The St. Johns herald., 1885-09-17
THE COURT SAYS IT WAS PER-
 JURY

On the Sd instant an article ap- peared in the Albuquerque Journal under the caption of 'Was it Mor- monism or was it Perjury?" This article fiercely arraigned the United States district judge of Arizona, the jury, witnesses, and everything it could think of, to belittle Amer ican justice, and to bring into con- tempt and subject to public scorn the Arizona courts for the apparent sole cause of hedging about with innocence a practical polygamist- one who is now under indictment for violation of the United States law in this matter-and to create popular sympathy fora justly con- victed criminal.
 The Mormon bishop, David K. Udall was also indicted for perjury. He was tried. and upon the clear testimony of the witnesses (among the number was himself !; the jury found him guilty as charged, and the judge sentenced him, under the law, to undergo the penalty in such cases made and provided for.
 We commented on this case for the purpose of enlightening the blind followers of the wicked pro- mulgators of the false and perni- cious doctrine of polygamy, and to show the deluded dupes the incin- cerity and wicke,lness of their cruel masters. The drift of every thing the Journal has stated was to find excuses for bolstering the Nor mon case against the laws, and decrying the action of the case of the convict.
 It trifled with the case by asking the editor of this paper to throw light upon the subject. Our reply to this suggestion was that the Journal did not treat the case with the seriousness and consideration it deserved, and that our original notes were founded on the verdict of the jury and upon the sentence of the court.
 The Journal of the 10th instant has the following notice of the ar ticle, which we reproduce for the purpose of showing its treatment of the question:
 Brother Reed, of THE ST. JOHNS HERALD, has been plunged into unhap- piness by the call of the Journal upon him for more light in the Udall perjury case. Our esteemed and attenuated friend reproaches us for bringing him into such an unpleasant controversy, and protests that he knows nothing of the case, except from vague rumor and hearsay. Would you like to be locked up in the penitentiary for three years for what Cdall did, Brother Reed, and ii such calamity should come upon you (of which thank heaven there is no danger) wouldn't you feel that you had been the victim of monstrous miscar- riage of justice? Treat the Mormon fairly, even if he is Mormon"
 Brother Reed does not know or feel that he is plunged into" any thing, and least of all into "unhap- piness ;" neither does he think that the unanimous verdict of twelve sworn jurors, and the sentence of an impartial and unprejudiced judge officially announced, should be classed as "vague rumOr and hearsay." During the term of the United States district court now in session at St. Johns, we have special opportunities and facilities of getting at the facts in the sey- eral cases of Bishop Udall and High Priest Crosby. In the issue of last Thursday we gave them to the public, and we can only hope the Journal has found food for re- fection,
 The condemned Udall declared that he had fair trial, and he ought to know. After which it does seem that the apologists for perjury should cease their bowling against Arizona justice. Arizona judges, and Arizona juries.
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