Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-23

u
IL was fired by no one more unlrieh ny
10 tbe miuiet,r than bimseii Campbell
lives In the church building, aud hos
gone away aud left u vacant for
months AZ n time without having 30
much nsataue Of glass broken. The
p,uple of Mendou astort that for every
window unne that has tOen broken iu
the Presbyterian church there hity
hove been broken In the Mormon
meeting house. This work has been
done by small boye engaged In mis-
chief,
The minister Campbell has been sen.
orally offensive tD the people, Mormon
ami inon.Mofmuu, and they have let
him spvercy alone. They stated ON
saturday that they had f9f some time
contemplated scudiug a petition 10
the head ~ the presbyturian mission
here 10 move Campbell "aid icLd
white mau IN his place, that thoy
might have u gentleman 90 represent
the tlenominRtiuu.n Campbell ~ tho
Individual who, some time since,
seized n fourteen year Old HIu Of Geo.
baker who was playing with mum.
Der of other boys iu the street, carried
blm into the Presbyterian church, and
while he sal uslfidc OF the hoy on the
door pummelcd his head an it was
sweliod ~ badly that even hia ears
were hlleI Gud pulled out.
Lamont Nns visited ON Saturday
afternoon, and HE letter In the Tribune
shown him. He said that it wa8 not
the letter that hc wrote; that II had
been greatly lUugthrne out and c0n-
strucd 10 moan cXt c,iy the npposite Oi
wha, DO had Intended. Tie said that
| Campbell had nshud him TO write "a
| letter. lie did 30, and Gays thut Ice
CudcAvurrd IN show that the untitu
talk WIS the ftiuit OF the ltstiug OF
/ boys from u 90 10 years Old. hoeays
/ these told MIN that a lex. Richards anu
| Harlow BassUtt struck him, ana he
I wrote the letter 10 show 10 tho
public tnnt be knew TINT Richards aud
| Bassu,t dit uoi strike bim, and could
| not have done su. lie cannot TO-
| IN mJur the name NJ "a single person
/ who told him, or Vhl snld anything
l atout any threats against him. He
/ Gays he did not blame the Mormon
| people IN hls letter. but ihat everything
l " mat nature hal been iututlulaiUd
/ since tUe document iuit iis hands.
H. sts,cs that lac gave it to Mt Camp
] hell, who delivered u % the paper Ia
this city. Mrs. Lamont h very much
uharpiu,d by what has appeared Ia the
sheet referred To-, nuI donpuuCos bs uu'
| qunuilcJly false every imIuiII0n
against the Motm1n people.
Upon tho statement In his letter "a.
published, Lamont eail uu Saturday
afternoon. "rECy grc Jests, anu not
facts. / never refused 10 be bspt 1il
or ruhaptized, Tor no one asked NE 70
be-"
"Dld you write any Of that leltergr
he was asked.
"rhcre is something wrong abou, II.
l wrote part u ~
CHOW much did you wrltrgp
81 wrote IA ist 0f my letter."
ibid you write Il yourself or Mt
Campbell for your"
"Mr Campbell only wrote part nI
II. He may nave copied II after. II
ls lUngthunrd out aud construed differ
vut 10 Whist 1 said"
Continuing, Mr. Lamont said,
"rheru IL no true statement In tina
article. There arc no facts iu II. To,
fret article IN only n SCUM. ! w0ul,
NOT uniuTlnke 10 prove nuythiug tncri
II Ina 10, Cr Ia the letter, be- auuse
would not undertake 10 prove any
thing that Is not true. IL l. all {
shadow from the fret. IL would b.
right for me TO say tina. BOTH are moor
rect. litno lapeT would correct then
az l want 10, would make II right"
"Hnvr my Of tho Mormon people
tried 70 annoy you, or drive you out 0
Meuu0u2"
"NO.b
"Have they sought to inlure you II
any wAy2"
"Not that know Of"
"Dld the Priesthood ever Oppfess
lrJuTo, OF Interfere with you In AM
J wnyG"
! "No, they have not"
. "Dd any teacher OF the ChuTcl
{ threaten 20 XIII your"
ono, not that 1 know ofn
, "Dh you make any complaint 10 "a,
oilicrra o. the laN2"
b mo. | knew that no man done u
q ~ did not make u complaint"
. Lamont further said; "rhe state
. muut that my animals were the onll
. oncs poisoned NJ that time II not true
9 Jos Hartman loot one, and 90 did All
. SOreneon. know thera WIS no maj
D 40 the gate except mysel
3 when | WINS hurt, IL was
o bright moonlight night, almost a
o light M day, and know tuero was NJ
. one there. There was no place fo
l. anyone 10 hide. DO not know how
i was hurt. know the people did no
want the stock TO 10 on the grain. rhl
= boys let II wander there, on others
\ grain a. we'll Rs mine. Ba-sett lost Al
i Of his anu Alex Richards lost much o
. hiF."
{ "Dld you got damage from the own
. ers nl all stock that injured your"
u "Nes, they ull paid mo when wen
o 10 them. Bishop Hughes was one
, Whom | went 10 him no told me L
"A bring my sacks, aud he piled grain II
u Thorn till told him 70 stop. So diu
Il other. They all paid me-"
:; "Did you have trouble with any
d our2"
II "No. Alex Richards did not want L
g pay what / asked, and SAID his horse
o uil no damage. Ho got angry an
d said he would thrash the lie out q
"a me, but knew he wouldn't. He PAT
q me Ia lull Tor the iHmAge done"
y The atlllavitH Of "A number NJ pe1pl
u were taken regarding the affair, 40
u some arc given herewith;
. A.G. White being first duly swnr
Il deposps and says that he ~ "a Tesidbu
n Of MendOn, Cache county, URh; TIM
q he known james Lam n; aud fullut
4, deposes and says that be did, Ia IA
T. evening oil sept. 2ith, 1893 nc abou
a 1910 O'Clock, call al the house Of sal
IA Lamont anu helped 10 wash anu dfei
!. the wound sustained by Lamont Bh0r,
n ~ before. Tint said Lamont had the
a Ctawlbd from the pasture TO his HON,