The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-09
5APOSTL G MERR 1 VI ljE
The HAD IL [ e. ALL | II WIVES y \. 81
He Has Iwo aly oW,5O one Illegal,al
and IT'S Livii i,g Y NIii,ts.lt#5 III. y Boe T Bot1l.. "a
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Elections today, iti the Invest tigat ION ofsg
the protests ngainst Sena tor, Cd ssnl oot.3
OF Utah., broug out al yariet 81 YES 7Ss
Smcny, ,#o I which tho most tional Syya
that given ~ Francis M q II, spres
dent Of the twelve a post les the NarsssSs
mon Church, md he m chosen to
tho. successor of dent Srl s5s
sadmlssiona III N Gro simi u 81 e t1iose
v:o,lsly made by MIR. Smith pert aiming
10 Tho church ID orernincnt t.s He Is more
free of speech than tho prcsidc of tliasi
church. and his testimony. thoug Ii Il not ~.
5r aterially dl lfferirig, caused seYerai
tho apostles Ir esent y ashnk heir hca atss
at the wi tness for he plrpo Of CON
5peling moro iscretion n ans Yiorihgf
questions. NIr. Il, y man is bults.sSss
Ills face is covered wi til growth HI
bus ~ sneeclt is "
blunt III sgS Sss
.,;5la 4 Interesting q STING ny M ssss
ss$ A1rs. Clur,lSs Mabel resl
Stiie5 stund for. Il Short inc but hcr
smory was not silnporta nit. SHE fNas 10 ss3'
lowed IL BY t,rles NJ orrl son
Apostle Merrill who said lie ,yfls he's
son$or his fathers third plural j,yl fe...an
is himself d polygamist. il q isWsrst oSSgS.
questions concerning Ills Sin rria
Merrill said lie was married firs iisss>
1887 to a. woman who lied IN IA $50; ar1tls's
that tel1e married his egill fes1sa Clllo
Hendricks. III 1891, and had five chill llrens.sg
by her He married another wife in ISIS.
T[e has had four chi ldren by that WIFE
This mnrriasez he regarded as Illegal, on
account f5hls prior maria Sc, y
Mr.. Merrill said he now has two wives a
and is living with both. s
y Senator Oyermnn asked for. u descrip7 III
3tiOn of the marriage ce remona III 1883 lntlssS
the witness declared that l,e could not s55ss
remember how Il vas performed
In a Good H Hura or, s5.S
,it.a. ou say you were living 81 your
mother when you We're niarrle ed the Sec ss
ond time. Where was &our ia The pos-SIss
Tic Merrill at that time was q sked II
ZIG was on the underground most 0t Fls
the time said the WI tness sjoeul II
do you mean by on the ulissi!
lcrgroundo, o,,' asked Nj. orthingt 81
q I4.. q was In hiding '} 3S5
why was lie in liding asked y the a MI
chairman. ~ @ 4fs
Because about that time there we're M
prosecutions going on for 20 lygaIny, Ss
Merrill answered. lie said & thn ti Oft
times hc would not see his fat her for asfss &
mcnth. 5as5ii4 ,3S s8 ssssl
Tho prosecut t.ons called & 10 " the H stand st,S
Mrs Emma; Matthews, OF AIarysVll lllo,jf3:sS
Utah. mother of Mrs, Cln m M bel Gen ,s
ncdy. She has been q plural wife but issta3
not now. j 5j X
4 Mrs Matthews said that she had ha sy
no objection to her daughtert becoming ss
Johnson's plural wife. shn mbereell;s3
daughter and fixed the Gate definite az III
May. 1891. rs Fs Si .3g4
q tt was brought out that Apostle I'oas-s Nj
dale had ,advscdS Her nsnins t. al Owing
her daughter to become a plural wife! on s8
tho ground that It Was against the law @si
of the church, i "A z "a b Il 5S
Apostle Merrill Recalled. ~
Mr.. Merrill was temporarily recalled &
and questioned by Senator Dubois. " hoss8SS
asked: ssss 4
''N1r Merrill. do YOU stii uphold tho
doctrine lygamy s. ss i7s
n No. sir I, was the reply. 4. .sls ssIfa
s{"But you practice 1t ~ siSs \,
s II do 5f 4, 81 sf % g5g 5}3 asss
Francis NJ. LYMAN. an apostle Y s. lie s55 II
Mormon Church. and tho prospect " MA
successor of MIR Smith as president fo Nj
the church. VAS the next witness, N
Are yo,i IL poiygamist, Mr., 'layler8gfSSB "
asked. aud tho witness replied fran B. "a
eyes,, lla suldGthat hc had had three Il
wives and of them Two arc stili iSiNutss5ssg s
4 Alr. Lyman said that he had been one
oftthe sgners OF tho prayer for anllesty
pledgng himself to all that it{sont pllsA seg!
cd. s3
d Mr, TuylcIs rcadr portions ~ tho pra yer
ppId YOU he asked ninterpret tina T ~ sis ss
mean that you would abstain from pol S2s
marriage, s II N . VI w
3"I Interpreted II to mean that SHOULD ss
do all that was right ssS ~
ibid you think II would be risl s!tO sgY sgSY
abstain from polygatnous llylltg s's s 3 q
l8This was not answered d trectly az the sSs3 s
time. air Lyman Hnally adnlt ta HI
knew that III, living IN polysan,y ne gyn \
both tha law Of the land and E aEEs
the rule of his church, lie also Ss ass S
In; reply to ons of these questions tina l,ps is
Vas not only now living In poly S
relations, hut that he exp ectatl ta ep'i' s;
tinle so to ike X, fSs n 1|..
OF Striking Interest 5lsSa
Mr. noart Al, last took the NJ ness til
hand and brought out ~ spsrlltrt sta atsfss ~
ment from him which WAS of 81 cha Ss
to Interest all present .g gEss
lNtEsfeysinx VI thss Euls ot n Slsh "