BRIGHAM YOUNG’S SON ARRESTED FOR POLYGAMY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2535, 6 May 1881, Page 3

BRIGHAM YOUNG’S SON ARRESTED FOR POLYGAMY.

John A. Young, son of the late Brigham, arrived in Denver at midnight on February 15th, and was immediately placed under arrest by the United States Marshal, on a telegram from Salt Lake saying that he had been indicted for bigamy. A warrant produced charges him with having married a second and a third wife on the 10th of January last. "When arrested he said to the officer: “ This charge and arrest are but persecution. They are hunting me down. Our people have been persecuted and reviled ever since Utah became a territory of the United States. The national Government will respect all other religions and creeds but ours, the one in which I have been born and bred and educated until it has become just as much a part of me as Catholicism is of a priest or Judaism of a Hebrew. Still, I hardly thought that this persecution would follow. me here. If I had my business affairs arranged I would gladly start back on the next train. If the United States Marshall had sent me word that he wanted me in Salt l Lake on such and such a day I could have arranged matters and would have been there.” Young was taken before a United States Commissioner and placed under 2,000d01s bonds, to await the arrival of the Marshall from Utah. Young is a contractor on the Southern Pacific Railroad, and came to Denver to meet his wefe, nee Luella Cobb, and two children, who were present when he was arrested.