Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-18
Nineteen Apache County Resi-.
dents Charged With Pslysa.
nous Practise
MAY PUNISH Or. WOODFORO
NoO. Mormon Physician In Contempt
For Rclu,lpg to Answer Questions
About nis Mormon NclphbOrS

According 10 q Prescott Arizona pa.
per that cano TO hand today II alp
pears that there is an untEpoygnmY
crusade ON I'm that section just now,
one nirost has already been made ana
more are intended a. be made The
first man arrested " james w, Smith,
Tho whole story IN told by the Prescott
paper ~ follows
Six "Monnons' were Indicted by tho
federal grand fury at its session on
Monday, ana yesterday II was reported
that several moro NJ tho alleged poly.
gRmlsts wore added 20 the Hist,
There ara IN "Mpmons," AN NJ
Apache county who are charged with
having plurality ~ wives IN viola.
llon OF the fnmous Elmunds net
From friends OF those n Apache
county who nrn under examination by
ibo federal grand Jury II wa learned
that tho sympathy Of the entire com.
munltY In which they reside win be-
WIN the unfortlnulcN who may be- IN
dlotod They ARE plnerrd az hard.work.
irg honest, good citizens, who, II they
hayo made plural marriages, probably
did NO prior 10 the passage OF the ed.
muuds act aud have lived clean and
uNeful lives This econs ~ bo the SEM
timent expressed by many Of the visit,
INK witnesses ana likewise among cor.
tain officials from ont of town who are
Zero under subpoena
III Ia added that several Of the SUP.
posed Suspected parties wore heavy
losers by the flool ~ hast Aprl which
lot many homeless ana without means
u rebuild their places NJ residence and
that thO expense hl0no NJ r0miN hero
hardship upon them, regardless Of what
may follow IN the event of their indlcl,
mont
While direct Information as TO tho
exact course Of the Jury IL NJ course
not ohtum0bc II was an open secret
after Adjournment that the law being
pushed against those having more
than one consori ~ based upon the of q.
Nprlng, and mat persons having chill,
dron under three years OF age, who ara
openly living with moro than ono wo.
man are TO be prosecuted 10 tho full c2s
tent of tho law
The grand jury IL not through with
Nll the cases, and II IL experiencing a
most dlflcult time 10 secure evidence,
Tho witnesses summoned by the goVs
ornmont nro extremely reluctant 10 los.
NY ana what evidence they give N
only obtained by tho mont persistent
ana severe questioning on tho part "
lnllcd states District Attorney Nave,
AFTER DIR WoopFoRp,
n the plans Of United states District
Attorney Nave succeed Dr, j, 4, Wood.
ford, non. Mormon" OF S. Johns
Apache county viii be- placed behind
lho bars today ~ the penalty for hin
nat refusal 20 answer questions pro.
bounded 10 hun yesterday before INC
federal grand Jury,
MI Nave late yesterday afternoon
drew MP the papow that viii be served
on tho rooalcitrlut physician cltinn
him TO appear before Judge sloan ID
show cause why he should not be- pun,
ishCd for contempt Of court,
II was In the morning session that
Tho trouble began whom ne was be,
Ing examined I'M relation to the "Mor,
mon eases We declined to answer d
simple question, II T. said, and claim,
"a that II was hlH privilege az a phy,
elchn 20 withhold any knoWledge h,
might have " tho eases under congld
Grafton United flltos District Altor,
noy Nlvc patiently explained 10 hin
mat tie question was not of tho ma.
lllfc construed ae privileged matter b,
we lOW hui the Wltnogb repeatedly re-
lustl 10 answer The matter Wae All
lcngth called ~ the attention Of Iudg,
SLOAN VINO was called into tho mr,
room, SO n ~ reported and was qics
llonnd uH 20 The power of tho Wrv I,
compel lhc Witness ~ answer
'olrIul explanation NJ the syslcm %
INQUIRY uudor way was made by thl
court ana the proprioty or the ouey
! ton was gono into. n heinz mld tina
the court decided that the uucry wa
strictly "a preliminary ono aud tina
lhoro vas no reason for the doctor M
FINinr a clear reply lO the same, TN
physician 0nnlly concluded IN nNsNo
several questions ~ minor importance
nut later he baked completely ana IN,
! iury adjourned until the afternoon, II
the hope that the doctor, who was NO
IN the best NJ health, would be- In
hpttor ffUmo Of mind
But I'm the afternoon n WAS thI
sumo old story, 80 n IN reported, VI
was stubborn and In spite ~ the fnc
That No WAS shown every courtesy CON
elrtont with his position ana I'm Wow
NJ Ms reluctance 20 answer this owl
dontly important question. but 10 IN,
last declined IN u most emphatic man
ncr 70 abide by the order NJ the court
After this trying ordeal ana ufte
the matter was discussed with the fury
| n was then decided by Mr. Nave I,
bring the doctor before the court fol
contempt