Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-11
fAlstHooDs RtFuTtD.
Shameful Returns for Generosity and Hospi-
tsliiy.

Tho Following cnpplnNN nave n'fh '"'
from English newspapers by my frienia
both In England and wales and many
British newspapers have copied them
and thus our Elders have been nssn'l.d.
As the whole story b. one Tissue ni
barefaccd faisehoods. / deem o. my du-
~ to give the truth through the
"Deserct Ecwr" hoping thni the NIL
ionnlai Star viii be Kind enough Go
copy Il, and that some ~ our Elders
will take copy W the "Newa' or oi
the star tr the WoIycrhampton EX-
proas and star. published in queen
street Wov,fhlmrton which first
published this and other Httt'm'ut
that have been widely UII" ulntnu 60 me
injury OF tnH church both hero nNl
nhru1d Tho object uf these inIh'
statements that have been aDut 90
benevolent people la Co got mos 81 .ha
large sunny have been sent here. urt
more o. being asked fnr Those bog
pinr lottcrH are frauds. being The n,iH
of artful dodrarL Following D. oHs
IAN ANTf. MoRMoN STORY
"Chlc1ro. July ESPECIAL ono uf
the lfuu.u uf the uuUa great EuEI.h
Chartist party which from 1889 90 $50.
butiicd fur universal funugH. Nui. ni
ballot. annual r1rlluynts. tho ahuls .
ilnn ~ the property tax fUf Nni ~.
Equal electoral districts. The abolition .
OF tho penny tax on uHwHpup co.. ana ]
the repeal vi the corn laws. nearly 900 ]
OF which rrformH have since been rua .
grated upon the English stutut" hootr. .
ia nearing his end Ia this country IN the f.
direct ~ puverty.
This ia thu Information received here
today IN private letter from q repro I
sentative London Radical. nnd which .
further states that. ou the Initiative of /
the Woiyrrhampton EHprrFH and Star /
one 90 the leading papers ~ England. .
outside 81 London. an appeal hla boon .
Issued 30 liberal. radical and reform .
societies 10 come 20 the aid NJ their j
fellow cuuntryman.
''fhe onco great nrIintot ana le1drr Z
~ the masses concerned la william /
Seweii. who. with FoarEug O'Connnr. /
Ernest Jones' Henry Vincent Arthur .
OMEN. George stephens end Harry
Hunt the latter being shot dead on the
steps VI the town hail IN Manchester
while addressing n meeting formed
the original nucleus ~ the executive .
committee that promoted tho ch1ftlHt
uprising with ~ Incidental riots ln
different parts 81 the country aud o.
presentation ~ mammoth petitions to
Parliament. Several m tho leaders
and sentenced a. penal seryitudr iu
Van piemnn'H Land.
According 60 tho wording n the ur.
peal which " being circulated in Eng.
land. Sowcll with his Hnn and daughter.
in-law. was some two year. ago per
Huaicd 60 leave London Tor tho United
States, whore he was promised lnnd
cattle. poultry and other farming sup
plies free ~ charge On u Mormon vet.
Ial 81 al
tlun. however. the old man discovered
that h. had bcon deceived. The little
supply ~ money that tho trio brought
with tnon II now exhausted. uud thry
are stranded AZ Franklin. oneida coun.
~. Idaho. The Newspaper M question
hnr been designated ne treasurer ~ tho
relief fund. and the appeal asks Tor
liberal subscriptions that will enable
Seweli 90 procure the nccrasaHos or
life n not to live IN comfort. during hlH
declining years. II adds that hr has
dcnpaifcd o fever Hn.mE old England
again"
Here IL another ~ the clippings,
an Old ChurtiHt Some two years ago.
"our attention has been called 20 the
distressing ease ~ Mr. William Rrwcll
Sswril. together with his rnn aud
dauKhier-in-iaw was persuaded into
leaving this country for America. where
h. was promised land. cattle. poultry
etc. free ~ charge. on a Mormon set
trmcut, on arriving nt the settlement.
the old man discovered that DE- had
been dcceiytd.i Having cNpendtd his saw
inEs IN paying hiu passage out, s0wcll
and hlH family are now stranded 40
Franklin. oneida county Idaho Tho
WolNrfhampton Express and star.
2urUusHtrrHt. Wnivrfhumptou. has
opened u subscription list and proposes
70 send the amounts subscribed 90
soweli tn enable him IN procure the
ueceHsnrirH whereby he may be- enabled
% live In comfort durnr Ms declining
years. as H. has deHpbirrd ~ ever sfr-
inr old England again. Srwel worked
alongside fr1rruH btnnnnr, Arthur
o'Nril. ana Ernest Jones"
The facts of tho ease IN regard 90
these people lrH as fniip~f3 was
formerly " Dranshlnysr. Sorthamp-
tunHh|rc. England. and am now Hud
~ " been farmer In Franklin. idl
md have resided herr since itGA Ny
wife n the daughter NJ The man gewgll
named IN these articles
Fur many years I have sent the
Rewells money 20 England. and nj last
~ ihrir urgent request nH 10 proven 10y
their letters which I have now In my
posarfrion. saying unless I hnlprd them
the Union wurkhnuro would be thpir
doom. I aided them On emlrratr. ! sold
twenty -four and onr-hnlf acres NJ my
best land for their emigration. I horn
present q cnpy NJ the certificate sent
10 the prcpident's once. and II IL a.lf-
explanatory:
mo. iao,
"anit Lake city. rt1h. March H. 1895
"lt-,elyed frum Alfred Henson thH
sum ~ two hundred and sixty mine dul
laIu and nifty CENTS. Flii amount On hr
used FOE the emigration ~ william Sc
well. II. ". Srwrll. Ester drwgn nni J.