Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-25
THE CARTHAGE TRAGEDY.

THE CARTHAGE TRAGEDY.
The auu-"Mormon' organ which
never misses an opportunity to malisn
the Latter-day Saints the other day,
made the assertion that the Prophet
Joseph and his brother Patriarch Hy-
rum. were murdered by some Of their
own brethren, who attacked the jail at
Carthage with BACKED faces In order
that they should not be recognized"
Any ordinarily constituted mortal
would necessarily deem it obligatory to
have historical data upon which 20
base this unheard OF statement But
not so the anti Mormon" sheet An
assertion is an it deems necessary.
one OF the speakers az the Taber-
nacle services. last Sunday, Elder Or
son whitney. OF the Council of Twelve,
took exception TO its statements and
proved their absurdity Then the paper
spread itself ia an alleged reply. II
said ii had the proofs. Here they are.
The paper quotes from sermon by
Farley p. Pratt. as follows:
III an ANt EfNtidl prosecutions AtnlAA
that time to the present. / do not rccol-
lcct OF a single instance. that the gem
eral storm was not brought about by
men from among ourselves. processing
!. the -Hagpe.- pleruheIssinp.eBnd priesthood
I ~ the Ldtter-day Saints traitors TO
/ the cause that they professed TO be-
4 licVc. This was the direct means OF
/ the suffering. and the breaking up Of
J the community in Kirtland' OF the
l breaking up OF the community in and
I the expulsion Of them, from Missouri,
/ n was the direct means OF this last
| persecution which led to the martyr
dom Of the prophet"
This is said 70 be nom a sermon by
President Brigham Young
i wish to say 20 the elders OF Israel.
/ 10 all people. I shall tell you Of your
/ iniquity and talk about you just as
| please. and when you feel like killing
ne for so doing as some of the people
| did who called themselves brethren IN
/ the days Of Joseph Smith. look out FOR
| yourselves for false brethren We're the
cause Of Joseph's death. and am not
very righteous man.
This proof is said 10 be- part Of a
sermon by Wilford Woodruff
."I remember what Joseph said, a
| short time before De was slain, in one
| OF the last sermons I ever heard him
| preach. Said he, Men are here today
who are seeking my blood and they
are those Who have held tho priest
| hood ana have received their washings
! ana anointings men who have received
! their endoWments / saw the faces
| Of those men at that time and they
had hand ln Staying the prophet"
And this finally, IS given as a
proof from sermon by George A.
smith.
"ln tracing the history of this church
| through the records. I make myself
acquainted with circumstances, and /
cannot but see illustrated before the
| eyes of The whole people the fatherly
| care that God had Co take i'm revealing
| 10 this people the law of cxaltaton
| Finally, tie revealed 80 much Of IL that
! William law, one of the FIRST prosi-
denCy ana one of the most snnctimOni-
| GUS Wcn in Israel got alarmed for
| fear that Joseph was going 10 KIN him
| ana be- called the whole of the police
force before tho city council. and had
them AN sworn. and cross examined, 10
find out 10 Joseph had instructed any of
| Them 90 ban hlm. / told some of the
bows al that time. that he knew NJ
he'd done something that ne ought "a
die for, on he would not be so afraid of
| his best friends Joseph said Go On,
council ana police, 4 might live. ai
| Caesar might havC lived, We're 10 moi
FOE "A right hand Brutus. and the Illus.
tution of that saying is most clearly
shown by william Laws operations No.
bringing about tho murder of IN,
I prophet The men who were ln hn
bosom, shared bis confidence. and pro-
fesaed to ho his Warmost and bes
friends. were the. mon to treachor0us,
shed hIH blood %
Tho anu-"Mormon" sheet et ou
With tho assertion that "some NJ thei
own brothren" hlacked their faces 20
order that they should not be- rccog
nized. and chat thus disguised. thol
murdered the Prophet and Patriarch
Now road thr quotations carefully d
there one word iu amy of them that jus
titles the Infamous fllsohood9 doe
any OFF the .peakeu quoted say that th
as-arslus u.re 'theIr own brethren
Win "hHrfenDd fucns7' Not one Their
ia mot IA word upon which 90 hase th
alleged conclusion. Hut that ls char
aciefsur of Tribune |orie Tho pape
states couple of mschoods aa prom
isrs ana then another na "a conclusion
| Ths s apparent Whenever bel state
monis hnd accusations arc subirctod d
Judicial investigation, AL for lnstano,
Iu tho casc ~ rtahs senior Senator
or 10 INC scrutiny of ordinary commo
sense
what the spaakera quoted say
that the uaFcdy was brought about b
"mon from among ourselyos," Just a
I the tragedy of cahHu was brough
about by man from among th
Twelve They say that there ver
Z mon among the apostates who hate