ab
sam from polygamous cohabitation?'
MS was not answered directly AZ tba
uWe- Several questions by members Of
tue committee followed in rapid succession
anu MI Lyman admitted in response r.
thrh that he knew that in living in nolve-
amy ne was disobeyng both the law 81 ~