The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-10
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Replying to a question relating to his
former testimony concerning Apostle Teas
dale's plural marriage since 1890 Mr.. smith
said II was his understanding from Mr..
Teasdale himself that at the time of that
marriage Mr.. Teasdale sealed for eter-
nifty to an elderly woman who had been
his housekeeper
Mr. Teasdale understood, said the witness,
that the woman was in no sense his legal
wife when he married Marion Scoles. His
relation with her was just as chaste as
with her sister?'
Precisely So" the witness replied He
added that he had personally known of two
other cases of sealing for eternity" and
that the church sealed both for time and
eternity.
session for few minutes, and at u o'clock
took the usual recess of two hours. In exc
cutive session the committee decided TO al
low photograph to be taken of the commit
tee room tomorrow with no witnesses pres
ent.
MARRIED TWO SISTERS.
Andrew Jensen assistant historian Of the
church. at the afternoon session, said he
had two wives who were sisters and that
they both lived in the same house, though
he lives with the first. Mr. Jensen said
he was not sealed in eternity to the mother
of the two wives.
LOrin Harmer testified that he was a
been
sent TO the penltentiary in 1899 upon con-
viction of unchastity, and lost his good
standing. He said he has two wives, Ellen
and Ida, and had lived also with Ellen
Anderson, but never as her husband. He
said she had two children by him. one
since he had returned from the peni-t
tertiary. He now lives in Springville. He
said Ellen Anderson supports herself and
that he had contributed nothing for her
self or her children. He said she had prop
erty of her own.
had anything 10 do with his arrest II
thing ne caused it," he said He was
counselor at that time to the president of
the stake, who was then away He called
posed TO take away my bishopric and other
offices / asked him 10 give me time to
prepare my family and then l started
Why was he going to take away your
oftices?''
Because 1 had committed a crime"
Adultery TO be frank"
why do you think Mr.. Smoot caused
your arrest?'
Because, before | reached home the
sheriff overlook me and put me under ar
rest. / blamed Mr. SmoOt for sending the
sheriff after me. | thought he might have
given me more time although the crime
was a bad one. / don't know that Smoot
was responsible for my arrest, but ii looked
much like it,"
Hyrum Smith. thirty-two years old. son
of President Smith. and one of the twelve
apostles, read a speech he had made in
1894 in Brigham City at one Of the quarterly
conferences. in which he said each one I'm
the matter of Obeying laws does as he
pleaseS, but that each must bear the con-
sequences of his acts. He said that was his
view. He explained at length the manner
OF sending out missionaries and said polyg-
amy was rot talked and that pOlygamous
conduct had never been talked at a con-
ference at which Mr.. SmoOt was present.
AT other meetings he had heard discussed
the continuance of the plural marriages
and the apostles had taken steps to pre-