Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-12-18
RECEIVES DANTE THREAT.
"Remember lib, Doctrine of Blood Atone.
ment.
A WARNING FROM SALT LAKE CITY.
Mysterious Letter Received by Miss Grace
Talbot Eadley. a Young Woman Who.
Year Ago, Removed From Utah to New
York, Where She Is Now Schoo.feacEer
Author OF Book Agalns. Mormonlsm.

New York (Special) THE Danites
are not all dead. Their power may still
reach from Zion to Babylon. Rcmem-
Der the old doctrine of Blood Atone
mcnt. Beware of basphemous stories
against the saints"
This is the startling communication
received by Miss Grace Talbot Hadley,
of No. 2o4 Lcnox avenue. She is a
highly intellectual young woman. who
has moved to New. York from Salt Lake
City within the last year, and the mys-
FERROUS communication she received is
attributed by her to the fact that she has
been an earnest fighter against the infiu-
encc of Mormonism.
Shortly after coming to New York
Miss Hadley published a book called
Much Married Saints and Some Sin
ners." Then, she says, she began to re-
ceive communications from indirect
sources insinuating that the publication
of stories about Mormonism was not
pleasing in certain high quarters.
Much Married Saints and Some Sim
ners" is 4 collection of short stories,
telling of the suffcrings Of plural wives
in Utah and OF the methods by which
young women are induced to go to the
land of Mormonism.
For seven years Miss Hadley. who is
at present a teacher in the public schools,
lived in Salt Lake City, where she also
taught.
Il was so impressed with the horrors
of Mormonism that determined TO
make a study OF the religion" she said,
"The denial of the existence of plural
wives and the real state of affairs in
Salt Lake made my blood boil lived
in a Mormon house for three months,
and later lived in the Fifth East Hotel,
which the United States built for the
use of plural wives.
"When the law prohibiting polygamy
was passed the Mormons asked: What
are we to do with our plural wives: p
Uncle Sam built big house for them,
but they refused to live there. 1t has
since been bought and made into hotel,
and it was there lived part of the time
while ! was in Utah.
"When / was in Salt Lake City |
was often rebuked for taking so strong
view of the scrvilc position OF women,
and was warned several times not TO
give expression in print to any of my
ideas.
Il had antagonized some OF the eld-
ers by trying to help several uniortu-
nate plural wives. and consequently my
opinions were known. When | wrote
my collection of impressions | had no
idea that any action would be taken
against me by the Mormons, for ! Left
Salt Lake City when it was published
The ways of offenders arc. however,
watched with minuteneSs. How the
writer Of the letter just received knew
my address is beyond me, as | have
moved three times since have been in
New York To say that am fright
encd would be exaggerating my sensa-
tions, for ! do not believe that the old
practices of the Danitcs are ever put
into effect now. Of course. you still
hear queer stories of what happens to
people opposing Mormonism, but ! can
not believe that any harm will beidlI
me-
every statement made in my book
is true, but it is evident that whoever
wrote the letter is afraid | may write
still further of conditions in Utah"