Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-31
TRIBUNE IN ROLE OF SLANDEREE
Purposcly and Malicionsly Mixes Up
"hormous" 10 a Non. Mormou
Incident.
CASE OF PlTIABLE WR0NG.DOING
Principals Of the Shocking and Shame
less Affair Never We're "Mormous"
At Any Time.

At Any Time.
The Tribune this morning devoted
two and a hale columns under a front
page scarehead Advised by Mormon
| Elders to Take a Plural wife" to the
Iteln which appeared In last nights
| 'N'ws' regarding the arrest Of James
! Campbell of Eilowe, Coo who is ac-
cused Of living with his sister-n-
Jaw % lG-year-old girl, Anyone who Is
| familiar with the methods of the organ
OF the American party would instantly
| dcuounce the story ms fake and would
| even go to the extent of deciding on
hand that the alleged interviews with
the parties Interested were distorted
aud otherwise suppressed 10 1T the
| policy Of the Daily Unreliable.
For wanton mallciousness the story
! told I'm the Tribune comes nearly being
the limit even for that sheet with
| the Ions dizzy record for falsehoods
manufactured out Of whole cloth.
The story would be true II the par
! ties interested werc only members Of
tho Mormon Church; II they. had
been advised by real Mormon"
Elders TO enter polygamy and il they
had been married by anyone "Mor-
mon,' jew or Gentle. The facts are
that they wero not
! This statement was emphstically
| made by the injured wife, Mary Cry.
/ her young sister whose ruin has been
/ accomplished and lastly. by the accus-
/ ed man himself
DENOUNCED As A LIE.
| When seen in the county Jail this
| forenoon and shown a copy OF tha
mornings Tribune by q representative
OF the News Campbelps eyes fairly
popped as he ga8ed AZ the scare head
lines.
How about that first line Advised
by Mormon Elders 10 Take Plural
Wife, asked the reporter Campbell
seemed thunderstruck and shook his
head
IT'S ile," he responded emphatic
ally
And the second llne?"
There is no truth In IT,"
Then taking the story section by Sec
ton Campbell denounced II as being
ed IN other places.
Told briefly the story related by
Campbell was that he had heard that
pOlygamy was practised I'm Utah--ha
had read Il in the papers, In fact. He
desired 10 live with his sis,er-in-lsw
and had persuaded his wife TO let him.
WIFE TELLS HER STORY.
His wife tells a different story she
says that not until she discovered the
condition OF her sister did she consent
TO let the girl remain In her home
What could l do?' she asked, with
tears streaming down her cheeks, as
she told her story 10 the News She
was my little sister and I could not
turn her out OF the place, Ny husband
said n would consen. we could move
TO Utah and there live unmolested IL
was awful but q was the only way
could see out Of the trouble
SIGNED AN AGREEMENT.
After urging his wife, who lay IN
bed with 2 days old infant IN her
arms, she finally consented and suhse-
quenly tho three Went on q picnic IN
the hills, where Campbell produced a
written agreement, which all signed
some time afterwards Campbell hunt
cd up Mormon Elder, told him lis
story and asked him 10 marry him IN
polygamy lie was told that such A
thing was impossible. THAT UNDER
so CIRCUMSTANCES COULD TT BE.
A FEW WEAK POINTS.
The weak points ln the story are that
none can remember she name at this
Mormon Elder Campbell stated this
morning That De had forgotten a. Mrs,
Campbell says she believed it was Cur
ts. There Is no Mormon" Elder by
That name Iaborug in Colorado. Then
Mrs Campbell canno. produce tina al
legged agreement She states that the
children got hold OF 20 some time ago
and destroyed !t
After coming 10 Utah Campbell
claims that he called ac Bishop Press
toms Office
TRIBUNEs INTERVIEW"
This is how the Tribune quotes him
ihI. morning.
shortly after coming here 7 called
ON Bishop Preston, he was not In, but
the man U charge told me that [ could
not DE admitted TO the Church at this
time and that j had better lay low for
awhile. ! explained 20 him just what
] had done ana uc told me that while
the Bishop believed IL was right and
proper for the members 20 enter into
pOlygamy II could NOT be done &C the
present time because ~ the laws gov
eruiUg such matters
Els that correCt?' ho was asked
well, / had heard there was a Blshop
Preston, and 1 went 90 SEQ him, to tell
him / wanted 90 Join the Mormons." he
responded. II could not see him. but
saw a big man with a moustache in
the office, and ] told him that / wanted
io live here with my wifc and her sis
ter"
did you tell him ALP
yes sir
And what did he say7"
Gle told mo that he could do nothing
for me-"
did he say nothing else?'
yes he said that / must live an hon
oroble and upright life and do the right
thing
"pld he say Il was right and proper
to I've in poiygtmy2'
"No, sir, he did not. He only told
me to live right He did not say anys