Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-21
persecution aud robbery. Following Is
the letter;
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persecution aud robbery. Following u
the letter:
KAhAN,yoo Mich, Oct. 9Th, 1900.
DrAR sfa,-Your hvor Of tho 10Th
int. u 1T hand. IN reply VIII say tha'
! atn pleased 10 DO Ia q position 90 giN,
You The desired Information. J. wiz
therefore give you o. condensed history
~ Mr.. flli-' carer during my, about
four years. acquaintance with him.
Mr.. flli. came. think, about four
years nao frnm Mt Pleasant In this state
where he had been given lectures TO the
! Unitarian society. Thence he came here
In the same capacity and by force of his
extraordinary oloqncncc and sound
aiHumouis. At once brought new
I lifo inip our society, which had
! been seriously languid for some time.
/ IL WIS not Long, however, before runiors
wer" ailuat nssniling Mfr. rs chauic-
| Ter and they ciinr from tho place whore
I he had been lpctuflng bcioro coming
here. These funipr~ finally grew ~
/ violent that Ia Justice ~ him and our
Npcioiv we could no longer ignore them
aud therefore appointed q commission u
siN impartial mon Of approved integrity
10 inquire into hts former carcor. To bo
brief | would say that during four
weeks Investigation extending over
thirty years ofhis lie we failed TO dis
cover anything damaging 10 his chanc-
ter. The worst that anyone had Ia say
was that ho was too plain and outspolScn
for his own good. aud this verdict seemed
20 be confirmed hy our discovery OF the
source Of the prosecutions ofhiin, as they
may be propofly styled.
Tho Isabella reservation " Indian
lands In this state lying In that part OF
Slate where Mr.. Ellis was doing
his work. being aud becoming moro aud
moro valuable, n clique OF rich and heart
less spoculators combined aud. IN most
cnse.. succeeded In beating the Ignorant
Indians out OF their lands. Mr.. Ellis In
Ills open and fearless, and for.ooth moth
ing-sparlng way, heading right for tho
mark, csp0usod the Indians cause, going
even 10 highest authority ut Washington,
succeeded In having an Investigation
inside which resulted In bringing some u
the culprils IN Justice. II il obvious
That this clique has become his death
onomy. Thoy shAvo ample means nj
thoir command and thoy have conso-
queuily houndod him ever since, aud
havo no doubt viii continue TO do 40 ill
they have driven him tn his death. I
am sorry Ia say ! fear thoy Will In time
huccecd IN Their holllsh purpose. such Is
my hrm belief. and nj this conclusion our
committee has arrived.
Mr.. Ellis j. In my honest opinion an
honest, straightforward mnnl aud pow
eriul confederate To whomsover's cause
no may c-pousc. but, | repeat, his fear
lc--iess viii finally be tho end of him.
lie II, moreover. "A scholar aud "A writerof
high aliainmcnt. Itis possible YOU may
think am too lavish, have nrvorthc.
loss not overdrawn the picture. Whether
my ludgmoat u worth anything, YOU
may ASCERTAIN from any OF the banks
more or of any citizen OF good rcpnte In
thll place.
Hoping ! may have rendered you NJ
Vol ~ Mr.. Fills good service, will
close BY saying that Il will always afford
me pleasure TO do a deserving fellow. be.
ing iavor. II YOU desire further lnfor.
nation am ready 10 give it. and to refer
you TO other prominent citizens here.
Yours respectfully.
ls'gn"dl MhNER DrsrSnHnu.
Mr.. Desenherg, let mo say; belongs
To family that il known In mercantile
circles all over Michigan and which,
wherever known, II bonored. I deem
u AN honor 10 count this man aud his
large family In Michigan my friends,
Many people In Salt Lake know him
and his most cstlmnbic wife, and 10
them his word needs no corroioratIon,
The fight forced upon mo In Kaln.
maz00 was by no means the worst ven.
g.ance wrought upon me by the thieves
whom | BROUGHT Ia Justice. and ooaIi
tel YOU tale that cannot bc paraleled
In history. ask the attention Of the
sa'i'Moruions 10 my challenge for an
investigation.
CHARLES Fills.