Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23

for recurring the subject indicated above frequency
IA e persistence with which referred the public man
calculated to greatly public facts, and
a prejudice against the Church Jesus Christ OF Latter
% saints instances the shameless fasehoods published
~ connection this subject and motives
n the and would that however convncng they are de-
Ned and however the pointed they repeated with
,ernacty only following state
rsn was published in the Pulaski Weekly News;
Ro a s Ss es SsS STa S Book M MORMON the a eaSo
writing smith oliver cowdey and the others whom Smith &c
il buried in pane After the book was
gi epndsHcs Richmond where he died lsis
SS possession manuscript Offering 100000 for
e s6r be R sebS! Snon S f so & s define 5ss
TaTupt within the weeks representatives of the Mormon
; :TDi Of P the G book
Now the facts are theses The original manuscript
and never has been lin bank vault the little town OF ch
r Missouri has been the possession Of David Whner
nor his grandson schweh IS the original manuscript or
after Mormon printed the manuscript was turned over 10
David whimct Missouri" etc. it is abb
sutey h Church made many efforts
get possession of that manuscript and that he any time offered one nun
d thousand dollars in cash for it, Neither did the leader Of the MOT
mon that manuscript nor
has any Elder of the Church been authorized by the authorities OF the
Church to one any o money
believe Whtmer feared attempt would De
made defense Of poyamy NOT
~ believe that within the last two weeks representatives
Church the purchase Of the manu-
script all positively such representatives OF
the Mormon Church have been authorized to do So
another lengthy article published in an eastern paper ma he %
loving:
er always believed that Utah wished to get
iy for pygamy enlto Of the Salt Lake church
orePcd Goo in cash for but although rich he
would not sell the manuscript
When Elder Richmond Mis-
souri, 1873 the writer accompanied him and was present win
moment of the time he was in the company OF pavd w
and offer Of 100000 for the manu-
script further most positively ha ne
made perfectly familiar with the object of Elder orso
Pratt and myself that neither US
and neither Of us would ever nave
circumstances for the substantial reason
We both then manuscript Of David Whmer was
original manuscript and not the original at all
the I'M
ee whmer whmer Phnder Page David
ver SON Of David Wbmer George w schweich W.
Black r. and others And knowing as ala wnere
the testimony of the eleven witnesses ana o
witnesses signed their own names 70
their testimony Father Whtmer whetaungy
replied signed name Then sad l.
% Il ,hat be names Of all the witnesses are found
replied II don't know oliver must have
copied them Then asked Where are the original documens he IT,
Piled
This fact seemed to impress the whole company gentleman pro-
posed should affidavit to the genuneness o e
David whmer Esq thought he had better eep upon
It," and the matter passed
they recorded in history relative
the original manuscript of the little book entitled
Joseph Smith Prophet his mother Lucy Smith, on pages i
and lt find the following;
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First that Oliver cowdey manuscript Sec
should at time to the Office 50 h T Sat
Going office should always have guard attend h f S
% y 4SP %a house Sss @ ss
purpose E, destroying the %pJs oseB giving S these
SpS returned Sas if to pennsylvania
that the original manuscript N% ou
instruction to the Prophet Joseph
Smith and was the copy and not used for the printing
Book of Mormon remained the possession Oh inc
Prophet Josh Smith and was permitted his hands Wh
printed Cowdery read the proofs the
his hands and continued MS
the Richmond, Missouri where ne ue1
Ord 1850 that fell into the hands pAN
wmer became possessed of it. do not pane MN m
rposng original for he knew no better OF perhaps '
that made of the original
portion unwtten history OF the ohurcn "
kept his private secretary immediate direction ana super
vision Of the Prophet Joseph Smith himself
The corner stone laid by President joseph
Smith ISL and The following arueeS
RSot ~ Moo given January 1sn the Times and
mta the memorial Of Lyman Wight to the snleq a NJ Seasons: the
original prosecutions the
The the Times and seasons e d Two
Silver follows; one-haf dollar one quartz" uoHai' wv ~
Many wears ago when this subject topic interest received
the following communication:
manuscript OF the BOOK oI
Smith T hide up the above ,S within
OF him what he ana uu OH Una"
ant which freely testify to all h wSIe ER SEN
Bishop OF the sixteenth W
October sa" Lake ''N' ~
matter OF reference direct the reader to the following
Paragraph Of Joseph Smith Mennii s'' Wi
tse also M Seasons, Vol page 56l namely
Conference met The Presidency being absent Pes
meeting was caied 10 "
dent Young" is date Of October End 1871
purely fictitious Momon being anxious 10 se'
o. the Book Mormon lot Wc
tapoane into alleged divine authority pogamy and that the Dan
band Of DESTROYING angels" organized for the purpose OF MURDER
Ing and Cowdery they would not consent 10 e
ton poygamy the Book OF Mormon are so ausu
malicious they must bear with them her own %
tion shamefulness.
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