The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-24
AN EMANCIPATED ONE.

The subioined letter has been re.
ccived from Mr., George f. Potter of
81 Wellington Road, Dudley, Worces.
ter, England, under date of September
D, 1910, with request for publication
III The Tribune. MIR. Potter was a
prominent Baptist in his native coun-
! try, but became convert TO Mormon
ism upon the enticing representations
of Mormon missionaries who visited
his home He came out to Utah, Ieav-
ing his family in England whilo he in
vestigated conditions here. Not find.
ing these to hold up TO the stories told
him by the missionaries he investigated
further into other matters in Utah,
and particularly into the practices of
the chiefs of the church. He was
amazed, he told his friends, at what
he found, and returned to his native
land, expressing great pleasure at not
having brought his family with him.
The letter is addressed TO Elder Orrin
T. Miller, counselor to Presiding Bishop
c. W, Nibley, and here follows:
To Bishop Miller Sir.-You will prob
aDIy pe surprised to receive d letter from
me, ana especially SO al the tone OF nv
communication. 1 am writing you 10 inn
you plainly what my intentions are now
mat l am back In my own country. /
desire 10 speak particularly OF the way
! ana thousands of others have been
treated who have been dragged away
from homes and friends TO Utan by a lot
OF deceitful and cunning men who style
themselves prophets ana apostles OF our
Lord Jesus Christ but who arc nothing
more than wolves in Sleeps clothing. go
your tas the Savior said they would do).
l have proved this to be true. BY their
irults ye shall know them" This is
text which your Mormon missionaries
frequently hurl at the Christian sects
out II you are to be judged by this rule
may God have mercy on your souls,
surely sur your punishment shall be great,
lof you nave broken every commandment
that God has given in ways too numcr-
Gus TO mention and best known 10 your
selves Ny intention is to expose some
OF those ways here In England so tina
the people may be undeceived. starting
from Liverpool and travelling throughout
the country. The people should be warned
OF the deception that is practiced here
by Mormon elders sent out by men who
have nothing 10 lose. and everything 10
gain gain by inducing people to leave this
country and go TO Utah. Perhaps YOU
think | know little about your methods
and how you gull and entrap victims by
means OF your devilish system. However,
! must tell you that during the little time
that was in Salt Lake City ! was alert
In investigation.
As soon, as / found that 1 had been
home. Matters happened TO so shape |
themselves that was enabled to return |
with knowledge in my possession of the
was thankful then that L had received |
no assistance from the church to go to |
Salt Lake. but that had been able TO |
have been difficult for me to have re- |
turned to England. Had I received any |
help from your elders urappers ] prefer
Salt Lake practically as prisoner fact |
which no one knows better than your
self propose TO expose this system
very hearts blood and rendering them
incapable Of leaving your custody;
Joseph F, Smith and Bishop Nibley are
now somewhere In Europe on pleasure al
the expense OF those who have been
caught in the Smith web. l only hope
you that shall open my mind TO them.
for they are deceVers Of the worst kind.
& You no no doubt rem rHmember my coming to
to return hong; how asked you to assist
me to get back: and how oontemptuousIy
you told me that you had no authority
answer, but what authority had Smith
and Nibley to come to Europe Junk
/ and my wife and children have been
robbed Of in the shape OF tithing? You
say that the tithins money goes to the II
Lord. but instead II goes to Smith and 4
In period OF fourteen months
while ! was being grossly deceived / was
robbed OF between thirteen and fourteen
pounds, English money. being a full tenth
Of my earnings In that time. For this
have the receipts to show.
If you are honest. cause this money to
be returned To me. because 1t was taken
from me upon false pretences. and also
cause this letter TO be printed in the
Deseret News In order to get back
home 7 was obliged to sell my clothing
md tools--or rather 7 had to almost give
them away-another hardship unon me
that I Law at the door of the Mormon
church. But | am away from YOU and
YOUR deriish system. and | thank God
Tor II, ! have mailed copy OF this let
Ter TO The Tribune.
Yours sincerely
GEORGE N POTTER.