The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-14

dent y. IT. Wells in the presence of Eme-
line Free Young. 1T her residence ID salt
Lake CITY. T. T.. December :. 1872. The
lady being On her supposed death bed.
DANIEL II. WELLS.
But or the other hand the plaintiff in
her testimony attempts 20 give In detail
the ceremony the WORDS used by the Of
floating priest and the rejoinders both
of Mr.. Park and herself: wherein Mr..
Park was asked il he. John Il. Park,
would take Annie Z. Armitage to be his
lawful and welded wife and his response
Il DO; the ike question 20 her. II she
would take John =. Park to be her law
full and welded husband and her response
Yes whereupOn the officiating priest
pronounced them husband and wife for
time and eternity.
Contrary TO the expectations of the
participants and the attending friends
Miss ATmitaEe the plaintiff did not die,
but shortly thereafter recovered her ac-
cuStOmed health. John r. Park being
silent as to the relations that OBTAIN pc
tween husband and wife. the plaintiff
sought and inquired Of him IS TO what
their rcla tons were and he informed her
that insofar as they being married that
was impossible. That he had an impedl-
married the nature of which IL would nos
be proper for q Young woman Ike her to
know. and that he would give her q ul-
vOTce. which is as follows:
Sign Church Divorce.
Know all mon by these presents:
That we. the UNDERSIGNED, John L. Park
and Annie, his wife. before her marriage
TO him Annie Armitsge. do hereby mu-
Jualiy covenant, promise and agree to dis
solve ali the relations which have hitherto
existed between US as husband and wife,
and TO keep ourselves separate and apart
from each other. from this. time forth.
'In witness wbereof we have hercuntO
set our hands at Salt Lake City, L. l.,
this 1871 day of March. 1913.
(Si-uc51 John r, PARK,
ANNIE FLORA PARK.
Signed .in-thc presence Of d. Mckenzie,
James Jack-"
After the ceremonv and the plaintiff
recovery. she. in discussing the affair
with some of Ter female acquaintance,
stated that stie was not. married 70 AR.
Park. but only sealed TO him for eternity.
She was, called and went BY the name OF
Annie ArmitagC and did nOt assume or
take the name of Park, but held herself
out TO the community as "A single person,
until the year 1919, wheE she and William
Hilton were married. And that they ever
since have been and arc now husband and
wife.
II viii be observed that there was 30
hesitation on the part of the plaintiit
reproducing the ceremony in its entirety
bat that Mrs. Wells aud Mis-. Young re-
fused 10 % So. because 81 their obligation
20 the church not 70 reveal it, Also Mr.
Peurose.aTeTused 10 state Tho sealing ceTe-
mouv because II was a sacred secret OF
the church and was mover divulged. Ehis
i peculiar. If the scaling ceremony Is
as the plaintiff states it 90 be, I cannot
ascribc any reason why either Mrs Wells
or AIRS. Young would have refused TO
state the same in evidence If IN fact u
did exist. And She same may be said
as TO the refusal OF AR Penrose. to state
what the sealing ceremony CT the church
for eternity only wds.
Memory at Fault.
Nv opinion IS that tho plaintiffs mem
orv is at fault. Mr Penrose. upon an
examination Of the certificate of the
ceremony. that in accordance with the
doctrine and usages of tho Mormon
church in such matt ersy the ceremony was
q sealing for eternity only because thc
certificate contained the statement
death bed." He also examined the So