Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-05

closed and locked the door, and pre-
pared to xii! the first who should cross
his threshold.
a Mormon mob soon gathered about
the house, and Joe Sharp told them
that Dwiggins had been guilty of an at
tempted outrage upon one Of his little
girls. Lynching was talked of in the
hearing of the old man, who was in a
perfect nest of Mormons and knew his
danger, though the charge of Sharp
against him was without a shadow of
truth. That Night an old man named
Quinn, who protested friendship for
the apostate, went to Dwiggins' house
and advised him to leave the country.
rs the brethren would otherwise surely
XIII him, and at the same time offering
10 advance him 5000 TO held him
away. For the money, however, Quinn
wanted a deed and transfer to the prop
erty owned 10y Dwiggins, which was
given. The Mormons allowed him to
square up his little bills the next day
and depart on the road towards Wash
ington territory since which time nothin
has been seen or heard of the old man,
and II Is supposed the sainted Thugs al
lowed him to get just far enough on the
road northward 10 be killed bv
Indians"
A short time ago Mrs Dwiggins re-
turned to her home in Cache Valley to
learn that her house, farm, and herd
were all owned by Elder Quinn. and
that her husband had gone west"
Mrs. Dwiggins was now left homeless,
unless she would consent to be rehap-
tied and join the Church again, in ac-
cordance with the request OF her son
Joe, who would thereupon give her
home with himself. Mrs. Dwiggins
saw fit to retain her independence, and
therefore came to this city, where she is
housekeeping with friends. Our re-
porter interviewed her, and she corrob-
grated the facts in the case rs above
set forth. On being Intercepted as to
the charge preferred by Joe Sharp
against her husband, Mrs. Dwiggins
said: THAT was all false. II WAS man
ufactured simply to drive my husband
from me and get me back into the
Church, and | will never be n Mormon
again. Before left home, perhaps ten
days, Mr.. Dwiggins went to the garden
patch, II short distance from the house,
to pull some beets for dinner, and was
followed by two of my little grand
daughters, one of Joe's and one af Jeil's
little girls. Joe's little girl is a " eakly,
delicate little thing, and when the three
got to n piece of newly-plowed ground,
DR.. Dwiggins, whom they always called
grandpa, reached down to pick up the
sckly child, with the intention OF carry
ing her over the plowed ground. But
as he raised her on his arm she lost her
balance and fell over backward. He
picked her up and just then her mother
called her, This occurred in front of
my door, and | saw itall. Nothing was
ever thought about it or said about it
afterward until left home, when it
was construed into an attempted crime,
for the sole purpose of driving him
away and separating us as man and wife.
And all because we had seen ti,to leave
the Church. had pleaded with my
husband to sell out and emigrate, for
knew the Mormons would not let as
live together among them. But he was
quiet, inoflensive man and thought
there would be no trouble.
Mrs. Dwiggins thinks if he is alive he
has written to her, but that the letters
have been intercepted. 1t is a pretty
safe conclusion that Mr.. Dwiggins did
not get outof the clutches Of the Cache
Valley Thugs alive. They do not usu-
ally let apostates depart in peace, rs
they say dead men tell no tales. Be
sides, large number of the Saints who
took part in the Mountain Meadows
massacre reside in that valley, where
the spirit of murder is still among the
faithful.