The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-08
Deed Recorded Past Week Nav
Tell Story of Murder
Will Out.
PATRIARCH MAY HAVE
TO EXPLAIN TO ELDERS
Temple Worker Dies and Trans
fer of Property Occurs Short
ly Before Death.

The old maxim that murder will out,
| that death oft reveals secrets that can
never be learned during life, is proved
more often in Utah than anywhere else
in the world. This, of course, is due
to The fact that there are more skele-
tons in homes in Utah than arywheres
more heartbroken women than any
where else, when population Is taken
into consideration. This is traceable
to the fact that an anti-polygamy man
lfesto was issued by the church Sep
tember "a, 1890. Since then 1t is al
legged that polygainous marriages have
not been eountenanced by the church,
as 1t has also been alleged that no po-
lygamous marriages have occurred.
Yet The Tribune, in its issue of April
20, printed a list OF ninety-siI polyga-
mists who had taken wives since the
manifesto.
Sunday, May /, The Tribune printed
special telegram from Manti, which
showed conclusively, because it was ad-
mitted by the church, that President
Anderson of the Manti temple had per.
formed polygamous marriage in rhe
Manti temple November 9, 1909; that
he did this after he had been warned
that the marriage which he afterwards
performed was Illegal. Miles A. Rom
ney was the polygamist whom Pres
ident Andersen married to a plural
wife. Exposures by The Tribune forced
the church to excommunicate Romney,
an absolute admission that the
charges made by The Tribune were
true.
Taylor Pleaded Guilty.
1t will be remembered that one Jo-
seph z. Taylor, five or six-ply DO
ygamist, had been tried and pleaded
guilty 10 a charge of unlawful CO.
nabitation on November l3, 1899, in
he third district court, and was SEN
fenced on November 22 of the same
year to pay fine of $50 or impris-
,nment for $50 days, He paid the
Inc. This was more than nine wears
Lfter the manifesto had been issued
On July 80, 1909, this same five or
iS-ply polygamist, Joseph E, Taylor.
ent communication to The Tribune.
therein he offered TO pay $1,000 If The
1arriage, since the manifesto of 1890.
hat had the sanction of the president
( the Mormon church. He worded his
,tter, or rather the high ecclesiast who
'roto 1t for him, very adroitly, so AS to
@ able to always sneak out when
roof of polygamous marriages were
reduced because he knew it would be
npossiole, owing to the fact that the
ontract1ng parties would perjure them
'lves rather than show that they had
lc sanction of the church.
or course, Joseph E. TAYLOR would
OF dare openly TO take a plural wife.
he law Is against it. And this leads
story.
Here Is the Story.
On May 2, 1910. there died in fhs
ID. 5, hospital Rachel Susan Davis.
er residence, according to the death
rtificate on file in the office Of the
'ard of health Of Salt Lake City, was
ven as Sl4 East First avenue The
foTmatlon Of her death was gwen by
T.. Taylor, whose residence is given
247 East First South. This might
said to be his official residence.
Rachol Susan Davis was 4 worker In
@ Temple. Her father was Moses
WIS. He died March Is. 1900. He
ned the property occupied by Rachel
san Davis, and where she lived for
ven years up until the time cf her
noval to the hospital, where she died.
is property, which is described in
}, deed as commencing five rods
It Of northwest corner lot ;, east
o and onc-half rods, south five rods,
at two and half rods. north five
Is. to place of beginning" This
perty was decided TO Rachel Davis,
ordIng TO the date Of the deed, Sep
lber l, 1900, Her father was the
ntor and the consideration was 81.
is deed was recorded March Is. 1909
was the gift of a father TO his
ghter
Deed Is Recorded.
IN March 81, 1909, Just sixteen davs
ar the deed cited was recorded, an.
er deed covering the same prop
was made, This deed was war.
ty deed; tho grantor was Rachel s.
rs. the grantee Joseph E. Taylor
the consideration ST This deed
recorded May 2, 1910. the day of
death, She died at 1:45 p. IN. The
was recorded at 1890 a. m,
he question therefore comes IN.
Y was this property conveyed 10
ph +; Taylor, unless the reputation
sho bore among her neighbors for
past several years that she was
plural wife of Joseph r. Tavlor
ried to him since tho manifesto9
,el Susan Davis has brother 6y
1t is understood that they quar-
over this alleged marriage. One
2 is certain. that Elder TAYLOR. who
It now IN the undertaking business,
nged all for the funeral, inclu1-
the death certificate, which is in
'wn handwriting, regardless of tho
,er. And he has her property. It
be that Patriarch Taylor is like
Joseph Silver he does not want
things like plural marriages to be
Toned, but they will come up re.
ess. This is tho story which the
nble led up to- And there Won