The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-30
The Church Bosses Found a
Near.Due Mortgage the
Instrument.
HE CONFESSED TOO MUCH,
BUT FURNISHED LITTLE
His Appalling and Pitiful
Plight Where He Made
Truth a Lie.
BY G. E. ARNEY.

Special to The Tribune.
MALAD, Ida, June 29.-The Oneida ir-
rigatlon district scandal has arrived at
the stage OF coercion.
George D. Caste has been singled out
as the lamb for slaughter" The period
OF the shedding Of blood" is at hand.
and Casio was drawn for the sacrifice
During the past few months it has been
my pleasure to aid in the clearing of
the atmosphere surrounding the Oneida
irrigation district by rair and free ex-
arch thieves George c. Parkinson and
Arthur w. Hart, while they enjoyed the
confidence OF the people. the former as
treasurer and the latter as secretary ot
the district
In his attempt to expose a polygamy
case in Preston. Mr.. Costo requested me
Tribune 10 place him in touch with me
This was done, but because of his fall
ure to present facts no references TO the
case has ever been made In my corre-
He then wrote an article containing
some specifications directed against
George c. Parkinson. Having never been
story for ten days, checking UP from
sources OF entire reliability on matters
of which / had not already substantial
knowledge, and then passed his story on:
duly credited for publication In course OF
This is the only story Mr.. Casio ever
ideas OF his used by me in any OF my
writings.
In Church conference at Preston two
weeks ago Casio called on Arthur w.
Hart. one of the thieves, TO read his
''retraction" OF articles written 10 me
about the other thief. George c. Parktn-
son.
His statement assumed to cover the
entire scope Of the Oneida irrigation dis
trict articles which l have contributed TO
The Tribune.
Weak subterfuge.
In their handling OF the subject cou-
the system. make The false deduction that
Casio has supplied much If not all, of the
information surrounding the exposures
made thus far in part only.
This deduction is untrue and conse-
quently wholly worthless,
The records Of the Oneida irrigation
district reek in fraud. George c. Park
inson and Arthur W, Hart have only es
capped the lock-step and the stripes by the
system which protects men in high eccle-
s!astical places.
This small, weak, puny endeavor to
make the distinguished falsehood of Caste. |
as read hy Hart, cover the embezzle
rascals is both ludcrous and ignohe
Caste Is but suggestion TO this situa
fion- He is the soft putty In the hands OF
these leaders; He is to be pittied more
than censured He appears to be devoid
of the elements Of which real men ere
made
y "
he was born to DC a part cf such n CO.
ercve system other than country coyote
with the freedom of the range,
The people are deeply sensible to the |
trcachery of George c, Parkinson, whom
this system so scandalously sustains in
the face OF his thefts as the head Nor
Only -soilcd souls could take a human
being and attempt TO mold 1t for he
REBUILDING OF tarnished names,
In contradistinction TO the editorial |
tsPDrC0 h,y ho
Utah organs. there are hundreds OF men
and women in Idaho who know him to be |
traitorous. treache rous scamp, unworthy
Of the resnect Of decent people Many Of |
bors.
do not know what method these con- |
spirators used to entrap Casio and wiring |
from him the falsehood which Hart read |
in conference in Preston
The Tell-Tale Mortgage.
Here today find record which many
OF the residents OF that section believe TO
be the crux OF the situation,
In record book ''P' of mortgages, at
page 264 OF the records of Oneida coun- |
~, Idaho. find mortgage OH grounds
home Of George D. Casio. said mort
gage being for $500. signed by George
p. Casio and Anna L.. Caste. his wife, |
and in favor of John Larson This in
strument draws interest at 10 per cent
per annum for one year, It valves ali
EXEMPTIONS sien ITO Of personal property The
tomorrow. June 80. 1910
the readers of The Tribune think
lor moment that they have heard all
OF the inward crookedness OF this Oneida
irrigation scheme. this is the time for a
revision OF their judgment.
In the scope Of the situation The
Tribune has but prospected the field nf
fraud peTpetrated chiefly by these traitors
TO public trust. To round IL out 10 the
Iullness the assistance OF Mr. Caste is
entirely unnecessary
Ihere are plenty OF men of blood con-
science and morals 10 consult in ,ser{
fcaton OF my published statements "
there be lurking suspicion as to the
accuracy OF any of the presentations
against these scoundrels their sftentjon
Is respectfully directed TO the appropriate