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Prison Details

A number of good references were found describing the history of and conditions found in the Territorial Penitentiary located in Sugarhouse, Salt Lake City, Utah. Here are the primary research works used in writing Chapter 8 of this history:

• Prisoner for Polygamy: The Memoirs and Letters of Rudger Clawson at the Utah Territorial Penitentiary, 1884-1887, by Stan Larson, Rudger Clawson, published 1993 by Univerity of Illinois Press.

 • Judicial Prosecution of Prisoners for LDS Plural Marriage: Prison Sentences, 1884-1895, a Masters Thesis, BYU, Rosa Mae Evans, 1986.

• Our Pioneer Heritage, vol 10, DUP 1967, by Kate B. Carter, specifically "The Journal of Joseph Smith Black."  p 257-320.

• Franklin W. Young Autobiography. Manuscript on microfilm in the LDS Church History Library, call number MS 1148 #1-2.

• The Trio's Pilgrimage - Autobiography of James Bywater, compiled by Rose Ellen Bywater Valentine, Edited by Hyrum W. Valentine, Copyright 1947, James Bywater Family Organization, printed by Utah Printing.

• Autobiography of Joseph Smith Horne, Written by him in 1923 and 1924, LDS Church History Library, call number M270.1 H8151h 1984.

A number of prisoners who served at the same time as Hans Sorensen wrote of their experiences. The date range following the name represents the time these men were in prison. This list comes from the Prisoner for Polygamy book, pages 232-234 and includes some references mentioned in the previous list.

• Christopher Arthur 18 May 1889 - 24 Oct. 1889 BYU, Utah State Library; Henry E. Huntington Library

• Joseph S. Black 10 Oct. 1889 - 23 Dec. 1889 BYU, Henry E. Huntington Library; Carter, Our Pioneer Heritage, vol. 10

• James Bywater 9 July 1889 - 28 Nov. 1889 Henry E. Huntington Library; Valentine, Trio's Pilgrimage [Pilgrimage is found in the U of U Marriott Library CT275.B9 A3 1947]

• Morton B. Cutler 22 May 1889 - 22 Oct. 1889 BYU

• William Grant 20 Apr. 1889 - 20 Aug. 1890 BYU, UU. Church Historical Dept.

  [LDS Church Historical Library MS 1956]

• Joseph S. Horne 5 Mar. 1889 - 20 May 1890 Church Historical Dept.

  [LDS Church Historical Library M270.1 H8151h 1984]

• James M. Paxton 21 Sep. 1889 - 1 June 1890 Church Historical Dept.

  [LDS Church Historical Library MS 6481 # 182]

• Teancum Pratt 25 Feb. 1890 - 25 Aug. 1890 Church Historical Dept.

• William Robinson 14 Dec. 1889 - 14 Oct 1890 Church Historical Dept.; University of Utah

  [LDS Church Historical Library MS 9538]

• Jens C. A. Wiebye 25 Feb 1890 - 25 July 1890 Church Historical Dept.

• George C. Wood 29 May 1886 - 5 Nov. 1889 Church Historical Dept.  [LDS Church Historical Library M270.1  W8755h 1987, but this was not 302 pages, there might be another document.]

• Franklin W. Young 18 May 1889 - 7 Dec. 1889 Church Historical Dept.

  [LDS Church Historical Library MS 1148 #1-2]

As mentioned in Chapter 8 of the history, there were "68 or 70 who will not take breakfast or dinner today." These men chose to fast in commemoration of the Prophet Joseph Smith's birthday on December 23, 1889. This is the list of the 70 men who were in the penitentiary on Dec. 23 (from the Masters Thesis list):