Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-10-31

An EN- P"iy""n,. T-iIs oi the KiiiiI


ofa. ret sirc Agent.
Allen Conrad was n ,p,, a!rl I.ioSpar
us farmer. living IN It,uM III 90. u town
IMP. near Trenton, 50 years ago. H.
,as then about 20 -"rs old. Now he /,
Mormon elder and lives at ", At o?!
Iah. Conrad has had the prover...a
even wives all at onte. In fact, he has
gone through all the wickedness anC
luxury of the effe;e Mormon kingdom.
BY IA fortunate Investment in mini
stock he has amassed fortune. and no'
after 30 years absence, he has returned
home to visit the scenes of his youth.
Conrad is no longer polygamist, bu'
has been divorced fir IN six of his wives
and is now worrying along with one.
"les there used to be some lively ole
times in Salt Lake City when the Gen
tiles were first getting foothold, said
he, in relating his experiences. "The
Mornons thought that the Gentiles were
going to throw them right out of the
beautiful city they had built up, and 81
they resolved to fight the invaders to tn
death. There are many spicy incident
that have never been written up by East
,rn newspapers. When United State
officers began to interfere the Mormon.
determined to expel them and the Gen
lies in toto. There was detective
,amed Manning belonging to the secre,
ervice W ho came there as Mormon con
'ert. He pretended to have been con
eerted at Elmira, N. Y. His object wa,
to penetrate into our secrets and thep
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 Man
ming right off and watched him. Some
one told them that he was United
States detective. They found him il
communication with the officials. At.
meeting of the chosen prophets his doom
was sealed. He was to be led into tn,
religion mp to the front, where he would
learn something of value to him as de
tective, then denounced and secretly be
headed. l had nothing to do with his
death, but | was aware of the sentence
passed upon him.
SO the next day there was a batch o,
the chosen to be annointed. Manning
was among them. You know the men
and women are stripped in separate apart
ments, rubbed with oil, and then turned
1oose in the holy of holies, where the final
annontment takes place, and they are de
clared saints. Well, it was decided to
let Manning go so far as the door of the
sanctuary, where the elder in charge wa,
to challenge him and he was to be bound.
gagged, and then beheaded in dark Gel.
lar
THE crowd of masked men trooped In
Manning among them. To allay his sus
picions the elder challenged several
others, and would not let them pass unit,
they had been further examined an
leemed worthy.
Manning was on the point of gaining
a victory when he was stopped under pro
tense of giving him hearing. One of tho
priests beckoned him to an inner room
As he entered the door was closed ans
locked. A struggle was heard inside
but none except the two priests detailed
to get him out of the way knows wha,
became of Manning. He was never seen
again.
AT the next meeting of the order tn.
leader asked, Saints, have you performed
your duty"
"We have replied the two saints, anr
nothing more was said about it. "-Detroi'
Free Press.