Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-20
An ENEMY TO PEACE IN UTAH.
MANAGER Kelly Of Telegram Gets
From Under in Good Shape
With Strong Statement,
..pabIe Confession OF Doctor
- Made by Denver Times-Her.
AID and Tribune Disclaimers,

r,. cublltation IN last nights Des-
-, vows Of the fake dispatch alleged
have been sent out OF Salt Lake on
saturday last at,ributing the cause OF
che Tribune fire to Mormon incendiaries
,.l.ss A perfect storm Of indignation
,s. mart Of Mormon and non-Mor-
80, alike There was no difference
:, onloion as to the shamefuluess OF
,bs esluuny. or the crayenness Of the
,ulprt. Unfortunately for the peace
and fellowship Of one Salt Lake news.
,,perman he was suspected by several
~ the profession employed on
,her journals than the News or his
,vn. That man was u. Elliott Kelly
offhe Telegram. But Il must be said
N ali frankness and justice to that
gentleman that h.. 20 use judicial
e1prsssion, has established complete
"abi.'
suspicion pointed 10 Mr. Kelly FOR tho
reason that he was the regular CORE
srondent OF the Denver Times. which
rrlrted with sensational flourish, the
laseless charge, and from the fact that
a good many specials OF the lurld type
that have appeared In the ant'lthh
rress for the past two or three years
are said 10 have been written OF IN
tplred by Mr.. Kelly, who, however,
makes point blank denial OF THIS state
,nent as well. When Mr.. Kelly learned
that he was being looked at askance
by his brother newspapermen last
light. and as he saw that great IN
ustice and damage would come TO him
1e got busy IN short order TO clear
himself Of the charge. How complete
ly he exonerates himself and his own
paper Is told IN the following article
witch II will prominently display on
rs FIRST page today, copy OF when ne
furnished the Deseret News
TELEGRAM's DENUNCIATlON.
As vile and as outrageous a story as
VA ever published was that printed IN
tho Denver Times on Saturday In which
was charged that the Telegram hre
,s due to Mormons.
This dastardly story, false on the
i,te OF Il. bore Salt Lake date llne.
ne fact that the Times Is represented
81 he Telegram office was the basis
for dastardly, cowardly report from
certain quarter that this message TO
The Times WAS sent from thls-ofilce.
The Telegram desires 10 brand ms
story and report as cowardly lie that
Will rocoil on the sooundreiS that start
% il. no person connected win TINS
paper IN any way, shape nor form had
anything to do with the story printed
ln the Times or with any other story OF
the FIRE save that which sppeared ID
the Telegram.
"A syndicate OF papers over the couu-
try Is nomlnally represented mere oy
Elliott Kelly. Of this paper But MT.
Kelly has had absolutely nothing 90
20 with sending stories 10 any Of these
tarers for more than two years Mf.
trooper. one Of the most reliable Of the
Telegram staff looks after this CORE
Fpondence work.
Mr.. Chopper did not send the story.
Mr Kelly did not send g. Neither
was connected with it In any way.
shape or form, and neither heard Of
81 until the story was published IN the
"Nows' yesterday.
"a dastardly attempt has been made
ln a certain direction, and not In a
Mormon direction either to place the
responsibility for the Times story on
The Telegram, Mr. Kelly or Mr.. Crop
per. This Is as dirty an outrage as the
story itself and when the facts are
known {, win recoI on the rascals be-
hind this story
TIMES EXONERATEs KELLY.
The following telegram was re-.
oelyed from the Denver Times at noon
today:
Denver, Colo. June o. 1905. Elliott
Kelly. Salt Lake You are completely
GENERATED from all blame IN regard 70
IRE dispatch. We accepted statements
81 salt Lake resident who was here
ana Incorporated them In Associated
Press telegram. We never disclose our
sources of news under any circum-
stances r. @. SEYMOUR.
News Editor the Tines
ANSWER TO QUERIES.
This telegram was IN reply 10 the
following message sent to the Times
this morning:
The Times. Denver; story OF hrc
here printed under Salt Lake date line
. a vile fake and author should be
exposed. Please rush US name Of au-
Thor Of story.
THE TELEGRAM.
The Times Denver. Colo.-It 3
charged here that I sent the telegram
charging the fire In the Telegram and
Tribune Office To the Mormons I lid
not send this or any other telegram re-
gardng the FIRE and IA justice 20 me I
ok nat you rush denial and also tell
ihe authorship Of the message.
ELLIOT KELLY
KILOGRAMS APPRECIATION
The News was the first paper in
SAT- Lake to Offer 20 help the Telegram
ana II r. monstrous 10 even suggest
such story as that which appeared In
TIE Times. The Telegram viii never
Forget the kindness Il received al the
hands OF the News on the day Of the
hre. And the Telegram also wishes 10
,hank the many Mormon subscribers
w the state who have done their part
70 help out by sending IN their sub
tcHpiion money and paying IN adj
tance"
=. The managers OF both the Western
knion and Postal Telegraph Offices In
Formed the News" today that neither
hr' III lily nor any member Of the Tels-
bram sian sent out anything on that
cay bearing upon the FIRE IN ans way
Whatever That coupled with the re-
markable confession 81 the Denver
lines that II had Incorporated the
,,,atemenis Of Utah resident. then IN
Dehver IN the Associated Press dis
I,,,h would seem 20 purge Mr Kelly
OF he vile and damaging charge
a, Under the heading Of "A Disclaimer
sdl,odal
mo IN the Denver Times ot
uraay evening last a dispaich which
g. la.e' copied in the Colorado Springs
'a1e"e giving an account Of the tn.