Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-29

once written to. and he answered as
follows.
LETTER FROM MARSHAL DYER.
Salt Lake city.
october q. isss.
II. H. Ciawaon. Salt Lake cts.
Dear Sir: Yours OF this date re-
ceived. making certain Inquiries about
women confined In The pcnitenuary
during the month uf March last aud
quoting certain statements which you
claim TO have found IN the Congress
slonnl Record of October 1rd. in the re-
port of Mrs Angle +. Newman. etc.
With regard TO their being seven wo-
men confined In the pcnitcnuary at
that time | desire to say that it Is cor
rect. Two were being held Tor con-
tempt u court IN refusing 90 answer
certain questions put 90 them by the
court touching their polyEnmuus mar
rinrc relations; one Sarah ~. TONG
twentysthrcc years of age. with babe.
ON the charge Of foundations another
Tor robbery. another Tor selling ilquor
without a license and two Tor adultery.
The statement na 90 the size of tho
room In which those pcrH1uH nro kent.
10 about correct. being H1 small me- for
IL 10 be- almost inhumnn lu keep female
prisoners In such places but % iB the
only place we have Tor the purpose.
There is floor In u. however. which is
NNMNNN MNnN NfMN anu fINNns
The last Item TO which you call my
attention 81 this. In another cell were
two rirla. one fourteen and one siX.
teen. who were married 10 their own
father. both with babes" This IA
wholly Incorrect. and ! cannot under
stand how anybody could have been so
mlsled Somebody must have made
malicious Misrepresentation 10 Mrs
Newman on this subject, as We have
never had any girls of this age COM
nncd In the pcnltontlnry since I haN q
been marshal
These facts are taken from the rec.
ofls nt the pcnltcntinry and I person.
ally know them 10 be correct
Respectfully submitted.
FRANK N. DYER,
United States Marshal
Mrs, Ncwmun'a story never was be-
lievcd In Utah. however. and many sin.
cere supporters OF the Home" were
chngrinod that she had been 20 easily
Imposed upon. Mrs. Newman uppcurr
Co have believed the various stories
which she embodied In her memorial 10
Congress aH reasons why additional APP
prorrlntlOna should be made TO the
Institution.
FEDERAL BUILDING SCHEME.
In March. 1880. a pamphlet was cir.
culntod In Washington. urging that the
Industrial Home be- converted into the
govern mont public building for Salt
Lake city Following IL the argument
In support of this proposition;
The reasons urged In support OF this
plan ares
a. The failure Of the Institution "a
accomplish the ends sought 20 be at
tanned In the erection. and IL entire
u-clessness TO either the government or
the people Of Utah.
. -
money 10 the government.
20. The immediate solution of a cues,
| tion which otherwise Will require Ions
Investigation aud delay 10 settle"
The failure 0f the iloinf ~ an nHy,
! ium Tor Mormon" women who have
rvnounced polygamy, n due 20 chuseI
| which do not need 60 be enumerated
at length here. In the annual report
of the Utah Commission din who's,
hands the control of the Home wni
vested 10 the secretary Of the Interior
| September %. isss. occurs tho following
significant passage:
As 20 the ultimate success OF th'
home. the commission express no opin,
Ion. II ~ an experiment which time Only
can solve. Whether the deiudcd womef
| OF pOlogamoua Manages will. after o
| while, as the coils Of the law SLOWLY
circle them about avnil thcmselvci
~ the muninooncc which the govern
neui oUtfH lhNln m inc nome remain
| 90 be seen, A. yet but few have done h,
and as Il appears by the report ~ Mrs
Jeanette H Ferry, president Of the In,
| dustrlnl Christian Home Association
, hereto appended. the number seems e
| be leHHouing.
The occupants nt this time are thre,
women and six children, who ar,
nbundnntly cared for and apparently
| happy"
WOULD NOT CLOSE DOWN.
In tho same report Mrs. Ferry says
THE board OF this association do moi
propose 20 close the doors Of this hom,
20 long as our government gives Their
the means 60 provide a home. True
there are dlahonrteued and dlacourng,
ed members of the associatlun-tlred
OF giving time and toll where II IL un,
appreciated but most OF those who
began the work are as true today ant
II this offort for good fails. Il will moi
be their fault"
a THING FORGOTTEN.
The pamphlet continues
THE Woman'B Industrial Home had
Its beginning In March. 1856. at that