Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-01
THE ACCUsERs' LIST.

Salt Lake City abounds in lists if not
in tournaments. The latest list of which
we have heard is the accusers' list This
new list has on it the names of all wit
nesses who appear before the Grand Jury.
We met a man this morning whose name
is on the accusers' list. That fact worried
him more than anything else could have
done. He realized almost to the extent
OF frenzy that his name was onsthe ac-
cusers' list, for he knew that this meant
in the community where he dwelt, in
his bishops ward, he was marked man,
a suspect. When We saw him he was
agitated and alarmed, and seemed
to fear some one or something.
He was apprehensive lest he had told
something in the grand jury room that
was not true; at least this was what he
said. This may possibly have been the
cause of his alarm, but it is probable that
beyond this was another and a better
reason for his alarm. He had told in
the grand jury room what he believed
was the truth, and which was the truth,
no doubt. He reiterated this morning
that he believed that it was the truth,
but he said he could not swear that it
might not be otherwise than he believed.
This, he said, troubled him. 1t is more
than probable that that which troubled
him was what some one had asked
him after he came out OF the grand
jury room, some one whom he feared
because of the pressure such person
might bring to bear upon him.
This person probably asked him how he
knew that the child he saw was GER
tain woman's child, and whether or not
such child mightnot have been the child
of some other woman. OF course such
might be the case, and this was ample
ground upon which to have testified that
he did not know who the child's mother
was But as gentleman who was pre-
sent asked this man of whom we are
writing, 6, you have been at my
house many times, have you not? Well,
don't you believe that the lady of the
house was my wife and the children
whom you saw playing around the house
and on the lawn, were my wife and chill
dren? Do you think you would have
sworn to a lie if the Grand Jury had asked
oh Al
you saw at my house and you
had said mine?' The illustration was
too apt for him to say that he had
said anything improper before the Grand
Jury The fear which really possessed
the man, who is of mild manner and in
no way aggressive, in fact, scarcely self
asserting, was that he would be thrown
out of employment through having his
name upon the accusers' list, and he
knew that for him to be thrown
out of employment was for him
to be placed at starvation's door. The
man had been summoned before the
Grand Jury, and he had no choice
but to appear at the time set. Yet for
this, this man is tabooed man, and he
feels that he will be watched in the fu-
ture. Had he don't knowed" to the
Grand Jury or answered all ques-
tons with Jesuitical frankness and
adroitness, he would not have been
worried by his friends as to his answer.
Those who know the man will not blame
him for his apprehension, and those who
know the influences that are brought to
bear upon hum, and their force, will pity
far more than blame this man.
The case serves to show how
things are done in Utah, and how
all Mormons who do not make
false answers in certain class of cases !
in Utah, or who do not deny all knowl-
edge when questioned before court, are |
watched and suspicioned and made to
feel that among the people whom they
think are Gods people they stand as an
enemy without friends.