The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-24
People of Gem State Are
Wrought Up Over Oneida
Stake Matter.
DEEDS OF CRIMINAL,
HAVE AROUSED ANGER
IdahOans Convinced of Truth of
Accusations Against Presi-
dent of Oneida Stake.
BY o. E. ARNEY.
Special to The Tribune.

bOloE., ldaho, July 23.-Ihe Casio
Parkinson incident at Preston is illus
trative Of the deeds of a criminal. If
there existed in the mind Of any fol-
lower Of the events which go to make
up the history Of the dealing Of Park
inson with public affairs, lurking
suspicion that he was not an arrant
criminal, the Casio affair offers the
proof conclusive, that he was and is
such.
George D. Casio had been a teacher
In the Oneida stake academy at Pres
ton, where Parkinson reigned az the
president Of the stake of Zion. In his
work as teacher he fell from favor with
this dominant factor in the community,
and lost big place. Then when the
clouds began to gather about the &C.
clesiastical head of this usurper Of a
public trust, he made overtures to Cas-
TO. He offered him social, religious
and political support if he would speak
for him in the agltated community. His
overtures were cast aside by Casio, who
Joined with those opposed to this lead
er, and he proceeded to aid in clarity
ing the atmosphere in and about Pres
ton, so thoroughly polluted by this
wicked man whose deeds could be
wrought only through the prestige given
to him by his ecclesiastical preferment.
In the efforts of criminals TO free
themselves ''from the wrath to come, -
they will characteristically attempt to
cover one crime with another. The
records of tho Oneida irrigation district
reveal IN many glaring particulars the
trulsrn of this suggestion in the official
msdeeds of George Parkinson and Ar
thur Hart.
With a desire to aid in bringing his
ecclesiastlcal leader to swift, sure and
sturdy Justice, George d. Casio Joined
his efforts with those whose aims and
purposes seemed to be progressive
No sort of misuse of public power
ever makes any considerable headway
when exposed to public attention. Graft,
theft. cmbezzlement and usurpation of
authority. unlformally shrink and shriv-
ell beneath the sunlight of public opin-
ION. Hence the power of the press.
Casio recognized this fact; so did
Parkinson, This is the reason Parkin-
son attempted to surround Casio with
the exercise of his great power, gained,
in chief, through his position as the
highest ranking Mormon of the Oneida
stake of Zion.
The refusal of Casio to yield to the
overtures of his bogus president, inten-
sified the bitterness between the ruler
and the ruled. The former chafed bit
ter1Y under his failure, while the latter
felt more llecn.y the supreme righteous
ness of his attack.
Parkinson Waxed Wroth
Occasional details Of Parkinson g
craft. peculation and cunning were ex-
posed to the public and in the tenacity
Of his ardor he attributed much-too
much-of this to Casio. Parkinson was
angry. His wrath knew no bounds. He
approached the dancer line of holy
writ as suggested in these words OF
wisdom: "He whom the gods would de-
stroy, they first make mad. His Gus
tomary method of cowing his enemies
had received a shock. His wrath in
creased! He drank in the dregs Of bit
ter, venomous hatred, and his sinful
heart, scared by numerous lesser
crimes, thirsted for blood. Casio could
not be cajoled. bribed or muzzled;
therefore, he should be murderedl
Then the criminal nature asserted its
superiority In his unfortunate compost
ton He had already stolen, forged,
falsificd records, betrayed human and
divine trusts; hence it was but step
to the more heinous crime, the taking
of human life.
The native cunning which had served
him so well in times gone by was called
into action to serve him in this terrible
moment Of his sordid ambition to main
tain his vicious regime. He called to
his aid an assistant, for witness might
be necessary, besides in the cowardly
heart of this creature he feared to meet
even Caste on an equal footing. A spot
consecrated to one of the sacred tenets
of tho faith he espoused was chosen as
the place and the dark Of the night
as the time for this vicious assault on
n man and on his honor. for the tith-
ing office, an isolated building apart
from inhabitants of the city, was the
chosen place.
Nelson Called In.
This chosen confederate could not be
Arthur Hart Casio would not trust
him. The prey must be attracted into
the scene OF his coercion by physical
attack by supposed friend, one capa
Bile of Casto's confidence. yet compe-
the mani He held his confidence, but
was likewise obedient to the demands
of Parkinson. Then he was a strong,
broad shouldcred man who could easily
accomplish physical submission on the
part of their prey at the psychological
moment
Fancy the surprise of Caste when,
his presumed friend, threw himself
against him and seizing his wrist as in
vice. held him helpless while the
desplcable coward. Parkinson, choked
him into submission to his sinful re-
quirement.
Caste must subscribe TO lie for
Parkinson. He must state falsely that
the things published TO the world by
his information were untrue or---as he
then believed and as he now believes
he must be murdered.
What meditation must Casio had
when from his inner pocket Par kinson
drew Il prepared statement for his exc
cution, prepared by Parkinson, which
would make him (Casto) publish a false
hood to the reading public over all Nor
mondom?
Signed to Save His Life.
Betrayed by his supposed friend, Mel |
son, no must, in security to his life, !
sign for publication in Mormon papers,
and for reading in the church Of his
birth, statement containing lies as
black as tho deepest dungeon of an
endless Hadesi
And then on the morrow with sore
throat from liendish punishment, back
to the tithinp house the den Of |