The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-08-21
ANS YOUNG.
An Iuaervfew with the Prophets son
upon 1he Mormon DiY0sce Auit.

John W. Young, Of Salt Lake City, the
Oldest son Of Brigham Young. is stopping
at the st. Nicholas hotel. Yesterday the
writer called upon him TO ascertain what
course his father intended to take in the d.
vorce suit commenced against him BY Mrs.
Ann Eliza Young, formerly Miss webb.
Mr.. Young said that the Salt Lake and
Utah papers had published number OF
Sensational stories in connection with his
fathers case for the purpose of causing die
sension among the Mormon people.
Il read sid he, ga statement in one of
the papers that compromise had been
agreed on, bn, you msy deny it. My father
will never consent to any compromise. He
il the wrong sort Of man to be forced into
any such arrangement such az Mrs. Young
or her advisers are endeavOring to carry
out"
"Then the suit will really go to trial?''
"Yes. / expect the case will be heard in
September. am sorry that the trouble has
asisen, but when the facts are known it will
be seen that our religious enemies are at the
bottom of the whole transaction. Until a
short time before the sait was brought against
my father, Ann Eliza had never complained
against him or said she was short Of funds.
NY father would have given her all she re-
qnired, and in fact did. allowing her about
IS 600 a year in addition to the house in
which she lived. The report that my father
did not allow her sufficient food ia simply
absurd, and had not this unpleasantness
arisen she would have been the owner of the
house in which she lstely resided. A num-
Der of our religious enemies have done their
eronhto
people, and suppose Mrs. Young has been
led away by some OF them. The Rev. Mr..
Stratton, Methodist minister of Salt Lake
City, hiss interested himself very much in
this case, and has been instrumental in in
duciGg Mrs. Young to leave the Mormon
church. am quite convinced that the step
taken by Ann Ella was taken on the i'm
pulse Of the moment, and that she, as much
az any one, nov regrets it. Her father and
mother are very much dispieased with he'.
and in fact would not live with her ...ltr shs
had commenced the emit"
care you personally acquainted with
Mrs Young
''Oh, yes. have known her since she
was little girl. We were children togeth-
er and born in Nauvoo. We were play
mates Mrs. Young is no. an educated wo-
man by any means, but my faiier liked her
and always treated her we'll She IL very
vain and Graves notOriety. l suppose she
thought my father would pay her a large
sum rather than allow any proceedings to he
instituted, ard her lawyers are evidently
trying to make as much out of the case as
they can. know them very WE'LL
"Is there any truth in the statement made
by Mira Young that she was compelled TO
marry your father, though against her
wish"
"No; that is mere paper talk. Ny father
knew her from her birth, and ultimately
married her in the same manner as he had
married others before. She was not induced
to take This step BY sny difficulty existing be-
tween her brother and Brigham Young; that
is false. Since the divorce suit was COM
menced have learned on coed authority
that Mrs. Young was living in the house
provided for her by her iather, and had been
in the habit of receiving visitors at all hours
of the night