Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-01
MOBBING MORMONS.
The Story that Comes from Alabama
To-Day,
ABOUT AN ATTACK on THE ELDERS
Names and Addresses Of the Those
Mentioned In the Press
Dispatch.

The niatomeniH made IN an AFs0'
ciated Press dispatch from Atlanta,
Georgia, this afternoon, ordinarily
would be OF nature to cause great
uncasiness. From past experience,
however, II IL not unlikely that
the story will prove to have
been greatly exaggerated, to
say the least Readers Of the NEWS
viii remember that few weeks ago a
dispatch Of a similar nature came FROM
Tennessee, alleging that two Mormon
missionaries had been killed thore.
Investigation proved that the dispatch
account was entirely without founda.
ton IN fact, no such occurrence a.
that described ever having taken place.
Immediately upon receipt Of the
news this afternoon, On inquiry was
oct epon foot 10 ascertain full p,rtlcu-
lars Of the occurrence, ifthore had been
anything VI thu Kind. A Telegram
was seat 10 the mission hea quarters IN
Chattanooga, but up 10 the PRESENT no
reply has been received. IL there was
any ruth In the tupposillon that any
ui tho Elders had been killed. tho
word must have reached Chattanooga
a. early, Mt least, ~ u DID Salt Lake,
10 which event the Information would
have come from there. In the absence
OF this confirmation It IL but fair 70 as
sumo that there has been NO killing.
The press dispatch Itself indicates
the mufderous work 10 DO more
matter Depreciation on the part OF the
tundoL II there hHd been any mOt-
bling a. g. asserted TO have taken place,
and the Elders mad escaped ~ stated,
10 90 not likely that they were &c.
captured. IL IL no unusual thing
Tor n gang OF mObbern 20 hunt
ABOUT Or tune for their intended
victims, aud then iiro un thoit guns
% scare them from coming hack 10
that section Of country. And IL ia not
likely that the Elders would be un.
wise enough TO attempt 90 return a.
tutN n critical time, 80 their fall
ufo 10 reappcar 10 not a sug'
gesuve oauto " alarm.
The following are the names and
residences Of the Elders mentioned In
the dispatch;
Alonzo BnnkeIhon, Of Huntington,
Emery county, Utah; born July sth,
1864. Set apart 10 n mission TO the
Southern States April 6,h, 1893.
Benjamin Fnnslin LcBafon, OF
Mesa, Maheopa county, Arizona; born
August 22nd, 1850. Set nparl to q
mission 10 the southern Sla,es April
9th, 1893.
Asa Moroni Bcecher, Of i.lhs, Csssla
county, Idaho; born February 18Th,
1919, Set apart 10 mission to the
southern States October 3lIt, 1892.
Nicholas W. Miller, u AAnasta,
Col, born January q, 1864. Set apart
10 mission 20 the southern status
May %, 1899.
The address Of Elder BsoCher a
EAsonvills, 81. Clair county, Ala
bama. The present mission adde's Of
the others 10 not known nj this gillce.
Elowah, Blount and ~. Clair counties
are IN the Northern Alabama confer.
eGce, some distance west OF the Georgia
line.
LATERAL 4 O'Clock this afternoon
a message was received from kider J.
q. kimball, President Of the
southern States mission, stating
that he received letter two days
ago, from the Elders named m
the press telegram, saying that
they had been m0bbod aud driven out
Of the counties named, but that neither
Of them had been hurt. This effect
uAlly disp0ios Of the suppoaltion tina.
the Elders have been "done for" Rs
the dispatch no doubt relates TO tho
same occurrence rs that reported to
Elder Kimbhll.