Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-06

Of barber and subjected 10 n
)" short crop by having the clippers
run over his Uranium before appear
- ing in court he would, according TO
the "Liberal'' rule .of judging the
quality of evidence, have been i'm
: pIicidy believed, spcciaIly if his
eyes were devoid Of glitter, and ex-
: pressiOnless as a stone fence.
On the other hand, WardelI's
''quiet, thoughtful, gentlemanly bear
ing'' indicated he was ''entitled TO
confidence in any matter that he
knew As the mythical trdmped /
up Mormon murder was one Of
the things that he never ''knew,"
| because what never existed cannot
be known, in that regard he was not
entitled to confidence.
To make the picture complete the
veritable murdered Mr.. Green APP
pears upon the scene, in the form Of
the following affidavit:
TERnIToRY OF UTAH, IS.
william Green. being duly sworn, :
on his oath says: I am an English :
man by birth. fifty-five years OF age.
and now a resident OF Spanish Fork :
City, Utah County, Territory OF Uiah.
I crossed the plains in 1862 m Captain
Danes company; l knew a man by C
the name OF Wardell; he crossed the n
plains and came - Utah in the same &
company as did. We travelled to- il
Cether until the company arrived at a e
point near William Kimball's ranch u
in Parley's Park. where left the q,
rain ahead Of the company, being
inxious TO meet my wife, who Was
hen in salt Lake City, she
having Travelled over the plains II
he same season with Captain
loyi's company. 1 have lived in
alt Lake City and Spi nish Fork City
nee I came u Utah. was the only
nan by the name OF Green, that w
now Of, who came over in Captain 1T
'ame's company. No man was killed or
I that company by the name Of I'M
reen, or Of any other name, nor did 81
ever hear Of any ramon OF any one ms
eng killed in said company, until de-
Nv the st-iement OF wardell recently VA
the papers. / am not a Mormon ,-,
n have been for several years. H.,
n not believer in Mormon theo- L..
acy, but do bslieve it long to have -
Y religious set or body Of people a .
sailed by falsehood.
WILLIAM GREEN. era
Subscribed aud sworn 10 before me. PHI
IS 2Sth day Of November, 1889. tina
WILLIAM GREER, toI
[sEAL.l Notary Public. DIO .
Now it appears that William 80,
cen was not, SO far as he can pro-
,ollect, murdered and robbsd by cor
IOrmons' because of apostasy. 1 ~
/ it will be scarcely held, even by yea
. ''Liberal'' organ, that such a into
could have occurred 1!
he story Of the 'gentlem1ply and Sa,-,
Wardeli u the contra. Y ruef
withstanding-without his beirg PHI,
Ire OF the ,ac. cole
ut here comes question Of vel
:. Is William Green really 10 be
eyed on this subject? There are
e matters to be verified fins. IN
suggest that in order to establish IL ~ :
point beyond 4 rcas)rqbIe I50 q
jt, that Mr.. Green be writad dolla
q by a committee of prominent VIII
beralsr whose duty Should III a,.e
0 aSceI;sin whether his hair is what
t or streaming, the color Of his of IA,
, gray being the doubtful hue, m'lls
If they are dull, because should ny ny
have a tendency to glitter, this prone
ity will be fatal to his sworn these
ment. ISS
ling that the Grcen-WardeI IL.
Ter was the only blood atone lss
incident the active politicians "Pi
e ''Liberal'' party could con- most
the investigation should be con- , tha ~,
d forthwith, as the making Of s.If n
! political capital depends upon erty
ng the Lstter-day Saints to be valuat
people. "a I iou