Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-14
A FEMALE ANTI-"MORMON'' DE.
TECTIYE.

TECTIYE.
"NEw YoRK, Oct. ia local paper
SAYS Miss Inez Coultro, who recently
furnished the Barge Office officials
with considerable information about
the MormOns and their IN odes Of life
in Utah. left Tor salt lake City.
Though the TACT was no: made public.
Miss Coultre is returning to Uai'as a
detective, under instructions to secure
such evidence as she can against the
Mormons."
The foregoing is a press dispatch
which calls for some comment. \
person calling herself Inez CouItre
has made herself somewhat con-
spicuous, not to say intrusive, dur
ing the landing OF some mormon,
immigrants at New York. So We
learn from number Of papers pub
lished in that city.
This person claims to have been
engaged as a school teacher in salt
Lake City for two years, under the
Presbyterian mission. She volun-
tarily appeared at the Barge Office
when the vessel landed, ami pro-
Tossing great knowledge Of "sior-
mon" ways and methods, ATTEMPTED
TO prevent some Of the newly A.
rived persons from proceeding any
farther. In this, however. she and
those wh5 aided her were entirely
unsuccessful.
1t appears that this woman wants
TO make something out OF her pre-
tended acquaintance with 0Nior-
mon" affairs, and so has obtained
the appointment mentioned in the
press dispatch which appears above.
That's she is utterly Ignorant Of wha;
she claims to understand VIII be
seen from the following, clipped
from the columns Of the New York
Press:
Among other things Miss Coultre
says that one Of the chief arguments
OF the Mormon Elders TO ge. converts
is that the Messiah Is soon to appear
in the zion OF the Latter-day saints.
snd that all that are not there are
lost
Incidentally a large amount o,
money is shown to the people whom
the Mormons are trying to capture.
The gold catches the eve and they are
ready to do almost anything to get il.
Nothing is saidsbout polygamy. The
converts are told that they win have
their own homes and husbands, and
everything they require.
The Elders, when abroad. take care
TO select the best looking Young
women they can get. When Utah is
reached sometimes the people are
turned adrift by the Elders for the
sake Of getting them more fully in
their power. The best looking Of the
women are then taken by rich old
Mormon Elders and become "sealed
wives
They are not taken 20 the house
where the other wives are kept. bu.
are sent TO neat little cottages, or apol-
ogies for cottages, hard by. There
they are little better of than many OF
the New York street walking women.
When the convert oncs gets within
the clutches OF the Mormon Church
there is no chance OF escape. Many
OF the converts would do almost any
thing to get away, but they are sur
rounded on all sides and KEEP. in bon
dage.
The old women, who are not want
ed as sealed wives are put TO work.
-farmed on. 70 pillow, and cared for
about as well As the slaves were before
the war. The price Of labor is re-u-
lated there by the Bishop. II thew
want a man 70 work for seventy-fve /
cents day all the Elder has 20 do Is 1
to say that it IS ordained in heaven /
that ne was TO receive only. seventy
i've cents, and that goes.
The ranks o; the Church O, the
Latter-day Saints are recruited month
y from the poorer classes Of people OF
Norway, Sweden and D -nmarll. There
are very few Of either English or Irish.
The Elder in making converts goes 10 !
4 country district and announces that
be will hold a meeting on a certain
date. He further saws ina. he IS ap-
pointed by God to save the people
and lead them to the Promised Land.
HE inspires the people with fear
and then owns them. The converts
are taken 10 a river and baptized.
After that they are afraid 20 turn back.
He tells them that a great change has
come over them and that they are Of
he family Of the Church Of the Latter
day Saints. When they arrive at
Utah they are compelled to pay back
he money that was expended for pas
Ssge and all other expenses"
The New York Telegram publish
5 some similar untruths as coming
rom her lips, says she was born in
Grove City, Pa, and by means Of
DR.. Dunn Of the Episcopal Church
,ained access to the emigrants at
Castle Garden. The telegram
lids:
'Tnstead Of being given means OF
Iupport by the Church, /" Miss Coulter
aysin a communication TO General
)'Beirne, ''the converts are obliged to
Iupport the Church, for every Nor
non must give one tenth Of his pos
essions and earnings TO the Church.
nd she declares that when this trib- c
lie to the Church is made there IS sell I
iom enough left for decent subsist-