Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-08
SALT LAKE BOY
IN BERLIN JAIL
Elder Rudger CIawson Relates
Experience on First Night
In German Capital.
polIcE RAID L. D. S. MEETING
s.tonarles Taken to Prison and Re-
,..od After Eighteen Hours Com
auemcnt-Told to Leave Prussia.

vi,id description Of the personal
.oo,lsnces Of one OF the elders wh)
~. among those on whom the Prus-
ia, pollce descended while holding a
reetnr in Berlin on July q, which was
,oyersd by the Associated Press dis
,.,ohes is contained in a letter from
t1ssr III. yer Clawson, Fon u MI. oul
az. spencer Clawson. TO his mother
aa,ed berlin, July %. The meeting
uas broken up by the police, and the
dictionaries were placed in jail for the
.t,ht hut released next day, with or
~ h leave the city and not return
,rdsr penalty OF fine and imprison-
T,ent Following is an extract FROM
IJder Clawson's letter:
.Ny Dear MOther-Just a line To say
nat reached Berlin yesterday after
rdon and will leave for Rotterdam in
,hs morning. giving me just day anu
hall In one OF the finest and most
s,,ractlve cities in Europe. And alack-
DAY I'm afraid | shall not see Berlin
exain for a long time TO come. This IL
how il happened We were holding
meeting here in nice hall with largo
attendance NJ Saints and strangers. The
services were opened with spirited
g,yep By one of the elders I'm German
followed by uartet OF male voices
Al This point I was introduced and pro-
ceedcd 10 speak in English, Elder Clay
ton tson Of Nephi Clayton) president
~ The branch translating for me. My
text was the principle OF sacrifice. ]
rave several Illustrations showing that
sacrifice brings forth the blessings II
heaven Referring to the Savior, ! re-
ha hrnttaat n the world "a
message Of love. OF peace, OF JOY, OF
salvation. and in return was met by
a spirit Of hatred and persecution.
ENTER THE POLICE.
Just as | reached this point, the
police entered the room and interrupted
The meeting They talked rapidly ana
eScitedly. | didn't know Just what |
they we're saying, but ] seemed to |
know what was going on. They order
cd an the women 10 leave the room |
and the men to remain. OF the men |
present, the missionaries, some n in |
number including President Thomas |
Mckay and myself. were arrested and |
taken to police headquarters and lock-
Cd up for the night.
80 you see my first night I'm Berlin |
was spent In jail. The one redeeming
feature Of this experience was a clean
bed, Otherwise II was extremely I'M
pleasant, but then you know I'm quite
used TO that sort of thing: but to those
brethren who had never had o similar
experience II came AS a heavy Jolt
The following day, after about is
hours confinement. we We're released
and banished from Prussia. being given
three days 10 get out We can visit
other parts Of the German empire.
bat Berlin never, unless the Danish
ment order is resclnded. n we return
20 this city pleasant reception awaits
us-fne and imprisonment. / am lcaY-
ms today Tor Rotterdam.
We went 10 tail without supper and
came away without breakfast or din
ner The prison breakfast | passed |
up When they handed me n piece Of |
coarse. strong bread and cup Of cof-
Zee much resembling dish water, I ac-
ccpted a. Of course. with a smile, but
upon closer investigation 1 was not 50
hungry as thought | was. The fare
was so rcpugnant that I already had
q feeling Of 'fulness.' and waited until |
got out n prison before eating
Pure Drugs and Prescriptions our
speciality Halliday Drug Company.
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