Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

The Startling story that an Exc
Mormon Tells OF Life in UtRhs

/ MOEhmWW AGAAA Oh LIAuS In OtAIe
Mr.. j. Hawkini, who was a resident
in Salt Lake City for twelve years, has
returned to New York, and gives his
experience of the inner workings of
McrmOndOm. He was employed on the
Union Pacific Railroad and became a
Mormon, believing it to be his duty to
do so, as he had been persuaded that
| the MOrmOns were the chosen people
of the Lord. His eyes were soon open
ed, but he was afraid to turn back.
His first wife having had no children,
Brigham Young told him he must take
another, or the one he had would be Ia
ken from him. He took a second, but
she died in 1874. The next year he had
become so disgusted that he resigned
from the church, and the bishop handed
him over to 'the buffetings of Satan, !"
as they term it, but which let loose up
on him increasing prosecutions, His
wife and himself were shot at in open
daylight, and bottle of nitro glyGe-
rine was thrown against his house; but
being frozen, it failed to explode. The
window shutters were broken by stones,
and lighted fireworks were thrown
upon the roof. He was openly threat
ened by DANTE, and on Hawkini
making complaint to Judge Piper, who
is Mormon bishop and his three wives,
the DANTE was liberated and the COM
plainant fined. Mrs. HaWkini has in her
possession the white robes such as are
used in the marriage ceremonies
of the Mormon church. At the
interview when these disclosures
were made to a reporter, the re-
turned Mormon pair donned the we'd
ding garments and went through the
ceremony. They together recited the
oath that is taken on these occasions.
The parties swear to avenge the blood
of Joseph and Hiram Smith on the
American Government, even if by so
doing they have their throats cut from
ear to ear. They further swear to
bring up their children of the third
and fourth generation to avenge the
blood of Joseph and Hiram Smith un-
der the penalty of being disembowled
or having their tongues torn out by the
roots. Mr.. Hawkini tells of plot to
murder the soldiers stationed at Fort
Douglass one night when about forty
had been at the theater. He was COM
PEELED to go with one of the Danites;
but the plot failed, the soldiers becom-
ing alarmed and retreating. The DAN
ties fired at them, and they returned the
fire, but no one was killed. He also
says that in 1875 there were 239 Indians |
baptized in the Mormon faith, taking
the oath to avenge the death of Joseph |
and Hiram Smith on the American
One of the Indians
and was bound to preach to
the White River Utes. On leaving Salt
Lake City, Mr.. Hawkini was compelled
to sell property that was worth $4,000
for 81 900, To stay there was to starve,
if not to be killed. The MormOns re-
fused to employ him, and prevented
others from giving him work. He was a
trunk maker, and had a store of his
own. He was followed by Danites as
far as st. Louis, and had they known
that the wedding dresses were in their
possession or that they designed to make
they would not have got
off the train alive. Mr.. Hawkini has
had sad experience in losing all, at
The age of sixty, through the persecu-
ions of the Danites.