The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-12
KILLED BY MORMONS
For Attempting to Penetrate the
Mysteries of the Faith.
a Singular Story Of a Long-Ago Occurrence
The Saints Outwitted the Detective
and Punished His Attempt.

The Detroit Sun gives publicity to curl
Gus story that throws considerable light on
the mysterious disappearance, years ago, OF
an Eastern detective.
Allan Conrad, says the Sun, was happy
and prosperous farmer living in Brownstown
Township, near Trenton, thirty years ago.
He was then about 20 years old. Now he is
Mormon elder and lives in Montfort,
Utah.
Conrad has had the proverbal seven
wives all at once. In fact, he has gone
through all the wickedness and luxury of
the effete Mormon kingdom. By fortu-
nate investment in mining stock he has
amassed fortune, and now, after thirty
years absence. he has returned home to
visit the scenes of his youth.
Mr.. Conrad is no longer polygamist, but
has been divorced from six of his wives and
is now worrying along with one.
"Yes. there used to be some lively old
times in Salt Lake City when the Gentiles
were first getting foothold," said he in re-
lating his experiences. 1.-THE Mormons
thought that the Gentiles were going to
throw them right out of the beautiful city
they had built up and SO they resolved to
tight the invaders to the death. There are
many spicy incidents that have never been
written up by Eastern newspapers. When
United States officers first began to interfere
the Mormons determined to expel them and
the Gentiles in toto. There was detective
named Manning, belonging to the secret
service, who came there as Mormon con-
vert.
''He pretended to have been converted at
Elmira, n. Y. His object was to penetrate
into our secrets and then communicate them
to the officials.
''The Mormon elders are sly lot OF men,
and they don't like to be fooled with in that
way. They SUSPECTED Manning right off,
and watched him. Some one told them
that he was a United States detective.
They found him in communication with the
officials. AT a meeting of the chosen prOph-
cts his doom was sealed. lie was to be led
into the religion up to the 'front.' where he
would learn something of value to him as q
detective, then denounced and secretly be-
headed. l had nothing to do with his
death, but l was aware OF the sentence
passed upon him.
so the next day there was batch OF
the chosen to be anointed. Manning was
among them; you know the men and
women are stripped in separate apartments,
rubbed with oil and then turned loose in the
holy of the holies. where the final anoint-
men. takes place and they are declared
saints. Well it was decided to let Man
ming 60 as far as the door of the sanctuary,
where the elder in charge was TO challenge
him and he was to be bound, gagged and
then beheaded in dark cellar.
Inc crowd or masked men trooped IN,
Manning among them. To allay his sus-
picions. the elder challenged several others
and would not let them pass until they had
been further examined and deemed worthy.
Manning was ON the point of gaining
victory when he was stopped under pre-
tense of giving him hearing. One Of the
priests beck0ned him to an inner room. AS
he entered, the door was closed and locked.
a struggle was heard inside, but none ex-
cept the two priests detailed to get him out
of the way, knows what became Of Man
ming. He was never seen again.
''At the next meeting of the order the
leader asked: SAINTS, have you performed
your duty?'
I'VE have replied the two saints, and
nothing more was said about it."