Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-16
sam SMALL HOT.
He Turus on ]. Wesley Hill Like a
Tornado.
THE METHODIST UNIVERSITY
BOARD
Denounced as a hand Of Lewd Black
nailers aud unconsionabie
iiypocrites

FlRnt sbht'e' $50
J. r. Duffy, Of the Hicks street NJ. T..
church, Of Philadelphia, denied
today hy letter that he had fed to
Canada. lie gives through Mr.. Duffy
a written proof that he is conducting
there his regular May lecture tour, and
letter from Bishop w. \. Ninde, Of
Topeka, Kansas, declaring that his ac-
counts with the University OF Utah
are correct and that his integrity Is
unimpcached. He also sends to
the American people letter
In which he as-ails In unmea sured
terms his hitherto unattached advor.
sary, Rev. J. Wesley Hin, Of Ogden,
Utah. In this letter, tho Rev. Sans
pyrot.chnic and lurid vocabulary Is
drawn upon from article TO inteJec-
ton. He says:
"sIany newspapers continue, from
some motive cannot imagine, to pub
lish the slandcrous telegrams concern
Ing me, sent out from Utah by the
hand or connivancc Of that Infamous,
liar, bypocritc, and lewd sham preach.
or, Rev. J. Wesley Hill, OF the fitst
Methodist church ut Ogden.
"This In the same thief and swindler
who came to Philadelphia, warmed
himself into the Methodist pulplts,
lifted collections for his church, which
he pockoted aud squandered upon him.
self, and his family; who sponged
upon the hospitality Of new made ac-
quaintanccs and turned their houses
and hospitality to ridlculo and Jeerings;
who forced lot Of real estate upon
benevolent Methodists Mt fabulous
prices aud with a series OF lies that
would appal q bunco man; who did
this In the name Of the church when
II was the private snap speculation Of
himself and a gang Of Ogden sharpers;
who lives double life, preaching 'holi.
nes~' In the pulpit and indulging his
treachrrous lusts In private; who de-
ceived mo into accepting the presi-
dency OF mn alleged university, the
scheme Of duplicity, chicanery and
land spccuiatiOp; who Induced ms 10
hold ON when | would have resigned
months ago, and urged me TO try 10
redeem the cause OF the college and
save the good faith Of the church by
"a new measure 10 secure sufficient
endowment, which action OF mine he
IL now trying 10 have the official board
repudIatc; who has set going all the
flood of newspaper ISLANDERS upon me
because would not help him swindle
brother minister In Philadelphia,
Rev. Merit Hubbard, or Join him Ia =
scheme TO use the university aud tho
church for the purpose Of getting big
money for ourselves.
81 here rciterate that this said Rev.
J. Wcstly Hin Ia the most Infamous
and versatile rnscal outside Of any
penitcntiary, false In word and oath
10 his wife, and his God, and q hypo-
critic In every private relation md pub
lie function. / am ready TO prove him
all this.
as tony resignation m president
Of tho Utah University, l only regret
that II WIS 10 long delayed. re-
signed because found the board Of
directors In harmony with him to
wilhlly and mallciousiy humillate me
by false aud vicious means, and l de-
termincd TO seek Justice aud vindica-
tion for my acts, purpose, accounts
and official Integrity, In the civil
courts. have no summoned them,
lnttHu W Nlttt tHutl aIlu
not let them go hence until they have
rendered me my dues TO the utmost
point.
"The board Of directors 10 n
little coter.e OF Ave about which
Hin can say, Il am more than all the
rest.' He has manipulated and bossed
them from the beginning, duping
them into accepting deeds 10 mort
gagged property from bankrupt, wild.
cat, land sharks and leading bishops
and committee mon upon bogus sub.
scriptlon lists, 10 locate the university
on ssid property, thus robbing Salt
Lake City OF the institution In the In.
tcrest Of his Ogden co.conspiiators.
"The whole scheme have found, Ia
rotten, disreputable and fraudulent.
The board writes me that they ARE my
friends, but they cannot deceive me
with their false protestations. When
submitted my reports and accounts
10 them, TO challenge aud confound the
Hin ISLANDERS, aud when they found II
absolutely unimpeachable, they were
amazed and chagrined; and to avoid
doing me Justice and declaring nv In.
nocence and Integrity, they snealSed,
lodged and finally adopted the coward
ly course OF postponing action until the
annual meeting In June.
"Thls IA the act OF men beneath tn.
moral grade Of the Malta, aud IL q deed
Of shameful malice that u M0doc, n
Mormon or u Mephisto,hrles would
spit upon and despisc. AS co-operators
with J. Wesley Hin they arc also co.
operators In his infamy. They are
disgrace TO the Christian ministry and
polluters Of the Methodist pulpit.
"For some hidden reason, which
time will yet reveal, this board Of d.
fect0rs cringeh under tho lash Vt J.
Wesley Hill, and does his bidding IN
way that suggests their wholesale
fear OF him. What knowledge Of
them, Of their secret lives or private
deeds he POSSESSES, and which gives
him this power over them, hope yet
10 unearth. know he has denounced
every one.of them for acts, which, II
true, would disgrace them before all
men. drive them from the pulpit and
house them In public prisons.
~ can safely understand why the
devil and the liquor dealers, and the
coarser elements OF tho world, and tho
newspapers and the social parasites ns.
sail me and seek to despoll me Of my
name, faire and influence. diligently
and feaflessly testify NJ them that their
works are evil. They have cause TO
hate me.
"rhls attack 30 full OF malice and as
saasinal methods, from the brethren can
only be- explained by the above facts
and by the further statement that to
escape the payment Of the debts they
created, and ON which they are being