The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-11-27
A MORMON MURDER.
Slain Because He Refused Longer to Be-
long to the ChuI ch.

Slain Because He Refused Longer to Be-
long to the ChuI ch.
FRANKLIN, Pa, Nov 22-The Asso-
ciated Press dispatches of Tuesday last
contained an account of the killing OF
man named Green by the mormons OF
Salt Lake City for revealing the secrets Of
the endowment house. Mr.. Wardwell, in
his testimony before the naturalization
court in Salt Lake City, testified that he
had seen Green killed The latter's wife
now resides in this city in hut near Bell
stone quarries, and says there is no doubt
that the man killed was her husband. Mr.
Green and bis family were mormons and
resided in Utah and she was well
acquainted with Mr.. Wardwell. Five or
six years ago. she and her husband deter
mined to leave the mormon church, and in
order to do so, quietly disposed OF all their
goods and chattels to gentle neighbors.
By some means the mormOns discovered
their intentions and deliberately robbed
them of their all. Green was sent into the
mountains on some mission, while she was
sent East, arriving in this city in desti-
tute condition. Up to five months ago, she
frequently received word from her husband,
but all communication between them sud-
denly ceased and she is now certain that her
husband was murdered by the mormons as
he frequently told her that he was a
marked man and that his death by vio-
lence might be looked for. Green was
very poor, not over intelligent and his fear
of the mormon rulers was so great that he
was their slave and feared to break away
from them lest he would be discovered
and killed. Mrs Green has large family
- oh Ire. nd ic cir ,ncfo
but her friends have taken steps to have
the L. s. authorities investigate her hus-
bands death and interesting Developments
are looked for.
CHICAGO, Nov. 23.-Iu response to a
telegram from the Associated Press asking
for his statement concerning the investi-
cation now in progress in Salt Lake City,
MILFORD Woodruff, president of the NOR
mon church, sends the following dispatch:
SALT LAKE, Nov. 23.--This is the periodical
anti-mormon sensation which we are accus-
toned to expect in November. Congress meets
in December and il is presumed that the usual
efforts will be made TO secure legislation against
the mormons. OF course this can not be ae-
complished unless the public mind is prepared
for it. In addition TO this might explain that
we are on the eve OF an important municipal
election here, in which the anti-mormOn party
by preventing the naturalization OF mormons
and in other improper ways hope to be sue
cessful. | can truthfully say that there is alb
solutely nothing in the mormon religion that is
not consistent with the most patriotic devotion
TO the government of the United States. The
revelations and commandments 10 the church
require that the constitution and laws OF the
land shall be upheld. II is also part of our
belief that a time will come when this country
will be distracted by departures from the spirit
and letter of the constitution, and when gen.
eraI lawlessness will prevail, and when that
condition shall arrive the mormon people
will step forward and take active part in
rescuing the nation from ruin. AS people,
the mormoDs have the highest veneration for
the institutions Of the republic. There are
among our community quite number of de-
scendants from the revolutionary fathers. who
fought and bed TO establish our popular gov
erhment.
In regard to the claim that the priesthood or
chief authorities OF the church assert or usurp
the right 10 control the mormon people in all
their temporal, including political affairs, /
would say am the present head of the church,
and do not make any such claim. IL would
be impossible to exercise il II did. The NOR
mon people would not tolerate any such abso-
lutism. The charge of undue interference is