Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-06

jurer=- Il DID No. lie t. the 1I,r
mon G5I but only II tie Gentii,
God" are the words pat iu.o ID,
mouth Of this puautasmal female
aud from them the Theory IS wover
that when "3Iormoas'' take an oatl
in court they shelter themsclye.
under this miserable sophism.
We DO not brl.eveauy oil woman
prOiesselly "1Iormgu'' or otherwise
ever made use Of such a subterrIge
Ifshe did il was not a Mormon
sentiment 1t smells Ike a Iri5aale
fabrication. Il sounds like the
trazsn tones Of the Liberal, OF,
gan. Wherever it originated, it is
directly hostile to Mormon prin.
ciple.
For number Of years the same
paper told again and again a some.
what similar story ahaut Brigham
Young 20 this nov credited to "a
truthful woman.'' On the strength
ofita United -r7tes official here
repeated If in fuh.ic.aud in August.
l-S5, paHlishcI It in pamphlet.
Proof Has demanded and the hi
GH.C came 20 the rescue. Here is
what it said then:
Alsdy told the writer q this and
she told a hundred other people the
same thing. that she with several
other women AMI men were n worI,
IN 'ae Theatre, preparing, II we re
member right, for a performance.
when the news Of the assassination
come AMI the 0-.lsr was given 10
d7aF1 Tao Theatre in Hlcl. a man
Whose gwen ume we thsuk wa,
Jacob, sEss arranging ;he work whom
Erirhsm Young cam. in. Dancing
on oualaot and then on the o.ner he
sid: 'Dr-ps ha- Jake: drlas her;
another enemy o. aa- people j. gone.
ali Sd. iH-I --.G rel-as in Israel
tatS lady was EasHu Ey al the old
settlers. and shero 5sno G.ab. Of her
D7rfcs trwhfslass~.''
We@.anrs sought Tor ;le facts.
AMI demonstrated Gsgt there never
iai been anybody cpnuec..! with
tne Fnes-5 vho aas Ea1wn "a.
Jake" or '-J1rsn.'s and showed
thatths statement about President
Young was utterly rii--.
Ga the 2l-J of August lsSj the
i.u-arli .:l fT.jgas, challenged TO
pro lurs ITS vesaeioas female. came
ont wiA this hhsreI Explanation:
Mrs. Ham was working .. The Salt
Lake Theatre. she was our inform
an-- and a. ahetiuie we gave her state
mont IN the Tribune. We have NOT
Vel found ,nat s.atamcu. IL the files,
bI. II is nor Necessary, as her relations
ahuni-uly confirm the main points
OF II. The only changes they mske
arntr,himE ones. They say the mans
name which was quosel as Jake
was Robert Ne>len, c1stumer a. The
Theatre ,hat a. Mrs. Hunt has often
repeated 20 them. Brigham Young l
Went into the Theatre where a good /
many people We're n work, told the I
startling news. ana then when sorpe- I
iPins was said about draping the The /
aire, he seized q long piece Of some
dark print and n8cHin-.y winding It
ab ul him, dancel first on one foot
and then on the other. excIaimins.
.DraRs hcr Bob Drtpo herl Another
enemy OF our people IS gone, and the /
the Lord still rei-uath m ! srao!."
For once the men4aci0us organ
.ors7- is cunning. While IL pur-
sues IFS usual DARK way OF obscure
5lnealitiss Is - its sources OF infor
nation, 1t was comparatively safe.
8 = truthful woman or "a reliable
,enHem1u" issuGl .icutIyiutefuige
OF its slnuous purpose. But this
line Il gave names. Uur5r:une.ely
Is truthful woman was dead.
But Mr.. Robert Neslen. the we'll
.uowu castuner Of tire Theatre was !
cry much alive, u which the an
.cXeI communication from Linn
ave ''the hest Of proof
33i'sF Dl,e-sE -Nsrrs.
"The following statement appeared
D The salt lake Tribune OF sunday. .
.uEus; list, purlorting TO embcdv a
7maTk made to me by the late Brig /
am Young, or the day on which the ,
ews Of tho assassinltion Of the late q
resident Lincoln reached this citv:"
They say the mans name, which
as quoted as Jake was Robert Ses-
No. casumer az the Theatre. that, as
.rS- Hunt has often repeated the {
ory 20 hem, Brigham Young went o
to the Theatre. where good many n
'1u.a were ~ work. told tho
3rlin- news, and then when !,
me-hins Wa, slid about dram (.
: the Theatre, he seized a long piece o
some dark print and mocxugly i
hiding q about him. danced first on q
.e foot ana ;a5l On the other. ex- :,
lining, 'Daps her. Bob, Drapa r
p! An1 hog enemy Of our people i -
ne, and the Lord stII rai-neth in =. =.
nel.' Il
Il hereby assert, without qualifca- 0.
~ thai the foregoing is utterly un- 81
ie- Brigham Young never. =. any il
ne or place OF under any circum. Il
'ncas, maze any remarks OF ;be IL
nj eliher 20 me personally or inmv 81
essence. And az no time, on any n
beet, did he ever address me bv m
: o.ner than my real name, which r.
RoBEEr NEsLES. 70
Farmly c'suUmsr OF The sal. lake
lea;re.
SALT lake CITY, Ctah, y
August -, lSs6.'' 10
The Tribune has since been dis :.
ely silent as 10 the .sDrape her, :
part Of its chapter Of fiction. :.
at 1t siiil rcvives the ether part Of i,
e exploded libel. -
As 10 the veracity Of the departed R
ny whose alleged remarks were M
e sole source Of the TTl5ulc's sbest b.
proof We have nothing to say. a
men people are filed with bitter "
IS ssainst a Church from which 70
.ey secede-nO matter from what IS
use they are apt to be extreme in ed
eir remarks aud sometimes highly D.
Imaginative in their variations. n