The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-21
LOOKS LIKE COERCION.

| The Tribune was much surprised tc
read the following in the Dcseret News
last night as special.
| Preston. Ida. June 2O.-Quito A sensa :
| ton was created at the morning session
! OF the oneida stake conference held in
! the stake tabernacle here yesterday tSun-
day), when Mr.. George ID. Casio a resi-
| dent OF Preston, arose In tho congregation
| and asked permission to make a state
| ment. Permission being granted, he re-
quested Mr 4. w. Hart to read his state
| mcnt as follows,
This is to certify that am the author
OF a number Of letters recently published
In the Salt Lake Tribune. bearing dates
from March / to June IS, 1910. with par
ticular reference being made to those
bearing date OF April, May Is and June
untrue and written for the purpose OF In
jurinG President George c. Parkinson
who has never done me or mnc the least
injury. or harm. but TO the contrary has
been a true friend 10 me, These letters
l admit were vile and malicious and the
statements contained therein vicious and
untrue The only cause l am able to as
Sign for such conduct on my part is the
fact that have been misguided by others
whose motives have been no better than
my own
one contained much more of the same
purport and Mr. Caste concluded by ask
Ing the forgiveness OF President Parltin-
son and of all others who had been SLAM
dered and Injured by his unwa rlantable
conduct The matter was placed before
the conference and forgiveness was grant
ed by unanimous vote OF the people
The Tribune supposed Mr. Casio was
an honest, truthful man. 1t had no
reason to doubt that he was telling the
truth in his letters, especially as they
narratives that we had the fullest con-
tidence in then. and have yet
Mr.. Casio was in this city not long
ago, and called at The Tribune office.
He seemed to be uneasy, said they were
'after him. and accusing him of writ
ing those letters. He said that what he
had written was the truth throughout,
but that he was afraid harm would
come to him if it was found that he was
the author of the letters. Mr.. Casio
was reassured that his identity would
be protected. He was told that all we
wanted in that matter was the truth,
and that we saw no reason why he
should be molested by anyone at all,
when he told nothing but the truth He
said. however, that Mr.. Parkinson was
very vindictiye, and all powerful in that
and that he was afraid.
On reading the above special in the
News, however, we conclude that the
fact Of his writing those letters had be.
come known in Preston. by those from
whom he would conceal his connection
with the same. We Judge also that no
has been coerced into making the So
called confession that is quoted as com
ing from him, if indeed he has made it.
Mr. Castro seemed to us to be an hon
est, well-meaning man.. not malevolent.
but desirous of telling the truth and
IF purifying the foul nests that have
been revealed in and about Oneida, If
harm has como TO him on account of his |
telling the truth, we are sorry for it. |
But if he has willfully imposed upon The
Tribune, writing lies to us when we ex-
Dected the truth, then we have not one |
word TO say in his defense, But we w
say that his accounts fitted in so well |
with other things which we are con
vinced are true, that it is hard TO be
icve in the falsity of his letters, 1t |
ooks to us like clear case of BULLDOG
ng against Mr.. Casio.