The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-09

SstAd He A6tu dF4AlH0T Will SIX WIVES
and that he had twenty brothers AM
many nephewss and nieces he had AM
said he did not.know, but thought Their
were more thansA hundred.
MY fathers lives with his first wifi
and comes to the home of my mothe
probably not more than once
month" he said my father is ;
very busy man. the witness supple
mented. Mr.. Merrill thought three o
his brothers have married plura
wives and that two of his sisters hal
married into polyganious families.
Mrs. Matthews on the Stand.
The prosecution called to the stant
Mrs. Emma Matthews, of Marysville
Utah, mother of Mrs. Clara Mabe
Kennedy. Mrs. Matthews said she hat
been member of a Mormon famil!
for twenty-five years and is Mormon
herself. She has been a plural wife
but is not now.
Mrs. Kennedy is the child Of Mrs
Matthews first husband and was bor1
before Mrs. Matthews became Nor
mon. Mrs. Matthews said Mrs. Ken.
nedy Is twenty-six or twenty sever
her parents, many years ago.
Mrs. Matthews said that while nv.
ing at Diaz She had known Mr.. John.
son for two years prior to his mar
rage to her daughter. She remem-
bered well the marriage of Johnson tt
her daughter and fixed the date deli
nitely in May, 1894
HE just asked me If was willing
that he should marry nay daughter
and / said yes the witness said. She
wanted to wait untiIshe was eighteen
but he was not WiIIing.%
She saw both Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson
the first wife, when they and the
daughter, who was to become the Sec
ond wife, left Juarez.
Did you know your daughter was
to be married then to Johnson?"
Il did not
why did you suppose she was GO
ing?"
81 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; 1 never asked her"
Mr.. Worthington asked questions, by
which the fact was brought out that
Apostle Teasdale had advised hel
come a plural wife on the ground thai
w
Mr.. Merrill was temporarily recalled
and questioned by Senator Dubois, who
said:
"Mr. Merrill, do you still uphold the
doctrine of polygamy?''
No, SIR was the reply.
But you practice it?'
Il do" .g q,as-
How do you reconcile the two state
ments ?" one zef sthe members of the
committee asked.
The witness did not reply.
Enter Lyman.
Francis M. Lyman, an apostle of the
Mormon church and the prospective
successor Of Mr.. Smith as president OF
the church, was. the next witness. He
was born sixty -four years ago and had
been an apostle since 1880.
"Are you polygamist?" Mr.. Taylor
asked, and the witness replied frankly
YES" He said that he had had three
wives and that two of them are still
living, By his second wife, to whom
he was married in 1884, he had. had five
children, the last being born in 1900
Lyman said that he had been one OF
the signers of the prayer for amnesty
pledging himself to all that 1t contain
ed. He did not, however, recall just
WHICH, lulu COAtdA1ts ~
Mr.. Lyman admitted that he knew
that in living in polygamy he was dis
obeying both the law of the land and
the rule of his. church,. He said that he
was not only now, living in polygamous
Capitalization, but that he expected te
continue so to live.
Mr.. Hoar took the witness in hand
and brought out a succinct statement
from him. snae,e. stn.
Referring to the rule, of which you
have spoken" Mr.. Hoar said, you I'M
derstood the rule or law of the church
to be the law of God, do you not 2,
Mr.. Lyman replied that such was his
understanding.
"Then you are living and intend te
live in violation Of the law of God ano
man?"
At want" he said, ito make brief ex-
PLANTATION If you will permit. My case
is different from that of most Other
men. l was born In 1910 and cal
hardly remember when my father was
not polygamist. He was friend ane
an advisor of Prophet Joseph Smith
and was taught by him the Importance
and the truth of the principle of polyg.
amy. He accepted the teaching ano
entered into the practice, marrying sly
wives in the years 1S45 and 1S46. Sc
~~N>
life of polygamy.',
Thought 1t Correct.
81 remember ali my fathers wives as
I do my own mother, and l lived in 6
family thus constituted until I grew VI
and became the. head of a family of my
own. Consequently have known moth
ing else and I have felt that it was
correct I have always felt in my sou
and heart that it, was correct. | mar
ried first In 1857, again in 1869 ane
once more In 1884. The situation has
been very painful to me and l have
been greatly panied to find myself II
opposition to the law of the country
and the church But I had made {
covenant with my wives to love, re.
spect and endear them and I could no
find it in my heart to separate from
them as they were true to me"
Senator Hoar-So you, an apostle O.
your church, expecting to succeed Mr.
Smith in the presidency, and in tina
capacity to receive divine revelation:
yourself, confess that you are now liv'
ing, and expect to continue to live, II
disobedience to the law of your coun,
try, the law of your church and TIT
law of God ?'
The witness replied with simple
eyes" He added, in reply to ques
ton from Senator Dubois, that he con
sidered it his duty to live with and pro
tect his wives.
Where Snoot Comes In.
Mr.. Lyman said he became an apps
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