The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-19
A SAMPLE.

The following wnich we clip from an
exchange, is II fair sample of the repre-
sentation given to anything connected
with the Mormon question:
Fifty coLveryS to Mnrmonism have been
prisoners for ten days in this city D ne as
OF them will probably be released on Mon
day, ell but five having been discharged
trom custody N b5tcnes during the past
several days. tOTty-lwO OF the original fifry
were )UDg women VINO had been brought
Iom europe to become pOlygamOuS wives
OF Mormon men in Utah, Montana and else
Hhere in Uns region Of Latter dav Saints
They came from England, Sweden, Germany
ana Scotland, and were the collection made
Dy Elder a1eb NOE, nIugLvn, OF salt Lake
during ye4E missionary tour. The arrest
an0 Imprisonment Of these women was an
attempt hv tn h0 II % investigation led
by Commissioner Starr TO strike blow at
mOrmOA-suL RI. at 4Iere IN q city of single
marriage Mr, starr has strong feelings
|galnSI the cay Of plural wed ock as prac-
Jioed Dy Brlgh1n IOuL g S Ie0ple. When
ne fsnnu- Wife Nineteen came east TO lee
ture on MormOnism, eight years ago.
she was greatly aided By him II
was mucu against his VII. after he
"eeame a member of the Official body
supervising tne arrival OF immigrants Z
push through the cOUntry's portal at Castle
sarden he hundreds of foreign converts
Drought over by the prose. yters at Salt Lake.
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having convinced his associates that some
nng oughttO De done, he boldly arrested |
the whole party and sept them to durauce |
- ara Island, which is one OF the East |
yer Is amos devoted by the CITY 10 the /
punishment and correction of criminals and |
-uIOrCuuaIes
This move was based on the hope that
q. Isl o. Ine IN might sustain IL. The
rnmiss o"ers OF emigration are empOy-
cred 10 determine whether immigrants are
Die 70 support themselves in this country |
vf VIII likely become Laupers in which lat
case thcy can be returned II the Old
World a the expense OF the steamship COM
rsanE That has imported them Mr. Starr |
ndly Imagined thai, By a Kindly cOnStruc-
sion OF the statute, the young women brought |
over u Dr pUiHgamOuSly wiYed might be |
-cIurned 60 their homes He relied 100, on
provision that criminals can be excluded |
80, the half Il hundred creatures were con
Neyed from Castle Garden, 10 Ward S Island |
10 the gr-at grief and shock of Elder Worth
.AiStou, VINO protested in vain against the
loss OF the prizes which his persuasive in
@Ustry had won. BE had gone on his for
n mission with orders from fifty
&ormons to provide them with fresh wives,
ana MS expenses had been made good by {
suem. He was further to get nav in |
with the attractiVeness of his
vcruIls. Inc plan, as discovered by Com 8
missioner Starr. was to exhibit the women
their purchasers ON their arrival in Utah |
ana tneIr nrst choice was to be cOstliest, !
j
Inc list 10 the least desirable of the lot 1T
is Il nOrrIpIe business altogether saws :
.lc. Starr, and we were justified in strain :
Ag the law 70 Illustrate H.
The women we're terrified ct their mex ;
Jected imprisonment. They were taken to
ara : Island IL big row. oats, the oarsmen I
which were cOnyIcts, and then put into ! &
lau usually devoted to hospital purposes
mere they had quarters that, by comparison I
be IN the Storage, were palatIal, aud they &
,eDt is clean cots instead OF foul berthS
Their food was wholesome and they werz c
5gyen the L berty Of pleas snt yard connected | =
IN the institution, but they we're isolated
ON their maie escorts. and their lamenta- q
ions were l6ud and inceSsant. Elder Worth )
UgtOn was quick and energetic in their res
ne. He employed able counsel and went into t
'ourt with the question whether, solOngas he .
ave proof that the W0 neIPWouid not become
,aupers, me comm .ssIOners could return {
Eem 10 EurUpe, and whether in the alb g
ence ut PROOF that they had yet violated
my law of mEtrimOny, they could be con-. q
Idered criminals The decision was in his /
4YOr The young women have ALREADY
'een released. and are on tneiF way TO their e
tan purchasers. sSye five, h 70 whom the
caring evidence is faulty But this rem II
lAnt wal Ge rescued BY Monday, and thus q o
igOrous blow SC Mormonism In New York J
: successfully parted.
Comment is altogether unnecessary. n
UGH distortion of facts, such mis-
representation of the work in which
IorRon missionaries engage, to make
appear that their business abroad is
n level with the calling Of those who re
1trap the unWary maiden for purposes D,
prostitution, is a piece OF VilIainy Il
lat can but excite contempt. And its b,
omissions that the laws were to. be q
twisted" and strained to fit this case of v
opping the Mormon immigrants, M
'oyes that the correspondent was as pl
angling as he was Yillainous. b,
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