Telegram-herald., 1889-11-16
HIDEOUS CRIMES.
STORIES OF APOSIlIg MEMBERS
Eaao@Iszt Hoase secrets Disai iged-
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Aany applications f9r natarali1atloa
have been made % rts colrt nere ia an
teipagiol of tle municipal election,
ana objection having oeen made 20 tas
"a rerallz4rion ~ pol yg4ra-srs and other
Mormons on the ground that uo Nor
mon elo las taken gAe o4tAs ia Che en-
dowuent house ean be d loyal citizen.
tls co-rJ Ae4ed testimony ll gard @
t-a charge.
John Bond swore that be had % 60
through the euloa meut house in crler
q he married in I,ss. He was required
to take the obligations or the A4ronlc
priesthood, by which lac c0yenanted 10
obey every doctrine of the church, es-
pecially those in opposition 10 th8
Dnl-ed States, and r penalty Of having
his throat c-t and bis tongue torn our.
Then he was required % take an oath %
avenee the blood Of Joseph smith on
tlls Nation. and % teach this doctrine
o. revenge 10 LIS children and his chill
deems children 20 the latest generation.
Martin b. Nardell swore that he went
through the endowment house in 1853
Or ls04 and again q year later. lie took
an oath thar be would avenge the
death of Joseph Smith on this Ma
tiOn from the President down. II he
revealed any OF the secrets Of the
endowment house he was told that his
throat would DO cut and his bowels torn
out. Witness saw the death penalty
enforced on man named Green
In 1852, twenty MES west OF
Green river. "NY. H. Dame, he said,
'the captain Of the train. described the
murder. and said that they got about
S., GOO from Green. When some began
% murmur John ". Young said if We
did not shut up we would be served the
same way. The next day Dame said
Green had apostatized once and now he
had apostatized and gone to hell"
Bishop Cahoon stated under oath that
he joined the Mormon church in 1882 at
Kirtsland, 0. lie was member of the
church forty-two years During that
time he had been q Mormon Bishop
eighteen years. lie went through the
endowment house forty-four years ago.
He told substantially the same story as
the other witnesses concerning the oaths
and penalties and the necessity OF
Obeying he priesthood. Apostasy was
70 be punishable with death. 1t was the
understanding generally that God had
established His kingdom on earth and
that the Mormon church was that king
dom, and that to it the highest al
legiance of the citizen was due. No age
was fixed at which a man could go
through the endowment house. Nor
mons regarded marriages outside
the Mormon church as illegal.
Witness stated TO the court that
he considered the general doctrine
and teachings of the church to
be inimical and hostile 10 the
laws Of the land. Ono of the doctrines
taught was that it was not wrong 10 steal
from the enemies OF the church. This
was taught secretly. Witness was fre-
quently instructed by the church that it
would be pleasing TO the church to have
a certain man put out of the
way. lie knew lots of men
who had been secretly murdered
by order of the church. He gave the
names of several men who had been so
murdered Publicly Mormons professed
loyalty while they practiced t-easopi
they fully believed that this Govern
ment would be evcrthrOwn, and that the
Mormon kingdom would be established
on its ruins. II was taught for years
that this would come to pass. Still an
other doctrine of the church was that if
a man violated anv of his endowment
house oaths the only way ne could be
saved for eternity was to shed his blood
here. This doctrine was taught publicly
and in print.
1T was understood" he said, ''that we
against all other powers-the king
dom Of God on earth The head Of
tho church was its king Brig
ham Young proclaimed himself king
to the pioneers. / have heard leaders
OF the church pray for the overthrow OF
the United states Government. 1t is so
common that every child knows it.
have heard Wilford Woodruff, the
present head Of the church, do it. 1t is
very common for him to do that"
James McGufTy told OF the Mountain
Meadow massacre ar1 connected it with
the oaths taken 81 Tho endowment
house he is a man - years Of age.
Ho took an oath in 1o.j 10 uproot and
destroy tho American Governments
He further took an oath TO obey
tho priesthood in all things. spiritual
and temporal. even 20 tho building Of an
outhouso. There were three organized
bands of church murderers in these
DAYS They were called Danites, Blc1d
Atouers ard Avcnging Angels. They
bad the work appoTtoned TO them by
Brigham Young, who was considered
Col on earth.
Quite a sensation was caused when
Charles Gilmore was called O. She stand.
re asked 20 be excused from testifying
on the ground that If he divulged the
endowment house oaths his life would
stand forfeit 20 the church. and while
BE- cared not tor himself be did for his
20 and family TIE court thought
the Government VAS ahundartlv able 20
protect him. ana be vss rec lircd % tas-
tfr. lie rorr0to-lted the other VT
uessos.
James IT NoT'a. the church attorney.
sua-- -rat trere we're oatls In the en-
ment-rouso ceremonies. bat he re-
fused 30 te
FOR rol..s~a l,e e6 silver
DFvvFr. co.'s. Nor The silver
convention adjourned Thursday af-er
o-renfrI-r The Colorado Silver Assoc g.
toa. 81 A. S.. T.her. PRESIDENT and