The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
Apostles Son Called.


Apostles Son Called.
Charles Z. Merrill. of Richmond, Titan,
son of Apostle Merrill and the latter's
third wife. a plural wife, was called to
the stand and the examination was be-
gun by Attorney TayIer
Witness testified that he married in
the spring Of 1887, and his wife died in
the fan of 1850 He was next married
in 1S9l TO Chloe Hendricks. his legal
wife and has I'VE children He married
ir the fan Of 1858 plural wife. Annie
Y Stoddard, I'm Logan Temple, one of
the four temples of the Mormon Church
I'm Utah. They have had four children.
the eldest almost nine years old and the
youngest two years old
The ceremony IN March 1891 was per
formed by his father. the apostle. Wit
I ness said he was living with Annie StOd-
dard az the time ne married MS legal
wife" His first wife died. leaving one
/ child His legal wise has five, and his
plural wife four children. ten children in
Witness said his home was with mis-
mother in Richmond. Utah. place Of
LOO people. al The time he married his
legal wife. His father. the apostle
his previous marriage. Dut the apostle,
/ he thought. did not.
Senators Ask Questions.
Mr.. Pettus asked witness to explain
why his third wife was his legal wife %
Because / married her according to
law answered the witness. under a
license from the court"
Senators Burrows. Dubois. and Fora
ker piled the witness with questions.
Senators Overman. Hoar. and Pettus
joining. The witness. Ia reply. explain
cd the difficulties OF plural marriage 1T
that time, because OF the enforcement
OF the laws against polygamy. He toII
OF members of the church being con
Of the laws enforcement.
Forgot About Ceremony.
MT. Hoar here interposed to inquile
--om the witness what kind OF a cere-
:nony was performed by his father. the
apostle. Witness said he did not remem-
DCr anything about IT, This dialogue en-
sized between Senators and the witness:
did you join hands, asked Mr.. Bur
rows.
YES"
Was there any music2" asked Mr.
dubois
No 90
..Was there anything like promising
20 obey and cherish, as there IS IN
some church rituals2' asked Mr.. HOar.
Witness thought there was.
Cant you tell anything about il more
definitely than that! queried Mr. HoI
Don't you make some kind of prom
yes
Hoax Proves Persistent.
Then you made promises. but you
have forgotten them?" declared Mr..
H0ar.
NO. sir" came the quick reply.
Then tell us what they were?" per-
sisted the Massachusetts Senator.
Z
then asked permission TO make a gem
eral statement on the subject He said
lac has continued 10 live with his other
wife after the marriage Of 1891; that both
his wives 1--we I'm Richmond, Utah, in
houses located seven blocks apart
AIr. Burrows Where was your father
al this timer
Witness-AIy father was 'On the under
ground I'm hiding.
Alr- EurrOWs-Why2
witness Because Of the prosecutions
then going on for polygamy His home
was IN Richmond and his wives lived
there. but he saw them only about once
"a month.
Queries About Apostle.
The object Of the questioning was To
Discover whether the witness father
Uhe APOSTLE knew that his SIN Uhe
Wines9 was living ia polygamy at the
time ne dhe APOSTLE performed the sec
ond marriage.
Witness declared that at that time he
was living secretly with the wife he
had married in 1855
Apostle Merrill was living in Rich
moud, the witness testified. and had
six wives.
Nr. Taylcr-H0w many brothers and
sisters have EOu2
Witness have twenty brothers and
seventeen sisters.
Q.-HDW many ncpheWs aud nieces2
Al DO not know.
Q.-Is 10 not true that you have over
lOl ucpheWs and nieces?
Al think so
Mr. Foraker-When you say brothers