Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-02
HOW MASKED MEN
MOBBED ELDERS.
sny Of the Shocking Affair Told
by anAtIanta Newspaper
SHOOTING OF MRS. CUNARD.
,.,. cowardIy Deed Probably saved
me Lives Of the Missionaries who
Mere Terribly Beatcn'

v.,,eriay afternoon the Journal cor
,-,psrdent. accompanied by Editor II.
f.s. of the jackson Argus. went to
4. home of Mr.. J. J. slngley. four
~ east VI this city. where the Nor
- riiera. smith u. Rogers o. Snow
s,s,. navajo county. Arizona. and My
=, Porter " uuarvlcw. Uinta county.
w,omIrr. had taken refuge since their
ndfilns experience In the hands Of ten
-,.k.l and heavily armed men In Jas
- county Tuesday night. and they
ave 10 your correspondent the follow
- account of their narrow escape
i.sm lyuching that evening.
rgE MORMoNs' STATEMENT
aF5r some time past we have con-
sactai d series of meetings near Now
tsn nct0fy 20 the Jasper side. and met
uIth favorable Huccefa ln our lahorh'
NJ -jon faW that trouble was brew
trs ou account OF our preaching tho
Harmon doctrine, but little attention
vas paid 60 this. because wherever We
rr1afn We hryu unpo9iuon and pcrge-
iauou usually follows such. We yia-
isd from place go place doing mission.
family MORO kind I1 us and we re-
m4in5I guest oi thii household a
Greater rHIlUi Ul our stay In that
Community. Mrs. Cuunrd became
frm believer ln the Mormon" religion,
and would have been baptized next
si1st Sunday We baptized ave persons
in Hear tfaoE. one mile from Newton
factory. uu1 turH Mamie Cuuard. their
daughter. NuH one of this number. The
frst laumail0u Wo know VI un attempt
"a lyucu.ug WIH received Monday IN a
note directed t1 Che DuuIrd family, and
written .u H fgrtWilns haul. uld stated;
10 your Mormon GIdDu are found al
your h.H. auH41y nlflt th0y VIII De
taken UIt Is Hail"HIpperh aud Killed,
ana yoa NlI uul th.m "Wednesday
morning lu cos. pasture near By, for
SIC will sure EHt tlaW'
40 attention WIS paid 20 this anony-
nous U.lUr. Tue llN evening we were
ttIu H4 Of the Cuuurds. and were
h1.d.nH OBJ Hunr service ON the vcranda
% ihF home. when about 10 o'clock We
were auIlculy stopped By rufilan voices
demanding ua o. cease singing and cull-
lrs fu. Csc Elders To- come forward.
There were ten men In the party; ali
were masked. Their tucca ANA nandH
BACKED. and an were heavily armed
end marched upon the ycrauda IN twus
Porter promptly came forward and was
tfkcd OH tho Nerauda. one Of the
party asked Whora the other d-n Nor
mon Elder was ana Tor him 60 come
forward also. Both VI us received the
came harsh treatment
THE WOMAN SHOT.
Mrs Cunard raised her chair to
protect her guest, and the leader told
her TO dtairt. She called the leader By
name; then he commanded one OF the
party to shoot her at once. This he
did. The load from the doublc-barrrl
shotgun tore her jaw. The assassin
was 10 near that the powder burned
what they had done they jorked and
duggcd us along from the scene Ut
their terrible crime and out into the
woods they carried IA, aud stopped
near the banks OF Bear creek. where
a consultation was held by the lead
erH We told them we would do any
thing they said, as we had done moth
Ing 10 be lyuchcd FOR. but that they hnd
futhlesaly wicked a happy home ID
few minutes before by shooting dam
seriously an innocent woman. After this
pleading the leader called for opinions
a. 90 what disposition was 90 be made
q us. one suggested swinging rs up.
This plan received some following. ana
Ne were praying then for our lives.
Another suld Hog us and give orders
teypr Co be- seen IN that community
again This was accepted aud lIahine
tsan. ana we dashed into Bear creek
followed by the men. We kept going all
tght ami arrived at MI Snglyys at
o'clock Wednesday morning hatlesH.
our Vallsca being lcft at Mr Cuuards."
SAYS THEY ARE KNOWN.
Elder Rogers recognized three men In
De party, and SIR. Cuunrd Is well ac-
glalntUd with the leader and can give
ZANE lt any time, Tor he ~ u prominent
citizen of that community. Mira, Cunard
vas shot because she called the leader
" name, ana he, thinking 10 cover his
crime. commanded her to be shot. The
N1Hmgua say had not Mrs, Cunarl been
aahgrruualy shot, they would have been
gnched aH this was their intention.
Since their departure several more fol-
ilFers have been threatened, so Mr,
ehgery says, who returned from the
scene Wednesday.
These Elders are indignant at the
hammer ln which they were handled by
w new nelds " labor. they win not
mum lo that community again.
cuNARps ARE LAW ABIDING.
They report that the greatest excite
h.ni prevailed after the shooting OF
|ia 'lNAru by the mob ana thut thrN
Apecigd 20 meet "a similar fate. but the
shoufnHss ~ the crime suddenly
4ANned upon them and they were more
gHent The Cunard family consists Of
tA persons who are law abiding clu-
tls. They reside near Prospect church.
l3t Tar from the line of Jasper and
NeNiun counties. The report VI three
AlImons composing the party which
we fp roughly handled In Jasper
county last Tuesday night H. untrue
,lla Elder Rogers. for Porter and /
seIe tho only representatives. OF our
'lllch present"
lhey had succeeded IN securing ten
Fi.ols 20 accept their faith and eN-
E,el To- erect a church In that COM
llNlV but now all these nlans have
east upon stormy waters. and
WY hold win be abandoned,
HIH. ,unard, who so braVely defend
ner home and guests. COMES of a
alhE family. noted FOR their bravery,
~ ~ Stood by the Elders until cowardly
~ ny the mob.-Jackson special TO
we Atlanta Journal
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