The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-10

ABANp OF MORMON PROSTITUTES
A Texas & Pacific Bridge Burned-De-
layed Mail Delivery-A Telegraph
War Foreshad0wed - Court
Notes--Personals, Etc.
Mormon Emicrants.

The Clio west-bound through Califor-
MIA express over the Texas & Pacific had
aboard, last evening, two Mormon
elders and eight female proselytes from
Georgia, bound for the new Mormon
colony being established near Cruces, in
the state of Sonora, old Mexico, vest
OF the Sonora railway. They were all
huddled together in the rear of Sec
ond-class coach, and heavy valises,
shawls and blankets were conspicuous
at first glance. A HERALD reporter
approached the Oldest and most sancti-
ned looking of the elders, whose white
hair and long beard gave him an aged
ana venerable appearance, except for
MIS- robust person and vigorous bearing.
The most noticeable feature about him
was his sharp, keen, shrewd, penetrat-
ing cat-like eyes. Verify the reporter
Is constrained TO believe that the elder
OWNED his mission the moment adj
dressed, for he drew himself up, and rs
Stunning a dignified air, essayed
the reucent racket, and in the main he
won. A Mormon elder can talk less
when he wishes to and more when he
desires to than any living man. There
porter, who had received a "pointer" as
10 who the parties were, tipped his hat
from whence they came and whittier
they were bound. After a long pause,
very long pause, during which time the
reporter photographed the groupe, he
asked, "why do you wish TO know; does
III concern you in any way?" The re-
porter acknowledged that it did, and
giving him long stick of taffy in the
way OF turning over the United States
government and the injustice done
thnGa M ~ l. II.
weak spot and he melted for time.
The following is, in substance, what
ne had to say: He was an elder and
his name was Joseph Kimley, and that
OF his brother in the church, or taber-
nacle as he termed it, Samuel
milestone. They with other members
had been laboring for converts in Geor-
gla and other southern states, and that
the eight they had made were en- route
70 Cruces, in the state of Sonora, old
Mexico, where the church had founded
colony near that place, called St.
Young, in honor of their great prophet
Brigham Young. This colony, or branch
settlement, the elder explained, was
the result of the cruel and
tyrranical treatment the people
OF their faith had been subjected to by
tne United States government, which,
nc said, had prosecuted them in every
conceivable way. The majority of the
proselytes from the southern states
were being taken to st. Young on that
account. He did not think that the
people OF his faith would soon vacste
Salt Lake City. At this juncture of the
conversation, the reporter, in his inno-
cence, asked him how they managed to
support so many wives.
This query evidently offended tho
elder, for ne settled himself back in his
seat and said: "rhat is our peoples bust
ness; good night, SIR" All efforts to
draw him out any further failed The
women were coarse in their general APP
pearance and were aged from 20 to s5
years. Two of them had children, one
a boy and girl and the other boy.
Iheir dress was plain, common and
scant, and they were ignorant and un-
sophisticated. Their dress, baggage, or
rather bundles i'm fact, indicated ex-
IRENE poverty. Several OF the women
were voraciou>ly devouring sand
witches.