The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-05-07
ANOTHER LETTER FROM FREDERICK LOBA
THE EX-MORMON HIGH PRIEST


HIS PERSONAL NARRATIVE AND ESCAPE FROM SALT LAKE
The New York Times publishes second letter
from Frederick Loba, until lately n High Priest of
the Mormon Church. We give below the more in
teresting portions
Loba is o native of l,usanne, in Switzerland and
was " manufacturer of gas an improved princ-
pie until about five years since, when he yielded to
| the persuasiOns of the Mormon Missionaries, and
emlgrated to this country, arriving at St Louis in
December, 1853. While in that city he was ap-
pointed by Orson Pratt, temporary President of Il
Mormon church. He soon discovered that his new
brethren were far from vrtuOuS and learned to his
horror that Capt. Gunnison was not murdered by
the Indians, but by Mormon assassins. Although
somewhat shaken, his faith in Mormonism was not
yet abandoned and he started for Salk Lake with
strong confidence in the truth of his church, if not
in the sincerity of all its protcsscd disciples
On arriving in Utah, Brigham Young presented
him with house and some land condition that
he should manufacture gunpowdcr. Shortly after
he was made "Professor of CHEMISTRY and High
Priest, and initiated into the mysteries of the
Church, which at once opened his eyes to the terri
BILE position in which he was placed. He found him
self in the midst of a wicked and degraded people,
with the conviction forced upon his mind that Brig
ham oung at the bottom of all the clandestine
assassinatiOns, plundering of trains. robbercs Of
mails and the exemplar of every other species of
wickedness practised among his followers. Speak
ing of the unhappy effects of polygamy, he says:
/ have seen two young sisters sold by their own
father to General Horace Eldredgo for some groce
rles. L have seen men marrying both mother and
daughter. One ot my own personal acquaintance,
w. &. Stains-ano Of hrighams favorite ''destrov-
ing angels and spcs-applied to the Prophet for
leave to take third wife. Leave was granted
The next day the lover appeared before Brigham
with his bctrOthcd when, greatly to his astonish-
ment, that worthy changed the programme slightly
and married the lady to himself, as he found her
Il very pretty woman. Poor Stains accepted his
cruel bereavement as ga trial from the Lord"
lie accuses Bri@ham's brothers. and even the
prophet himself. of murder. If any body was even
accused of having induged in anv disparaging re-
marks concerning the head of the Church. that man
certain to disappear suddenly and plysterouslv
being privately destroyed, All the roads leading
to the Valley were generally infested by the de-
Stroyng angels, either for purposes of murder
plumber,
niseusted with the condition of affairs I.oba pre-
pared to escape. Notwithstanding all his dissimu-
lation he could not escape the suspicion of the
despots who surrounded him. lie was frequently
advised to take two or three wives-he had but one
but he always excused himself. This neglect and
some remarks in regard to some of BI:gham's
friends determined the latter to order hrs private
execution.
Finding that no time was to be lost. in company
with his wife, the latter dressed in mems clothes he
started on the lst of April and after great suffer
ings reached Fort Laramie in safety, although pur-
sued by thirty two hOrsemen whom Brigham had
dispatched to bring him back, Mr.. Loba is de-
scrbed to be intelligent and highly educated
man, and is now residing in Kansas.