Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14

sample OF "storm starting tiaiiucinations
wired 20 the "Yeiiow Journals

An cmpioye Of the storm starting"
combination wired the following On
Tuesday night last. from this city 90
the New York journal and san Fran
cisco Examiner
The poiyEnmous CunrrcaHman-,lcot
Roberts has vanished from Utah. He
may not return Tor SOME t.mo n az
all However, rcquisltlun papers viii
bring him back.
lie Il charged with two fclnnica. of
which polyTamy forms the base and
two miadcmcanora Tor unlnwfuNy live
ms with two plural wives The evidence
IN the polyFumy eases viii rUst upon
tho testimony of several responsible
Witnesses already secured. In case NJ
failure 90 convict IN Utah. ufndnyits
have already been drawn 90 bring a
record u the cases tn Congress.
These criminal prosecutions form %
climax 81 the crusade against Roberts.
when Roberts learned some weeks
ago ~ the systematic cnurt being made
10 secure his arrest and of tho thund-
ant evidence az shown by a''idayits. hr
took fright
"The arrest ana conviction OF Angus
NJ. Cannon ala MT end the work uf
the opponents Of polygnmy. The niiidn-
VT nled "a few days nEu AGAINST Prval-
dent SNOW caused another shock 60 tho
Mormon hierarchy The county nttor-
ncy viii decide on the question " b.
suing u warrant Tor President Snow
Attached to tho affidavit were the
names of some of tho principal wlt-
nesscs 10 be- used IN the prosecution ~
the case. Their names VIII b. kept HH.
Crut until they appear In court Ho that
Mormon influence cannot hU used
against them before the trial President
Snow was Indicted on December o. 1856.
but no carried his case TO thc supreme
court.
III IL declared that the morn recent
marriage uf President Snow was cols-
bfnted In Mexico or canada, ana % ia
alleged that hn has seven wives. ale
though he h. ~ years old.
IT 10 the general opinion ln this city
that among The most effective stops
yet taken iu the campaign against
Roberts these prosecutions uf tho hHuiH
OF the Mormon" hierarchy nf pOlyrumy
are the strongest hut the greatest
work 80 far. done boy the opponents uf
poIyrnmy IN these criminal prosecutions
Tor polygnmy II in the ease ni Rob-
Tonight when 1t became noIsed
about the city that the cases against
Roberts were practically completed. uud
that u great mass NJ direct evidence
had bon secured against thr pulNglr
nous congressman, tho expression WlH
heard on every sides go that Dr. why
Roberts has skipped The state There
are u score or more % Witnesses whose
testimony has been obtained against
Roberta
"Ono of the gentlemen CONNECTED with
the prosecution said tuuighG
"'Wy are going 90 run up uHninHt u
Mormon court, Mormon prosecuting
Attoruey Mormon Jury 900 iiormon'
community 90 Davis county While
with thf evidence we have there De- 1h-
solutoly no doubt uH 90 the truth NJ 'he
chnrFcf the Influence ~ MI. Roberts
in that county "a very great We VIII
bring him back ana show tho world ihs
truth. full record uf the rusrI NlII
be taken before Congress and Congress
viii he shown exactly what Mormon
SQUIRT lu one OF tho United states does
under certain clrCumHtlucUH'
"'After the case ln Davis county ls
disposed ~. Mr. Roberts VIII have tu
face charges NJ pulygamy and also VI
living uulnwfully with MuEEiu g. Hhlpp,
We have the evidence ln this case Too
he share OF afldnyitH, We propose Go
ascertain Mr. Roberts present where
ahoutR and bring him back Co.. ltnh,
We viii do this ut once. nH uur yNi-
fence is now ready, We are sorry mat
Mr RohertH learned of oar work and
vanished before We could Me our iiil-
lnyita. as iH tho custom here. before the
souny attorney
"'lt may Dee very dliiicult 20 locate
hin. and ID 90 now understood that u
> his play 10 keen our OF utah, u pos