Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-11-29
KILLING FOR APOSTACY.

death penalty for the crime
apostacy.'' II any statement Of
witness was ever completely al
initiated it was the story told by IL
poor, cranky tool Of the "Liberal
instigators Of the latest attack o
American liberty. Not a shred {
it was left. We DO not believe
dozen men in Utah, out Of a lunati
asylum, can be found who have rea,
the evidence and who believe War
dell's imaginary or fabricated testi
mOny.
The labored effort OF the Glib
eral organ was Intended for foreign
consumption. This is one Of its
common exhibitions Of chronic
mendacity. After giving colored
and Illuminated version Of the
Wardel novelette,, it pretends to
present the evidence I'm rebuttal
as though to show both sides Of the
story. Instead Of doing so, it sup
presses entirely the strong points in
the rebuttal which punctured and
tore to tltters the painted and in
flatcd bag Of falsehood that the
semi-imbecile Wardell had been
induced to hold up, and then resorts
10 absolute falsehood in order to turn
aside the force OF the exposure made
by his family. Here it is:
at was discerned that the family Of |
The witness had adhered to the |
Church. and at once they were sum
monei TO say that they knew nothing
Of Green or the murder, as IL they
would have expected them to know
anything"
What are the facts? Why, that
Wardell's son, who, the witness
swore, drove Green's teams and
wagons into the tithing yard, was
the ffrst Of the romancer's family
sought for and called to testify, and
that he is an apOstate, having given
up the whole business, - 10y which
he expressed his secession from
the Church, three years ago.
His evidence was not and :
could not be impeached. He ,
drove the team, the use Of which (
was charitahly given to Warden and 9
family at the Missouri river, and =
that team only, into this CITY.
The family all testified to similar G
effect. They described theold mans s.
failing Of talking over imaginary ac
fairs until he appeared to believe Il
them himself. They none Of them al
knew anything about the man 81
Green. Other witnesses were I'll
brought forward as fast as it could al
he learnd who was in the train in til
which this horrible crime was P!
.lleged to have been committed. and u,
hey all testified that no such thing II
occurred to their knowledge. and -
hat no such person Is Green was in ~,
he train. a,
The Liberal" organ cxaggerates aft
realty the number Of persons in tn,
be company, and wants to know eff
here are the other men, fur
ers who did not testify. Why, int
he defense placed such ito
lumber Of them on the witness
and that the court cried "enough. :, EN-
nd pointed out the fact that it WINS pan
seless to further multiply the al VIII
'ady overwhelming proofs Of the ref
ter baselessness Of the War,leu hOr
DRY. niz
Among all the fabricated horrors be
hIch have been Literally, used con
many years and exploded. as the
rs fslsehOod has been. no one ever her
ard before OF this Green story ers
hich was sprung on the people in Oh
c vain hope that from its very bus
.veity no means would be readily and
ma to refute il. Whatever may con
thought OF the plainly cranky min
al That was used to hold up this befC
w-fangled horror TO the gaze Of zati
C world, be he lunatic or liar. or n war
npound Of both, no fair and hon out
'ole mind can fail to view with and
gust and contempt the Infamous rails
ort Of the Liberal, organ 70 eral
Ike it appear that his faIsehood is
fact and that it Is evidence Of
lormon' murder of apostates =.
The same vile and reckless IibeIeps :,
theiT associates have tried for - q
ny years to make the world bc 'u'"
re that killing men for apostaev u. ~ -
a doctrine Of the Mormon. 'iOn
reh. They have never been ab,e 1u Ii {,
'uhstantiate their false assertions al u
b a single scrap Of proof. And ~ ~
en- challenged to name 4 c,s. ~ ii'sli
practice Of s,,.I, - d" e,'se oil appc
ID, they have utterly failed 10 do lns
For outside effect they have re- mn. Inns
ed to the shooting Of some noted 800 49,,
Sc thief or murderer, or person obtai
ty Of crimes too filthy to name deem
,, in early times here. received the b
mary and deserved nuuisbmar, al anu
his guilt. But never before bove recte,
presented case which seemed an
ear the color Of the crime which In Is
charged against the mormon, IL the g
ireh' and the committing Of in a i
Oh would be in violation Of H. know
iamental articles Of faith and Of such
.iatiOns it holds to be divine. G frS
e once more declare that there CORE,
thing in "Mormon'' doctrine or the h'
hing. public or private. which tme p 2
ms, Justifes, excuses or paIi- inteS N
the crime Of murder. which The r
Illling Of human being sin,,, and Il
apostacy would most ass,,re'I N NOT Is
''saih That the humid tractO
u pen hundreds Of persons who
apostatized from the ..NTor-
church, and who are still
ana have never been persou- lie
attacked, are breathing, walk. Idaho,
proofs of the falsity Of the lneir
lion That death is the .,NIor- S-oreal
penalty for apostacy. having
nose who wit ;. t ~ assertion hours,
10 NJ sb..,- ~ II 'iiey We're been
been sJ,on,,I y. 0I .', isiiS ago the M
tions Of 80. VI ''ieiF VAIN proved
GOD by the complete lack Of ,rorth :,
- 'ne siape-oi evidence. the alb
icy appear 10 be incapable of Wilson
that chagrin which a. buildir
Iry falsifier worl, - built {
anca ,,,,,ya-.,--e, '''oially found i
=, mar conditions. size 45l
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