The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-19
President of Oneida Stake of Zion AC-
knowledges Before Ecclesiastical
Court That He Made
the Assault
t1E is CHARGED WITH PERJURY, THEFT,
EMBEZZLEMENT AND OTHER CRIMES
One-t1undred and Fifty Complaining Elders, Led
by r. j. Calan, Present Their Bill of Partic-
ulars; Casio Also Prefers Charges

| bly, broke into cheers and the presiding
apostles threatened to remove then
from the meeting if the demonstration
was repeated.
A side affidavit was presented by P
J. Moore, which recited a conference at
the Idanha hotel in Boise between him
self and Parkinson in which the ac.
cused president told Moore he had paid
back every dollar that he owed tho ir-
rigation district Then the affidavit
goes on to relate that since that time
Parkinson has paid back more than
$4,000. the last of this sum having been
repaid TO the purloined treasury less
| than a month ago. Later in the after
| noon session tho attitude of the &C.
clesiastical court assumed moro seri-
Gus aspect; added respect being paid TO
The protestants by the committee, in
Guiding Mr.. Grant.
Expert Aiding the People.
W. Swan, an expert bookkeeper from
Salt Lake City, is aiding the aggrieved
people in the presentation of their
specifications, by the records, which he
has helped to expert, and he is coolly
taking good care of himself in the in
tricate ordeal. At $40 O'Clock Mr.,
Swan closed his presentation and left
for Salt Lake City, with the under
standing that at later day the com
mittcc would call on him for further
information 'as to the books and ac-
counts of George G. Parkinson in rela-
tion to the Oneida irrigation district.
Senator Preston Denounces Hart.
Thomas Preston, state senator from
Oneida county, caused sensation
when he walked down to the front of
the assembly room and gave the lie to
Arthur W. Hart s statement belittling
the intelligence of the Judge Rolapp
committee, which found Parkinson and
Hart short in their accounts to the
amount Of about $4,000. He further
stated that Hart lied when he said that
both himself and George c.. Parkinson
did not agree to the accuracy of the
Rolapp committee report.
In the face OF the light given to the
committee today, the dissatisfaction
will be widespread throughout the
Oneida stake of Zion if this ecclesiasti
cal committee should fail to find
against President Parkinson.
Castos Statement to Court.
Mr., Caste s statement, which was
read before the ecclesiastical court,
was as follows:
Preston, Ida, July Is, 1910.
" Honorable Heber j. Grant. Anthony
W. WINS and George T. Richards:
"Dear Brethren:-I prefer the fol-
lowing charges against George C. Park
inson, president of the Oneida stake of
zion of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, to-wit:
"G). George ca Parkinson, during
The night of June Is, 1910, at the nth
ing Office in Preston, Ida, did make
three different assaults on the under
signed. In the third assault the said
George G. Parkinson did choke me VIC.
lently.
Threatened Casto's Life.
"(2). At the time and place afore.
said mentioned the said George G.
Parkinson called the undersigned a
- aud other vile
names
"(3). AT tho time and place afore.
said George c, Parkinson made threats
upon the life of the undersigned, using,
as nearly as | can recall his language,
these words, It's mighty lucky for
you, Brother Casio, that / didn t meet
you week ago, or else you or / would
be absent from this conference
Who Wrote the Confession.
90. George G, Parkinson wrote the
| first two articles and Arthur w. Hart
wrote the last article of the alleged
confession of George ID. Caste. In view
of the fact that tho undersigned was
compelled TO make public apology be-
| fore tho saints of the Oneida stake
quarterly conference assembled, and
was also forced to sign statements pre-.
pared respectively by George G.
Parkinson and Arthur w. Hart and
styled George D. Casto's Confession,
therefore the writer asks your honor
able committee that George G. Parsin.
son be required to make public apology
before the saints of The Oneida stake
| III quarterly conference for his un.
christian.like conduct in the premises,
and that he be asked. further, to an
nounce through the press his authorship
| of the first two articles Of the so-callcd
confession, and that Arthur w. Hart
acknowledge. through the press, the
fact that he is the author of the third
confession aforesaid. Respectfully sub
mitted, GEORGE ID. CASTO,n