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Show Tries to defend the court. Editor Bankrk: Tti your issue of June S28, appears two articles ; the first, entitled "An Outrageous Affair," and signed, J.F. Ruseon, the other, a series of resolutions, and signed by twelve names as returned aiissionaries. Tim second being predicated on the first and dependent on it for whatever justification justifica-tion there may have been for its issue, I will coiibider them together. Mr. U.'u statements have wonderfully increased sinco ho 'gavo his teslimony under oath, and the best answer to him will be to quote his testimony us tltoro givon, as, that .will be Mifllciont to neutralize all the rest and furnish tho causo of the discharge. Cleared of all tho "Cousin ttilly Dillard" mutter it is as follows; "Our party was uver and wo had commenced to dispernd when one of my neices camo and told ine someone was looking in 'at, tho window. I went out anu iouna-a number ot boys there who commenced to runaway. I followed them and grabbed ono and throw him down, when several moio fell on me and struckme threo ormorotime?. I called to my brothor who enmo to uv. assistance. as-sistance. Wo still followed the boys and got hold of several who got away . I could not .say it was always the same wo had hold of," "po you kuow which ono struck you 7' . "I do not." Afterwards added, "Tho ono wlio struck mo is tho ono whp lost his hat.',' This testimony was coroboratcd by the other witness and nothing more was addo 1'. Tho tv6 statements, "I don't k"OW' jvho Btruck mo," nltd the other gotlidr if thoy rfro cVniScrWiiiffl clout td convict any ono .arrested two hours after, and out of a possiblodozon present all 1 can say iB judgements differ. But I do not think that any ono of thoso names signed would hnvo considered it sufficient had the caso been tlroir's. Why the missionary question should bo mudo so prominent is hard to seo; as nil must know it had nothing to do with ic. Mr. It. conveys the idea that he was "mo.bbed" because lie was a missionary, whereas, all must know that the gathering gather-ing was because ho was married, and tho unfortunate affair grew out of his attempt at-tempt to arrest some of those present. Of course it was pairiotic in Mr. it. trying to arrest some of tho parties, but even officers often jun risks in making arresi.8 and civilians cannot always escape. As to tho so called meeting of tho roturned ro-turned missionaries there is something strange about it. There are about SO i,n Lehi from what the writer can learn but few knew of tho meeting or were present. Out of cho twelve names throe woro present at the trial. More than threo returned miseiouarios altso present fit the trial luive given . tlinir oppinion that no other verdict could have been given frpm the evidence, Aa to tie the wiedom of publishing such an out-rageout out-rageout statement 1 leji.ve to othure to y, only adding that it U as Jar from tbe truth hh it well cSultf be no umUer what source ehouid offer it As to the mutter ot infurciii the ' laws, if wiy of the twelve signer have my teetfrmfciy let thvm offer It aiuHheniee what will be dooe with It. , ! As thi i getUog iCMjg I must con-olnde, con-olnde, adding rhaj,7JU euch cniye ma bad And ahbuld b patiiglied, biuaii (foment pereon 01160 nld thaHi'onoat, pQphj could not afford "to' bolunju8t ,.-"- - f B CTen to criminals, and as onrlawsrc- M quire evidence to convict, and in this I ciHO it was wanting. Some have said it could have been obtained but as the I witnesses were sworn to tell all they knew and nil Bwore they did "not know" who struck and they wore all tho eye I witnesses offered, hence tho dischnrge. A returned missionary who was fl present at the trial. fl |