New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-26
TWO VIEWS OF APOSTLE SNOW
A MORMON MARTYR IN JAIL AND AT HOME.

BRIGHAM CITY, Utah, Fob. 18.-Movlng ABOUT 'h
this prosalc Mormon town may be seen On Interesting
figure to the Latter Day Saints IL Is that OF Lorchho
D. Snow, one Of their Twelve Apostles. Tho present
effort to secure tho admission Of Utah to tho Union
may give interest to my rccollectons Of experience
which enjoyed little over year ago. Al ina.
time I saw Mr.. Snow clad In gy-looklng SUIT Oh
coarse woollen stuff, with dark stripes. III IA"
grotesque suggestion of baseball suit, but IL was tno
uniform Of nothing moro sportive than convict
Tho Apostle then undergoing imprisonment ior
violation OF the Edmunds Law.
One balmy afternoon when the air was tinglng
with the ozone which is so abundantly generated III
the superb climate Of Salt Lake, armed with my per
init, started with clerical friend, priest con-
nected with the Catholic College Of the Holiows
for the Pcntcntlary. lie wished to see murderer
who confined there, and who has since been re-
leased-by a bullet. bent seeing Apostle
Snow and tho layman Grosbeck
After three miles driving, at pace which afforded
abundant opportunity for enjoying the Orchards
Heckcd with sunshine and shadows, rich wheat crops
and long stretches of rich meadow land VIC drew up
at the Pcntcntiary. The place was anything but
inviting. Tho inmates did add much TO atone Tor
tho lack OF brightness Slowly clrcllng about In the
space between the buildings in the largo area DO
yond were men In striped dlngy clothes. Some were
gathered into litto knots and fow sitting apart
by themselves II oommuning with their thoughts.
While | hastily taking In these details from the
parapct above the Enclosure and asking questions OF
a man with a gun, a stentorian voice right beneath
shouted into the yard "snow and Grosbeckp
Snow ~ and he an Apostle. The doughty guardian
angel the wall booked the names again in even
grufer tones, bawDg them out to tho prisoners DO
low Hearing my card sent In, as It were, in this
way, hurried down the steps to tho court which
was tho rcceptlon-room to meet the gentlemen whom
they should como out. had not waited moro than
moment when the creakng Of two iron-barred gates
WaSh pa rda Snow nd
Mr. Snow led tho way. I recognized him at
once from steel engraving which had seen. He
was spare man with an olive tinted complexion and
wore snowy beard. His calm, brilliant eyes looked
from beneath tho heavy eyebrows llko polished
agate. There dignity in his expression which
could not fail TO impress even tho most unsympa-
thetIc observer. strkingy ascetc in his appear
aDce, tho Apostle betrayed intellectual force and
commanding self possession. 1 felt myself In the
presence Of a Mormon Chrysostom.
Mr.. CroSbcck the exact opposite OF Mr.. Snow.
He was nearly six feet high, strongly built, his
plump round legs and arms filed his striped suit
completely, and his round, hearty face In keep
Ing with his perfect health. Hc bourgeois to
the bone. I stepped forward and introduced myself,
as they stood Oking 10 who had called for them.
They shook hands heartily with me and seated them
selves the rough bench against tho wall while !
took a chair Just In front Of them At left the
6 cd father was engaged In conversation with the
turnkey lowered in the neighborhood to see that his
protcges not smuggled off,
g have bech 10 king into your church." I said to
them, during stay of some months in salt Lake,
and as this institution has acquired an incidental
connection with It of so many Of It's
prominent members being imprisoned here, I thought
! would round OF my study of it by calling on you
DO you find II very hard here1s
The hardest part is In not being free. said Mr.
Snow little drearily.
How are you treatedi Are the officials kind and
conslderatef ~
Oh, yes !" replied Mr.. Snow. "Thcy are gentleman.
~ and treat us fairly We treat them like gentlemen
and they do the same by u.s.
And the diet ~ inquired
Good enough. 1t is plain, but solid and sub
'tantal." returned Mr.. Snow
And the slcepingquarters 7" 1 went on, as II
were Health Inspector
They are not quite neat as they might be-
said Mr. Grosbeck," but there is nothing very dis
agreeable In tho accommodations OH he added
chcerfully, ave been in worse places than this.
We are allowed books and papers, and can receive
fruit and decacIes nom friends. The mail comes
regularly to u.s. Perhaps feel 1t little more though
than Brother Snow, who has been accustomed to a
sedentary llfe"
yet have trovoIIod oio',. ga ..-..,,- -a,a
Mr. Snow. During tho fifty years l have been q
Mormon have gone over 10000 miles in my
gellcal work"
What IS II that you would have to do to be free ."
inquired. n
We have simply to assent to what they demaiid1
answered Mr.. Snow 81 could bring myself to sub
NIT to the Edmunds law without any difficulty II the
courts did not vary In their Interpretation of It that
a man can hardly know how to keep It to their salts
faction"
But as soon as you were out, could they not
rest you aganl"
1t seems So lawyer told me that ! might pass
The rest of my days In tho pententiary II the courts
segregate tho counts. Well, It IS moro than the
saints had to endure Of old for religion, and shall
look back on this time with satisfaction"
remarked at the time how moderate and resigned
they both were. There was not any rancor in thelr
words. They bore their Imprisonment with phil
osophc Tor was IL religious ~ calm. The robust Mr.
Crosbeck was occasionally led into touch of dry
humor accompanied by his snug smile. They both
seemed to enjoy being called out for a talk much as
boys at boarding school like TO be sent for by vs-
ton 1t was not long however, before the practical
turnkey ratified his keys az II itching to turn them
his prey, and said briskly: Times up.' We shook
hands warmly, and expressed the hope that II /
should meet them again 1t might be- under moro con.
genial conditions. AS they mcchy passed through
The two iron barred doors into the yard OF the PenD
ran up the steps and took parting glance at the
place. The cOnvicts were taking their supper, and
through the open door them at plain deal tables
sitting on benches and drinking tea from tin dppers.
Mr.. snow and Mr. Grosbcck disappeared through the
door In quest OF their modest rejection. was some
what disturbed by the thought that possibly my de-
taning them might unpleasantly curtaIl their meal
and cascd my mind by asking the warden when I got
downstairs II they would have time enough FOR their