The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-25


didn u get along at all well, so he went
back TO his first wife in Mexico, ana
is now living with her in Colonia Dub
Ian. Meantime tho second wife tells
him he may whistle for his Canadian
property. if he likes-which only makes
it the moro unlucky for the unfortunate
Peter.
Elder Daniel Skouscn is the owner OF
a big Touring mill at Colonia Juarez,
Mexico. In March, 1901, he married as
his second wife Sarah Ann Splllsbury.
He has . good.sized residence, and both
wives, together with their children, oc-
cupy tho one dwelling.
Elder Charles Whipplc of Colonla
Dublan, Mexico, took TO himself Sec
oud wife in the person Of Miss wal
ser of .Juarez. the ceremony occurring
in the year 1906. Whipple has store
Just out of Junrcz, where he lives with
his second wife. The first wife resides
at Dublan.
Elder Thomas married Amy Black ne
his first wife In the year 1903 he took
as his second wife Effe Porter, a
daughter of Elder Warner Porter. The
young lady was first married to son
Of John Rowley, from whom she was
divorced before marrying Carroll in Po'
lygamy. Effe, the second wife, is now
living at Colonia Pacheco, Mexico, while
Elder Carroll resides at Grayson, Utah,
with his first wife.
Elder Willard Carroll Gather OF
James and Thomas CarrolD is now de-
ceased; but he was also a new polyga'
mist, having married since the mani
festo widow named McConkey, VINO
was formerly Miss Slade, daughter Of
Elder Jefferson Slade of Kline, Colo
RADIO This family of CAROLS lived at
Colonia Duban.
Elder Ed Turley married his second
wife about seven years ago. They all
live at Colonia Juarez, Mexico, the
wives living in separate houses Just
across the street from each other.
Elder Joshua Stevens was married TO
his second wife about twelve years ago,
the marriage ceremony having been per-
formed by Apostle Brigham Young, Jr-
He lives at Colonia Pacheco, Mexico. 1t
appears, however, that he and his sec
ond wife could not agree and they are
now living apart.
Elder Alma Stevens of Colonia Pache'
co was married to Miss Mary Boyce as
his second wife in 1897, and during that
same summer brought the young woman
to this city and was sealed TO her in the
Salt Lake temple. Mrs. Abbie Young
widow of the late Apostle Brigham
Young, Jr., and residing at F'ruitland
Colorado, is sister 10 Josttua and Alma
Stevens, both of whom are new polyga
mists. Not long ago a dispatch TO The
Tribune from Frultland gave informa-
tion of the fact that the lady was ap
parently cndeavoripg TO cause sepa'
ration of her daughter from her Gentle
husband: and the saints residing down
there say that the entire object was to
bring about divorce for the purpose
of remarrying the young woman to
some man already possessed of one or
moro wives.
Elder Thomas Hilton, until a short
time ago was superintendent of the
Sunday school at Colonia Dublau, Mexi-
co. He was once Mormon chief of po.
lice of Salt Lake. He was discovered
here to have sustained Illicit relations
with the young sister of his wife, and
on account of the sensation arising from
that fact he fed. He turned up in Mex.
leo and is now living at Dublan with
the two sisters as wives, having fami-
lies of children by them.
Elder Thomas (whose given name is
not known to The Tribune) may be
identified by the fact that he is d civil
engineer who sometimes lives at Ma
nassa, Colorado, and sometimes at Colo
MIA Juarcz, Mexico. He has a second
wife married long since the manifesto;
her oldest child being about five years
Of age, the next between two and three
and the youngest being pair of twins
OF about five months.
Bishop John T. Whetten of Colonia
Garcia, Mexico, has taken two polyg-
amous wives IN recent years. lie mar
ried Lorraine Foutz IN the year 1905,
her first husband having died insane.
Later the bishop married as his third
wife a Mrs. Hassell, whose first hus-
band was killed near Deming, New
Mexico, by tree falling across his tent
in night storm. AT Garcia Bishop
Whetten is known as the man who al
ways takes care of the Widows And
the people there say that they are sure
of his having married these two unlaw-
fully, but are not at all sure that there
are not still more widows hanging to
his coattail.
Hyrum Cluff is Bishop Whetten IS first
counselor, and the people of the ward
at Garcia have common knowledge that
he is a new polygamist, but do not know
where he has his plural wife hidden
away.
Elder John Becroft, living at Coonia
Garcia, Mexico, has married both his