Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-14
IIIsrORA,s INAccugACY.

After the greater part Of a century
has iniorvenod, we arc gfavely In
formed that an event from which the
civilized world has not yet ceased fe-
oo,llng never occurred Il all; the exc.
culion Of Marshal Ney IL the subject
referred to. A press de aioh 10 today's
NEWS states In substance that the com.
pilcr Of book entitled "Hist1rioal
Doubts ~ TO the Execution Of Ney,"
hiss communicated tho information
that the bullets never struck the mar
shal NJ all; that he fell ami otherwise
simulated death, was carried away by
friends and tecretly conveyed 10
the United States, taking up bis
feslience In North Carolina anu
tsacoing school there until his death,
vhioh 10 alleged to have occurred IN
1870, THIS theory Ia partly bsrne on,
by the fact otherwise obtained that
here was person OF that name who
followed that occupation At the time
and Ia tho place spoken Of; the only
question remaining then ia that OF
Identity.
II gratifying to all who abhor In.
Justice to DO informed even at this late
day that the cause Of their denuneia-
ton never had q real existence, no mat.
tor whether such Information bo trus OF
false; becauso iot tho time being II
lisa relief to the mind 10 even cherish
the hope that II Ia true. Aud yet II l.
not iull.otbed delight either, no mat.
ter " assured beyond all cRvil that I, Ia
true. II makes history. even modern
history, 40 apochryphal regarding
vents which do not stand out clear NJ
The sun a, noon.dAy that oredenoe can
only be given Tor the sake OF concur
rent harmony; Indeed, some thing
which were deemed beyond tho pale
OF reasonable questioning may DO sur.
rounded with this atmosphere Of
dub ETY. and upon such investl.
cation ~ may be had be.
come utter imptobabillties II not
imposslbilltios. II 40 much can be- said
Of history which was ooiemporanoou
with our immediate ancestors, whist
shall DO said Of that more remots2
When once the door TO doubt IL
opened, a, what point can we saivl,
say It will DO olosea7
Going back but one step further, 70
have the recently created mystery OF
Bytou's relations TO deal with, aud
numerous ooeval circumstances; an.
other step takes US to the mystsrle,
and mlseriss Of Roger willlams's day;
n little further along We have thu
questioned authenticity Of shaks.
potte's works before ", these being
protected H. m the assaults Of modern
iconoclasls chiefly by the glsmos
With which tradition surrounds tho
name; aud 40 on back 10 tho time
when man first began to immorlaliz
important events by passing them
along to succeeding generations by
means OF written or engraved words
or symbols. We know that historlanl
DO not agree concerning many OF tho
STANDARD subjects OF auolont aud even
recent dSy,; aud with so much lett 70
the readers conjecture he eau 90
longer d ubt that he d ubts,
How do we know that Brutus and
Casca stabbed Julius Cmiar to dealt
In the templt2 Or being assured Of
this, how ara We to be made sure thai
the act was the elimination OF poitl.
cal consplr cy, designed 10 nip In the
bud another conspiracy on Gear,
taug why may not the killing nav,
taken place pursuant TO warrant July
Issued cut OF n court Of Jurisdiction, o.
by reason u u decree Of outlawTy on
The part OF tho state? Or, COM
rug down 10 the more mod.
ern plan OF defense, WIZ
may not the slayers have been
insane at the time anu their bloody
work simply ono OF those lamenlabls
misad ventures which the operation Of
the law cannot Teaoh9 These are not
idle questions by any means, In view
u the dispatch spoken Of which once
more leads us into looking upon thost
familiar occurrences Of the past nj