The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-25
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doubt that the recrudescence of the po
| lygamous practice in the Mormon
church is an established reality.
Since it is apparent that in view OF
the Woodruff manifesto, the law, and
the continual protestatiors of the Nor
mon church that polygamy is no Longer
practiced, but is dying out fast, any
man who now takes plural wife must
proceed with caution, 1T may be AS vel
TO open this story with the description
of case that illustrates one of the
methods pursued. So the first to be
served shall be Elder William G.. Sears
William Galley Sears was q returned
missionary, and had been, in fact, pres
ident of Mormon mission for 4 time
After his return homo he eventually
took a position with the Idaho Sugar
Company AT a salary said to have been
two hundred dollars per month. He
was popular young fellow, well liked
by his neighbors, had plenty of friends
was good mixer and An industrious
worker. He had faithful and loving
wife and splendid family of children
About four years ago William appears
10 have conceived n sudden notion to
leave the sugar company, and he so an.
nounced to his employers. The COM
pany valued his services above those
of the general run of men, and his EN-
ployers told him so and offered to show
their appreciation in the form of sub
stantlsl increase in his salary if he
would consent to remain. He insisted
however. that no inducement that they
could offer could have the effect of
changing his decision, and go he must,
in spite Of all cntreaty. He was in
Idaho at the time, although his home
was in Salt Lake City, where his house
hold effects had been stored away dur
ing his residence in the Gem State. Aft.
er quitting the sugar company he came
back TO Salt Lake and packed up all
of his household belongings and had
them carted to the railroad station.
Usually when goods Of any description
are 10 be shipped away they have
marked upon them the destination to
which they are TO be sent. Not so with
these, however; for although the team
ster employed to haul the stuff to the
station was an old and trusted employee
of bis father, William was bound to be
secrctive- After the goods had been de-
livered at the station, it is said, Will
liam went down and did the marking
Just before they were loaded onto the
cars-nobody but the trucker and the
devil and William Galley Sears appar,
emily knowing their destination. His
friends were not advised; he bid few
of them good-by, and told none of them
where they might write him friendly
letter occasionally. He did say to one
or two, though. 4" | am going from here
to Idaho which he did, and for a
purpose that later became manifest.
Finally it became noised aoout that he
was in Mexico, visiting with former
Mormon chief of police of Salt Lake
who had married sister of Mrs. Sears,
and had become involved in nasty
scandal with another of the sisters.
And so it really turned out to be; for
William Galley Sears had gone "from
here to Idaho to join young lady
whom he had met while up there in the
employ of the sugar company. They
were married at Colonia Dublau, Mexi-
co, In the year 1906, undoubtedly being
assisted in their polygamous enterprise
by Elder Tom Hilton and his mother-in-
law, who is sand to be particularly in
dustrious in promoting such affairs,
William left Mexico last year. coming
to Ogden, where he engaged in the COM
mission business until he failed, when
he moved to Salt Lake City, where he
is at present residing.
Elder Miles T. Romney, Jr.. lives at
Colonia Juarez. Mexico. When he went
down to the polygamous colony of the
Mormon church he had but one wife, A
good woman who had shared the Joys
and the sorrows and the ups and downs
of life with him through series Of
years He met some younger women in
Mexico and his love for his first wife
grew cold. She was neglected by him
most shamefully for a long time. be-
cause his attention was ccntered upon
his newer loves. 1t was ABOUT twelve
years ago that he married Lizzie Bnrl
as second wife, this being about eight
years after the issuance of the Woodruff
manifesto. 1t appears that the Burl
family held for him an unaccounta BILE
attraction; for in the year 1903 he took
as his third wife Miss Lille Burl. the
ceremony uniting them in polygamous
marriage being performed by Apostle
Anthony w WINS, at Juarcz. But this
did not end the polygamous antics of
Miles P. Apparently he had become
bolder as his security in the Mormon
colony grew upon him. He fain would
invade the land of the ungodly and un.
believing GENTLE There was another
sister of the Burl girls, but she was a
married woman. That, however, could
not be permitted to stand in the way.
At Juarez il is freely stated that Miles