Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-27
TRaIlED IN THE DUsE.
Witnesses In the Mormon 0are sweax A.
the Flag Was Dishouoreta-

0ALf LAKE CaT1, Nov. 22.-ISpecial 4
Che Miner. lat the opening Of court to-da
Henry Lawrence was further cross.es
amined. he strengthened materially IL
testimony Tor the Gentiles. He said th
/ general teaching Of the church was in til
direction OF disloyalty to the government
and gave one very impressive incident. Il
lS47, as the saints we're coming Westward
TO Utah. the Mexican war wac in progress
The government had asked the Mormon,
to enlist 500 men from their ranks
Brigham Young and others taught for
Years afterwards that this was
done BY national authorities in order
to weaken the strength OF the Nor.
mons. The witness and thousands Of
other swore to hate the government for
this reason, and they grew to manhood
with the most intense hatred for this ma.
tion. Years afterwards, on searching the
records, the witness ascertained what the
true fects were. Instead Of the govern.
ment asking the leaders OF the Mormon
church to draft men for the mexican war.
the Mormons bad proffered 500 men and
got two months pay in advance. With
this money the Mormons bought teams
and provisions and came to Utah, and
thus hwindled the government. When the
witness first heard OF the embezzlement his
eyes hegan to be opened and he then knew
why the church had for years preiudiced |
the minds OF the people against this gov
ernmsnt. He said there are to-day a great |
many normons just as hostile to the GOV.
ernment as ever the Mormons had been. |
Five or six reputable witnesses swore to
the fact that they saw the United States
dag trailed in the dust ten years ago at the
Time Daniel 81. Wells, one Of the twelve
apostles Of the Mormon church, was re-
eased from the penitentiary where he had
been confined for contempt OF the United
States court in refusing to answer a ques-
ion In polygamy case. The procession
him was q mile long and con.
aimed ten or twelve thousand Mormon .
men, women and children. The banners ,
hey carried bore these and similar inscrip-
ions: We Will Uphold Polygamy," and
We Will Obey the Priesthood" The city ,
ouncil headed the procession, and they ,
issed and hooted as they passed the Fed. .
raj court house.
Among the men who swore to seeing this !;
,eidsnt was Judge Mcbride, who is mem I,
or OF the bar and an ex.deleeate to con.
ress-and warm personal friend Of James
!. Blaine.
Other testimony Of similar nature was +
Introduced to show the disloyalty of the
[ormon people. The half-masting OF the h
ag over all the Mormon public buildings o
n the Fourth OF July four years ago was
early proven, and the witness who testi- -,
ed to this fact related fully the incidents h
that day. He told how some old
antics made threats when he insisted r
nat the flag should be placed at the mast. >,
BAD.
Evidence was introduced tending to
low how the Mormons control even to. =;
~ in temporal affairs.
A man named Van Nostrand testified
at yesterday he received q notification
om the Mormon bishop OF his
ard in this city to appear at T
trial to be held tonight. The
after for which he had been cited
appear had already been decided in q
I'll court and judgment rendered for Cd Cd
In Nostrand. It was in relation to real M n.
late, and an execution was about to be vi
ued to satisfy the judgment. Both par. "
9 being Mormons, the defendant had &C
ked the bishop to interfere to prevent q, ]"
. execution by the exertion Of his ecclesi- =
lical influence on Van Nostrand. The ~ ~
alton from the bishops court is that il va
N Nostrand did not appear his rights 81
uld be adiudicated upon the same as bo So
ough he were present.
The reading Of this document, which was fr,
tito Van Nostrand but yesterday, created n'
snsation sndmade the chain OF evidence tb
prove that this was theocracy almost by
nplets. .sae. tiI
The court sat till O'Clock this afternoon v,
ening to q mass Of documentary evil O.
,ce introduced blythe Gentiles, and then vie
ourned for several hours. -
,xtracts were read from the sermons of n.
ylor, in which be said: "Cut out the
rmon ulcer, I" 1.-THE star OF the United b
ties would set in sea OF blood" An 5e 9e
ract was read from recent editorial in ecr
church organ announcing that polyg-
y was the fixed and unalterable law OF tht
j. Attorneys for the churc 6enied polyg. IN
Gus marriages are now being solemn. tn,
!, but when questioned, admitted no ma
ord OF such marriages was kept and they
no actual means OF knowing IL they mr.
been solemnized or not.
he case closed this evening, as far as the wh
is concerned, with the intro rsh ar
tion of an editorial from the church Or
on the death Of John Taylor, in which
vas said that these men who hastened
death will yet be called to account. uro
enrose is still in the penitentiary. III
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