The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-08-10

EDrToR HEEALB: tslHh
have Just learned that something
calling himself Edward II. Mum, Sr..
goes out Of his way to attack me in the
Tribune OF August 18th. After a TRADE
Of abusive falsehood concerning the
priesthood and the way the election at
Hooper wss conducted. he goes on to
say that the election was very quiet I'M
I'll about 6 O'Clock when one Levi B.
Harmon came in with several others.
and commenced trade of abuse and
SANDER against Judge Powers and Mss
Herrick
The ~tirade OF abuse and Islander"
must have been patched in the deluded
brain of the thing who wrote 70
the Tribune. All there was 70 thai
and 9 man named Baker were en-.
gagged In aWordy discussion over the
matter aud this Mum said there was
no ground whatever for the circulation
OF the stories about Judge Powers.
merely stated that some persons had
said they had seen them together and
had seen Judge Powers present the
young lady with q bouquet, This re-
marx, the thing Mum. endeavored TO
twist into an assertion that l could
prove that the parties had been. out to-
gether. told him il he misconstrued
my words and got me into trouble,
would break him in two, or break his
back, or something 70 that effect.
About Judge Powers and the young
lady named, know nothing and care
as little.
Further on he says; 1T Is only a
short time ago since this siI-foot OF a
Mormon beast sneaked up behind q
man with a neckyoke of wagon tongue
in his hand, struck the young man, laid
his head open and knocked him sense
less"
This last assertion is barefaced lie
and could only be told by 3 creature as
depTsved as this thing Mum has shown
himself to be. There is not 3 scintilla
of truth in the assertion.
Now let me tell you what kind OF q
reptile this fellow who delights wallow
ing in the Shiny filth with which the
columns of the Tribune reeks and sling
ing his venom at decent men, really Is.
Since ne was kicked out OF the Nor
mon church, which he so glibly Whites
and rants about, he seems to have had
a kind of chronic distemper that would
not permit him to live IN harmony with
himself or his neighbors. Reference to
the JUSTICES record of Hooper precinct
disclosed the fact that he was once con-
vicied OF stealing water from the canal.
Az ia he into q quarrel with some
little boys over some water and when
their mother appeared on the scene,
this wonderful specimen OF manhood
drew his revolver and began flourish
ing it about when the lady knocked
him down with q spade while one Of
the boys took the pistol sway from
! hlm. ARaiu he has had q habit Of ap-
Dropriating land to his own use that his
| neighbors had always considered
to be their property, and OF fencing up
the public road. On another occasion
when be had li5eied a resident OF
Hooper in the columns of his pet
Hallow, the tribune. and Vas asked 20
retract, he brought gun into requiSi-
ton thinking 10 terroriZe his victim.
This little episode resulted in the gun
being taken away from him.
Such little manly occurrences as these
might be related al iibItuRs but the col
umns OF your paper Ehaye no room Tor
them. Ny ORly apology for noticing
the filthy attack in the filthy sheet i
this: People who do not know the want
l al character which this cur has, might
think there was some basis for his
filings at me. Those who are acquainted
witS the thing need no other
proof OF the faisitY o. anything than 70
hsvs him assert il as q fact, while those
who do not knos him need have no
desire 70 cultivate his acquaintance.
L. q. HAMNOS.
HoosKR. August 9Th, 1856.