The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-20
ISLANDER REFUTED.
MIR d. Candland Comes Back at
the Tribune" Correspondent.
CHESTER, SANPETE Co.,
October 18th. 1892

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October 18th, 1888.
Editors Herald:
| For over seven years l have held
the position Of county attorney.
For nearly all that period 1 have
enjoyed the Islander, yituperation
and gross Misrepresentation from a
clique generally known as a whisky
ring, because Of prosecutions for
violations Of law, these mostly
apostate MOrmons. The evidences
Of such vituperat;on from letters
and press are before me on file in
the office. purpose TO answer
publicly for the first time, bee iuse of
its scurrility, the article signed
James Hall of Mt. Pleasant on the
sth Of October. There was no
desire to fasten the Pritchett
murder on Hall specially, though
he ana others were freely suspi-
ciOned, 50 also were the two police
men. not ten, as he alleges. A
certain member Of these Liberals to
which he cllngs by name, not in fact,
loudly proclaimed his ability to
fasten the murder on the church,
which sentiment Hall echoes when
he says "but it is not unlike other
murders committed in this Terri
tory, the cowardly perpetrators of
which hold a place." ETC., who,
when hard up, denies such sayings.
There was no church council, there
was no determination to fasten the
murder on Hall because of his recre-
! ancy to his vows in the Endowment
House, and to the estimable lady
he chose and the parents from
whom he obtained her, perhaps on
the promise he would be Nor
mon; but the dazzling position of
county attorney allured hum in the
days of gubernatorial crumbs to ask
his name to be stricken from the
church roll. He wanted my off &c q
year or more ago, but his recreancy
brought him no Liberal endorsements
to the appointing power. There
was a council of the prosecution, at
which were present Mayor Seely,
representing in his zeal the honor Of
Mount Pleasant, some two or
three Gentiles, one of whom
pressed the prosecution to more
vigorous measures, as he be-
lieved one of the widely suspected
parties zone was HalD would
squeal." at that council it was de-
termined to arrest two policemen,
who were also badly suspicioned BY
Pritchett in hia lifetime, and thus
leave the avenue Of evidence open
to what was then thought the guilty
one, who was the last there with
Pritclett Oh the night of the
murder, knew his money mat
tiers and position Of the
bed, and must lave left the
key of the only door unfastered on
the outside. did at the time re-
ferred to at Hunters saloon. into
which ! was dragged by Hall and |
one other, also a suspected cn-lat- |
orer with Hall, speak to him Of his |
treachery and abandonment Of bis |
vows. l deny that "the Church was
told on" for the Church never fig
ured in the matter and only IN !
Halls brain, like apostates gener-
ally do, He uses the same howl, |
"My life is in danger and Mormon
murderers.
It is an unmitigated falsehood
where ne says l said II was eoun-
seled by the bishop and city council
to make him (HalO suffer the pen
atty of the crime" The only council |
ever held was that in the presence
of Mayor Seely as mayor, not as
bishop. Mr.. jacob johnson and
twenty liberal friends of law and |
order were invited in, because of |
their real earnestness to have con-
viction on evidence be he Mormon,
Gentle. or apestate. l presumed
myself, however, though dragged
into Hunters saloon for a "put-up
job as | was afterwards sold among
semi-honOrable men, but ALAS like
poor Tray, | was found in horribly
mean company and left for home
ten miles with my wife and spirited
horse.
Friends or foes can believe me or
Mr.. HIS malicious, ungentlemanly,
low down attack. Perhaps nv only
reply should have been in the
language of the 30th verse, Chapter
10 of st. Luke Gospel: ga certain
man went up from Jerusalem from
Jericho, and he fell among thieves
who stripped him, wounded him
and departed leaving him Gas they
now say dead drunk at all events
/ escaped, but not the slime of Mr.. |
81. He says I supposed there was
some "hOnor even among thieves"
but alas! poor Tray and the man
from Jerusalem.
In conclusion, even If clique Aft
davits can be had to subsIantiate
Halls allegations, there are no
meaner men to combat with than
apoststes generally. There are with
them as with the Gentiles some
honorable exceptions. / have con-
descended to notice Halls screed,
which is malicious, unfounded in
fact, and honorable demeanor for
it will never remove a settled con-
victiOn in the minds Of many,
though the murderer has thus far
covered his track. Poor Pritchett
had slept In the rocks for some time
expecting assassination; his friends
held his firearms, and only a few
knew of his sleeping in his house
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