Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-02
A HORRIBLE TALE.

on IN TINS country rs NOW h'lllh N"eNN
also IN England The stories told about
the "Mormons' on this side are not ex-
actly suited TO the other side OF the At
lantc 80 terrible tales which would
carry their own reputation here are
manufactured for use over there, ana
the country press is being worked
through London papers and correspon-
dents. The consequence is, rioting and
disorder and attacks upon the Elders,
with efforts to close against them halls
and other placer whore they have had
an opportunity % preach, so as 10 bar
them from speaking in their own de-
fence.
As specimen OF the revolving and
wholly untruthml stun palmed of up
on the British public, we clip the fol-
lowing London communication to the
Western Independent, published at
Davenport. apologizIng to our readers
for copying the vile sentences it con-
| tains, as we desired to give It in all its
nude infamy. Every one here who
reads it win see that II Is a mass of
unmugated falsehood, manufactured
doubtless by the writer signing G. II j.
| It has several sensational headings,
which, however, we omit:
London Friday.
IN speclal 10 the 9ulh -, a. -
| Willesi- All nope up3HuoH 5e WIZ o'-
! ter here
mo words can fifty describe the con-
| ditiou Of women who become wives IN
SaIt Lake Olly, lnosc VIZ Ho,o 80
! decoyed IRON MONIES III Hublal l,',, a,,u
elsewhere by I1W M''GS 4ii lp,,Sni,,os
! or a splendid tIlurA ma Inetlls TI,'S
| When once lu'y nav p1s3S" NY N.Y. ~
on the threshola OF Heu' ne no,
| mons nave Wooeu Iohes'S auu IL,
' Iuly uhlI tn'h' puL uu,c ',Hin ~
( portals Oh thS Hio"cIu wv ps W. tho
! MASK OF ueCelI Is uIioMn o't' wv ,h VIZ
! ll,inolhs EhBu7h kIls SUN nav -,
/ lale revealed 10 theUl' nyIt - ~
! turning pack ihey are pII7o.o.s ~,
! Hie,s.aFes III Dohlase "oISe ma, 10 ,a.
! when dIssraceu lie SouJ"ttn "' Vi
! OF America peIoIe lhe NlNH az NJ.
! tue Is clIlIs lu 'hiI ueH vi pO7.lun'9;
| ana lhese girls VINO lelt hoilc 80 III u,t ".
| nope ana promise must summit lher
! violation rs preceded ny IoIIll ul "ial
| rage Whlch Is not pluulhS ~ "a al'G
! Tor aH time they are 10 lnt lnTaluoh Oh
/ q serNltude worse lhah ucd'il
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! pore signs thai she hau peeI peaul.lu "a
| IN her YOUTH one pIuuuoed uo(ui.,Cl.s
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ago she had peeh one OF tne many
! wives m the nousGhoiu Oh Moliilon III
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! toned FOR obvious reasons parlCuIaIly
as she lSais 'lat MoilnoH
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crets Of her lie there.
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GREAT DEGRADATION.
IN one nighl Dlayk pau leIl over
our ilNes' we were tolu lhat we "eLe
there 10 be selected LOT wives by ths
Mormons. we prayed 10 De IeieaSeu,
Dut our tears ana our prayers ulu NOT
prevail we were loekcl IN a room
win our MINUS ana ieeI licu ana even
then we ana not realize me aWiulhess
OF our ldle' II we Hau lhe HltdHa 10
take our llVeS we should nave zone so
theh' IN lhe morning lou, pIu''l men
came INTO the room IhcE tore our
clothlnS from our pouleSi ana we We're
inspected as we STOOD naked ana
shamelaced' ana mus we were selected
Tor domestic serNllude DIV ihe men VINO
became our future huspdlus' oue lhall
selected three OF us az once lie seemed
to be a man OF authority ana position.
We were handled ana prodded as men
prod caltle Whlch they are ABOUT 10
, purchase
me horror or that moment wiz neN-
err be ehaced, SAID the lady our
and disbevelcd we were taken 10 n
council chanper NhcIe we were ued
TO our owner by some FORM or purIeSque
ceremonial MY SISTER ana were sep
! a@tod as she mad been selected by
) | another Mormon our prayers that we
| might be together In our shame were
! disregarded ana, aIter we had mad "a
form OF oath read to U.S. we were taken