The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-12

officials of the stake, asking them TO be
present.
The first session of the investigation
commenced at the academy on the 18th
ult at 9 o'clock a. m. There were
preseat at this session 253 persons.
OF this number it was reported to the
committee that ffty-two persons repre-
sented the number having grievances,
and that 20l were present by invita-
ton.
OF the fifty-two persons having griev-
ances against President Parkinson, the
great majority were stockholders in the
corporation known as the Oneida 1rriga-
tion District, Il corporation WI ch will
be referred to hereafter as the COM
pany.
The first matter taken up by the com.
| mittee was a charge preferred by
George D. Caste. The complaint was
written, and will be found on file with
other papers which accompany this re-
port.
1t charges: First--That on the night
of June ls last George c. Parkin-
son committed an assault upon the per
violently, and calling him vile names,
and that he used language which led
| the complainant to believe that his
| life was in danger, towit: "It is
mighty lucky for you, Brother Casio,
that I did not meet you week ago,
or else you or I would have been alb
sent from this conference tonight -
Second-That the first two articles of
the confession made by Casio before
the conference of the Oneida stake, on
the 10Th of june, were written by
George G. Parkinson, and the third
article by Arthur w. Hart.
The evidence showed that the assault
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epithets were applied to Casio by Park
inson. and that the language re-
ferred to in the complaint, and which
was thought by Casio to be threat
against his life. was used, with the ex-
ception that Parkinson claimed the
words "might have been absent from
this conference" were used instead Of
the words chad been absent" as
charged.
The evidence also showed that the
articles signed by Casio and called the
l"Casto confession'' were written by
4 Parkinson and Hart, as charged
1t was shown that the provocauion
leading up. to the assault upon Casio
was rs follows. For several years
articles have appeared in the press, in
which the character of Parkinson has
been attacked and DETAINED; that he
and his family have been greatly
humiliated thereby, and that when
Casio acknowledged that he was re-
sponslble for number Of these ar.
!, ticles, Parkinson lost his self control
aud made the assault as alleged.
) DR.. Cutler testified that he was called
, to wait upon Caste the day after the
assault had been committed, and that
he found no indications Of serious
trouble, either external or internal but
} that there was slight swelling OF the
muscles on one side of the neck.
While the provocation was very
great, your committee are united in the
, opinion that the language used by
Parkinson and the assault made upoI
the person of Casio were unbccoming
and not lustifiabe.
: While the evidence showed that the
, confessions read before the Oneids
9 stake conference were written by
/ Parkinson and Hart, Casio admitted
] this. he revised and corrected them, nnC
g that their contents was substantially
, true.
At p. m. the committee took III
: the complaint by stockholders Of tn,
= present about fifty persons representing
e the stockholders of this company, S.
i Callan acting as spokesman,
Z The complaint was written and wa
s signed by S. J, Callan, Joshua Adams
y John II. Taylor, Anton jensen an'
G Peter d. Maughan in behalf of th
stockholders. 1t will be found on I'll
with other papers which accompau,
tins report,
e The preamble to the complaint set
h Continued on Page Three.