The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-24
INSIDE FACTS.
The Head and Front OF The Her
aid Mans Offending.

Those who were present in the court
room on Wednesday, and heard sir.
| d. ckson's wonderful and abusive
TRADE against the Mormon people in
general and Mr.. Hobson, of THE
HEEALD, - particular. are probably
laboring under missp preheuslon of
the facts connecting Mr.. Hobson with
that infamous case; while persons who
have resd the newspaper accounts OF
the evidence may have an equally
IerroneOus idea RS 10 the part that was
taken b. him. The evidence on
that part OF the case was en-
Lurely eTgaTte. Mr.. HobsOn's testimony,
when offered by the defense, being
chOked of By technical objection from
! Mr.. DICKSON.
Mr.. Hobson's sole offense against
10. w. Powers, consists in his
icing so unfortunate as to hear the
ugly. rumor connecting the Judges
name with that of Miss Sarah
HeTrick, and OF taking the trouble
to ascertain whether il was tue
or false. Had the rumor proved
true, according to Mr.. Dickson, we
we would not only have been justified
in doing so. but il would have been our
bounden dut TO publish it TO the world
and to have forwarded an account OF It
10 the seat OF government for the pur-
pose OF having the Judge depOsed.
How lar then, did we miss performing
our duty as news gatherer, in endea-
Vouring to learn whether there we're
any truth in the report that came TO
our ears by he nearest chance2 That
SIR. HobsOn asked Mr.. GreenWeil if he
tU0uld make affidavit TO the story be
told about seeing Judge Powers AID
Miss HerTick On the road near the
cambridge at an unseemly hour of the
evening, is true; bat that Mr.. Hobson
ever drew up the form OF an affidavit;
or that he ever presented or offered q
writing of any kind. concerning the
recent scandal, TO Mr.. Greenwich to
sign Is absolutely false in every respect
No such otfidayit or writing was eper pre-
pared By or for him. Our representa-
tive did fill out 3 blank order for THE
HERALD az the time he took Mr. Green
wells subscription for this paper, and
he obtained Mr.. Greenwell's signature
to il. The order also contains the num-
Der OF Greenwelfs pOstoffice box In that
gentleman's own handwriting, and is in
our possession at present and can be
produced. This order is the only tCri'-
tng of any kind that we ever presented
to Mr.. Greenwich, or asked him 70 sign.
The only object we had in asking Mr.
Greenwich If he would swear 10 his
ST. tement concerning the above-named
parties. was TO get reliable evidence.
That Mr.. Greenwich would have signed
al affidavit had il been presented TO
him, has been demonstrated By the fact
that be swOre TO the same statement
before the Grand Jury. And that we
were unwilling u give publicity to so
grave charge without first being p0sit-
ive that the story.wss true beyond even
q peTadEenture, has been DEM
ocstrated By our silence con-
the scandal was made public, |
by giving it TO the grand iurv. The
HERALD was the last TO say a word col
corning ii, and those who have read our |
columns will bear US out in the asser- |
ton that we did not criticise the mat er 1
as We might safely have done. How /
far, We ask, have We missed performing I
our duty 20 the public in relation TO 4
this matter? Again, what have we
done that We should merit the scAthing /
inuendo, the eliminating aspersion /
and the vile venom which the district 4
attorney hesped upon our defenseless /
head under cover of his Office in the |
court room on Wednesday iastl Why 1
should We be singled out of the hnn- /
dTeds who have been discussing this 4
scandal, who have been gulping il down /
as sweet mOTsel and adding fuel to /
the fame, spreading it far and wide, /
when we have done nothing more than /
enquire, as quietly as possible. with no 4
other view IN mind than that of ascer-
tanning the facts in the case.
The Tumor came to US in Its most 1
ugly form and We never repeated even /
the whole. of it; never {, I'd q soul on /
earth all We had hear of it. Sull we
are set up as q shining mark for the
poisoned shafts of venom; for the bit
ter. malice and hellish hates, the ran
corbus gall and the Shiny filth Of our en-
emieS to reek out their inherent rotten
ness against. Why is all this, We askI
Not because OF anything We have done
that has been beneath the dignity Of a
gentleman; not because We have viliied
and abused anyone; not because we
have descended 20 any paltry meanness
in our ayocaiun; nor yet because We
have had desire 70 injUre anv man.
woman or child III this whole world.
What. then, is the cauSe2 Echo answers.
Mr.. Dickson saws We have il in evidence
that YOU offered those affidavits 10
Greenwich to sign. He further shows
that we sent the papers TO Editor Hem
enway. Now let Us look - Mr.. Dick
sons evidence for a moment. We Will
admit that the witness whose testi-
mony the prosecution relied upon to
make this shovins did hear Gr-enwsll
say those pspess were presented 10 him;
e. at he was ssked t. sign the sffidayits.
What object could GIeenven possibly
have had in refusing TO sign the papers,
when he afterwa-d vent before the
Grand JEry and testified to the same
fSes2
Again, when Greenwich testified 10
the same story before toe Grand Jury
that he told 70 Nj. Hob-On, what OBJ
Iect could be have in telling those wit
Besses that he hsi refused 20 sign
papers that Mr. Hsbsou prescribed TO
him and asked a N % siga sgainf Did il
not occur 10 the Judicial mind that. not
being authorized 10 administer oatks
had We desired 20 obtain Mr.. Green