The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
INVESTIGATOR NAMES POIYGAMTSTS
WHO HAVE BROKEN LAW SINCE 1890

I sopsl responsibility as the son OF the
great Brigham, whose whole life had becr
| spent in battling for tho cause of po-
| lygamy. The Woodruff declaration, In the
eyes of the younger Brigham. was moth
inI less than treason To his father s
memory. Externally he suggested little
Of the religious hlgot. lie was heavy
man, tat. sensual, good naturcd; among
Gentilcs he was not unpopular On only
one subject did Young have any enthu-
siastic convictions. and that was po.
ysamy How many times he himself
had married no one now pretends to
! know. During the late eighties he spent
| most Of his time running away from
| United States marshals; on one occasion,
while the officers Of the law were close
on his trail over the hills Of Arizona,
he paused long enough to marry new
| polygamous wife.
| BriEhams associate in the apostles
quorum. George Teasdale. likewise tenac-
iously held To plural marriage. Teasdale,
little wripklcd figure in lll-fittpg. slo-
venly cothcs. crabbcdy bending over the
account hooks In the tthng office at
Nephi In his spare moments everlasting
this is the indellblc picture that Utah
retains Of this eccentric character
Taylor and Cowley Fanatics.
These older zealots found loyal support
In several younger members OF the apost to-
late. particularly John w. Taylor. Mat
thas T.. Cowlcy and Abraham owen
Woodruff Taylor and Cowley. nscpara-
ole friends from boyhood were firebrands
N the cause OF polygamy They were lit
lie more than 30 years old when the
Mormon church Issued the Woodruff
manifesto. The act was a terrible blow
TO their youthful missionary zeal
These irreconcilables now joined forces
with one purpose in view-to defeat the
marriage, and TO bring back the pristine
greatness OF Zion, They could accomplish
this end In only one way. In 1890 when
the manifesto was issued, many of the
fathers and hprs In Israel 81
ling old, and, If there were no new plural
marriages, In a few years polygamy
would be extinct. At all haz-
Woodruff Marries Avery CLARK,
Still another prince OF the church who
disregarded Cod command was Apostle
he became an apostle. Woodruff went TO
labor" in the Big Horn valley, IN Wyo-
ming. Here, at Auburn. he met Avery
Clark. the 24-ycar-old daughter OF a
ricultural college at Logan. Suddenly the
girl left home. and eventually turned
up In one OF the Mormon colonies in
rum himself fed in 1904 to avoid the serv-
Ice OF a subpoena issued by the Smoot
committee While hiding there. both
Woodruff and his legal wife were stricken
with smallpox and died. Avery Clark
Woodrun's new polygamous wife, nursed
and tcnderly watched over them both un
III the end The poor girl was thus left
ing as wife-with nothing but a baby
Six Apostolic Violators.
Thus six apostles have violated the
Woodbury. manifesto by taking plural
wives since 1890 One OF these. Owen
Woodruff, was the son Of the man who
issued that document. and another. Abra-
nam II. Cannon, was the son OF the man
who was chiefly responsible for IT, There
is well grounded belief that another
apostle, Brigham Young, Jr., also mar
rle0 plnraIlV since 1890
other conspicuous members OF the Nor
mon church have followed the apostolic
cases is that OF Benjamin CluT. Jr. who
for several years was president OF the
most prominent Mormon educational in
Brigham Young university
Florence Reynolds In Mexico in 1885.
The marriage OF Mabel Barber Kennedy !
another Illustration Of this same |
secrecy. Mabel Barber belonged 10 a diff |
lerent social class from that OF Florence
HeSho!ds and Clarice Thatcher; she ap- |
peared before the senate committee In |
Washington In 1904. a hesitaung. unedu.
Gated: poorly dressed miners wife and
told how her Mormon mother had forced
her. when she was girl Of H. into polyp- |
iinnus marriage with one James Francis |
lohnson; The case is made especially i'm
11orrant b. the fact that Brigham Young
'r. Mormon apostle. performed the Ger
Many Gases Definitely Known.
nese are only few OF the new polyg-
lmous li,, !. marriages which have taken place
,ince the Issue of the manifesto A large
lumber OF specific instances could be
ldded to those already cited About two
ears ago The Salt Lake TrIbune-n
,ewspaper which, for twenty-five years,
YIN and William Nelson has rendered
'lgnal service TO the cause of Anglo sax
IN civilization In Utah--began industrI-
'aSY ns, 10 collect and publish the names Of
I1nc |
,art OF a non partisan movement. organ
zed In 1904 by the most influential non
a1 norm9ns or Salt Lake City. TO take the
lands of the Mormon hierarchy Tho
Tribune became the journalistic lender In
ms campaign-which, by the way. sue
eeded. In The course OF this political
warfare the Mormon church was accusod
Il encouraging Jbolygamy, and The Trih-
me S management felt called upon fo
u upstantiatn this charge. Up to date.
nus punnshed detailed records of two
undred and twenty-four item have been
ince added polygamous marriages.
ne Mormon church has made no attemnt
deny the substantial accuracy of The
an. the Deseret News, has remained
ileDt In face. of this accomplishing nwi-
ence, Inc men and women whose names
ne ne, tribune has boldly printed, though
ponslnie journal Of committing criminal
cts, nave not attempted TO secure legal
cdress-ln only one or two cases have
Ven taken the trouble to make doniaIs
The writer Of this article. when in Salt
axe City. discussed The Tribune's Ust
nth several Of the leading Mormon &C
lesiasts. In all cases they bitterly de-
ouhS9d The Tribune for its attacks upon
ne Mormon church. and attributed its !
ctivi,ies TO the revengeful spirit of it's
wners. Not one OF the dignitarles inter.
LEVIED. however, questioned the snbstan-
ai correctness OF It's list of polygamists. I
ndeed. on all hands by Gentiies and
lormons. the opinion was freely ex- :
ressed that. whatever the motivnS that !
rompted the publication OF these names
lere could be no doubt that the names j
leinseives represented real offenders
Good for Fifty Years. :
IL may safely be assumed thcraforo =
lat The tacts arc definitely known con- l
'rning at least two hundred and tWon. r
-four cases OF polysamous marriage {
nee nee the manifesto, II so many cases @
lust there be OF which notbine J
nown? Plural marriages have aiw,uS
cen performed with the greatest secrccy
nd only those That are most onen anI G
otorious ever come to public notice Tr,a
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