Prison terms likely for Short Creek polygamists
In Kingman Arizona two polygamists I C Spencer and Price Johnson faced sentencing for open and notorious cohabitation. Johnson testified he would go to prison for his faith as jurors heard about multiple wives and children, including Esther Heaton Johnson and Helen Hull, amid a Short Creek colony discovered through relief applications.
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No Man’s Land
Police Court Busy As Five Arraigned In City
Mayor E Otto Waush ordered two men out of town and sent four to jail after police court arraignments this morning. Five were charged with drunkenness and one with loitering. Charley Keyser and Bonnie Ad Mineton each got two days, Les Wiseman three, Ott Madera two days in default of a $5 fine. Enright and Elmer Ferrer were ordered out of town for intoxicated condition and loitering respectively. arrests occurred between 3 10 p m yesterday and 1 a m today.
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Charley Keyser
Bonnie Ad Mineton
Les Wiseman
Ott Madera
James Enright
Elmer Ferrer
Couple Bound Over On Cohabitation Charges
Mrs Una Knight posted a 500 bond for appearance at the next grand jury term and Charles Gillispie was remanded after failing to post bond. Both pleaded not guilty to unlawful cohabitation. Magistrate W E Rightmire found sufficient evidence to hold them for circuit court. Chester Graham testified that Gillispie claimed paternity of a child. Gillispie and Knight denied the claim. The arrest followed a complaint.
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Una Knight
Charles Gillispie
W. E. Rightmire
Gene Sommerville
Chester Graham
Gillispie
Undertaking
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