The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-11

penitentiary if the s'segregate tbs
commits. Well. it is no more than the
SAINTS had to endure of old for religion
and we shall look back on this Gay with
satisfaction"
I remarked at the time how moderate
and resigned they both were. There
was not any rancor i'll their Words.
they bore their Imprisonment with
philosophic Cor was it religiousO cain.
The robust Mr.. Grosbeck was OCCASION
allv led INFO some touch OF d-y humor
accompanied by his snug smile. They
both seemed TO ENJOY being called out
for n talk much as boys at a boarding
school like TO be sent for by a visitor.
II was not long, however, before the
practical turnkey ratified his keys as II
itching to turn them on his prey, and
said briskly: Times up" We shook
hands warmly. and / expressed the
hope that if | should meet them again
it might be under more congenlal con-
ditions. AS they meekly passed
through the two iron-barred doors into
the ward of the Pen" | ran up the
steps and took a parting glance at the
place, The convicts were taking their
supper, and through the open door L
saw them at plain deal tables sitting on
benches and drinking tea frem tin dip
! pers. Mr.. Snow and Mr.. GrosbecB dis
appeared through the door. in quest OF
their modest rejection. L was some
what disturbed by the thought that
possibly my OBTAINING them might IN
pleasantly curtail their n cal and
eased my mind by asking the warden
when l got downstairs II they would
have time enough fer their supper.
was relieved to hear him say: ION, yes I;
they II get it all right.
It is, confess, pleasure Tor me 20
see Mr.. Snow at large in Brigham City
where he has resided for seVera! years
His case was one of thu most impor
tant by reason of his distinction and
nrominence in the Mormon hierarchy
and also as a precedent in its ultimate
solution, He is a man OF inteli g9nce,
who was converted to the doctrines OF
Mormonism shortly after his gradua-
ton at Oberlin College. How he was
regarded may be gathered from the re-
marks of the court in sentencing him.
II sincerely believe that Lorenzo u.
Snow could cause the people of this
Terri q. 10 o5;erve the laws OF the
Union if he chose to do So" He Wa:
committed On three counts for yea;
and half and a thousand dollar fine,
the court deploring its inability to show
any leniency to one who was leader
of leaders among those who advocated
that it was right to violate the laws OF
the land" So this American Mormon
in his seventy year was inferred
in the gloomy PeDitenuary.
Yes | am out" he said, latter
eleven months unjust imprisonment
NAV say that now, when an anpeal to
the Supreme Court from the Court of
the Territory has resulted in the deci-
sion that the courts here were in erro.
and nv immediate release was ordered
was released year ago, February q.
1887, after eleven months imprison-
ment, and with seven months IL the
gloomy abode still remaining to be ser
we'd under the sentence of Judge Pow
ers. of the First Judicial District, which,
on appeal, was conf med by the Sup
RENE Court OF the Territory. The de-
cision of the Supreme Court OF the
United States in my case has settled
the question of segregation, which had
become such a burning one with the
Saints, as illegal. Those who had been