Show t rn ns nI TO n I ELDER l m c CROSBY s t Otters Letters Concerning the Death I Burial and Faithful Labors of I 1 Mormon lormon Missionary MS WAS A YOUNG MAN tAH Afflicted With Insomnia Ills His Mind IId Was Affected and lie Took Ills III Own Life I letters Utters concerning tIe the The lh following 1 Mat ath burial and faithful missionary IIII Lorenzo Crosby whoso bors of ot tiler Iller labors I In tho the News New wall ad d g f bu bo rend bout bUt three thre Wl I S ago will Mi interest by the public Ariz Feb 29 President Johns John BU st L Ialo City Utah Halt Hall F Dh h n returned Just J ea eat ear rOlar I 1 vent to tho fu Cu from of ot I UV Crosby Uto 2 of ot the Virginia ent o oC II hot Mates mission 1 I foci feel an all te Sou Southern In ret ref reft th I 1 would Ilko Jike to write you U Ugh t to his this very vcr sad ad affair Unit has as c ocl eo the cause valise of so o much public und nud I In our stake 1 IRIO IrOn On r ot f 11 I telegram from Jima Jams U I I Elder Ider Oco 11 II tent nt Why roty brother of or tho mat man loft left loften r the th Ih 21 t lust for the tho east cast and met en cn body Id bod nt lit Hutchinson Kan I n arriving the I Ariz triz the nearest ml railroad road lit It t station with It on the Iho 10 morning of ot tho the lib with th It by lP team Jo the tho the family home In ngar n II 1 ells 0 lance anco to of SO o miles by I the morning of ot tho Iho ho and ami on the morning of ot the Inn th the funeral as Ial hell held and 1111 was largely by the people of or neighboring communities myself and count ora other of nt the brethren and sisters lIsters from St SI Johns John Our entire ellUre stake ns as well as the tho neigh oring Is s greatly grieved Si over ocr this calamity that line hils fat tal tallen fatten fen ten len upon us tue taking way away one of ot the tho not earnest energetic and anti hn nr young OU g men of or this part of tho the Church hurch Homo tornO over oer two years ego ngo when he b was WM recommended by b us u for forth forth th h we wo felt that he fully filled filed the he requirements and wo We had full and confidence In his ll purity and In to tho work of oC the tho Lord and as an nn lul evidence that wo so 0 were right ho he failed through President Rich Weh to the tho conference presidency l after having lea leea In the tho Held but eight weeks week Ills His father oeo Geo H II Crosby present Patri Patriarch arch reh of the thc III Horn stake has baa ex cx expressed expressed pressed to me on many his hits complete In tho the Integrity purity urit antI ant zeal zil zealot of his Ills son eon who was an wry very muth b devoted to his father In both his hi prIvate and family life aa well ns as In matters watter pertaining 1 to tho the ward ward of tf which he as then Bl hop Brother I Lorenzo renzo antI ami hlA hii wife cheerfully ch niafle Hery sacrifice that was as necessary for tor him to go upon his mission selling the ther greater freater part pint of ot their property to meet their obligations and provide the tile lIe fund I 1 never neer heard It so 80 much ns OR Intimated that Elder Crosby rohy won WIll of ol attell tell iven being BO o much us an Indiscreet but buth lie IKS h and his hi wife ito were iero considered ono of or orthe the unit most moat congenial con and nM most young couples that wo vc hall had In our 1 I thus fully full written you OU upon tIon this point that IOU ou may nUt know knos that our oU r young oun brother Mid his wife ICe were living 1 lives that the tho Associated Press Iress reports of domestic troubles and unhappIness or sin tin In his bin early carly life lito were vere not true In tiny noy particular One of oC the letters which tho the anna City CIt papers found among his hla effects was from Crom rem his wife vio that was vun one the utmost devotion to him otter after his began legan to tu full 1111 him himI I III PS I II I will wilt explain later Inter while the other was as from Crom roTa a 0 young lady lad convert rt who wh I iid gone Kono to Halt Salt Lake ako arid whoso ex explanation IX exI I has hos ha already appeared areti In tho tim e eYou You will lo bo ablo blo to learn regarding the th ministry of ot Lorenzo front from ent report r port of ot this thin wad lIa ad oc currence and I 1 enclose a IL copy of or post I mortem r written by h to t his vir from fima Kansas lily City I under lAnd Hand from letters written to his wIfe that hit th t since the middle of December last Jie hi h hn w not been able ohio to sleep because rf rC r the t of ot h t In the family and a II perusal OC f his hits Journal Is 13 FO F full tull and arul frank as na l t 10 plainly show tit tim iho the disease hunt had made rn do Inroads was waR weakening his hili as aM a early as liS Nov No 2 29 haet In ti while tho tim straightforwardness In n recording his hili daily life Indicates nn no upright mini man ono one onoto J to himself In recording his dally daily doll life ICe thoughts tho ami options actions AS s M rI by President J Illch Bleh ha ho was wan nn art ex cx f n worker hll which was wan a II character r HUC or of ro hint him from fm his boyhood days tas jery er ery n and We Ve up ri r r P pe pK II cannot belIeve bellove that Brother as roby if ly the Hie rash net act If IC his hits life liCe v wa was as taken t 11 by b his hili own onn Ie WaS lis In 1 i III Ills R state of or mind ls for fur the tho 1 I u futuro future In ln n a l re ohai financial r ld h h jl everything that I reI 80 o thuit Wo we entire fir lire lit at an io to aI any other Ilhan in than ea III he it or the tho act JI 1 y OU cin It t advisable that pay Y or all bunt I It will III of ho he thIR Jell K I he hc put In l 11 to 10 the tho lS Irmell on some 1 Points lag ng iri regard i 1 roI oU life 0 character YOur our DA VI 1 K UDALL D Dr City nty It Mo To Io Fell Ieh l el n 2 r w u Iii ti I 1 learned Th Olt ft t h by I Ira ra 11 going Iro at to Ohio I rHinO Caine rIt felt It In to t r iles In j regard to tho hand band I 0 of OUI hear Ilear hun hUA Ii ho io thu tho hum I met him In Iii VIr fold II hl ha dlin dil and nu i about writing rOil the tho having a in 11 I for tor torI urn I t i 1 V fiO 50 It u WM Willi IW 1 his 1 re arlor w you It alit also you 1 1 II I nu i litter Atlanta He o I er after being In Atlanta with u us Ul and I felt to ro did he and It WIll iLS tho the opinion ot of nil all tho the that going homo haute would fully Cull restore restart him to health I th When hen I toM toll him I 1 would rather havu hau h name oine ono one KO go with him he hs laughed at ut tho Ito Idea and anI am told me mo it I 1 I did this thin It i t would be bo said Raid at nt home hOlM that his casu vas worse than It was IM and he lie would rather r KO go alone Ho lie seineI so much better hetter at ut tInie even laughed at nt hits his own Imaginations Wo Vo nil all finally de decided decided It was WILS bet best to let him hint go CO und and wo we went vent to the tho depot und caw ai him him oft oI In I ii fairly good Ho lie had luul hits liln lunch put Iut l int up til enough to last III him home und and I 1 Iwas was WILS he lie had no ito on with him h when ho lie left lie must have havo got lIot tho the pistol In lit St SI l used It nt at u n aline line when lila his reason hud had loft left him blat Ho lIe Ie was waR n U good goot faithful worker In tho the i ii beloved l h by y nil uI I mul was often Oft en lout out by IJ the 1 at ut tho the nils mis slon headquarters an 1111 one OttO of or the very err best conference presidents lp wo we had hind In Inthe tho the mission Ho lIe worked ro 0 hard and so si 81 worked up In iii his hili religious thoughts that ho he Imagined his foolish Coolish boyhood faults were wro greater than hiatt they tile the were hu ho allowed these things to worry him h until he lie weakened his hlA mind I feel certain ho lie not responsible for tOl what ho Ito did There Is IA not a U blemish upon his hlA mis record In his hili field of labor and andIn andIn In lit every way WilY was sits he entitled en tit INI to the thc honorable release I gave Iao him at lit the time of or leaving us I want you OU to kno know tills this and I r want your our children to know knos kno It I also aiso nl o want Lorenzos Bishop nail anti tho the presidency of at his hits stake to know It ItI ItI ItI I also alro desire the tho of oC your our ward to be he Informed ns an to hits his good faithful labors In the mission lon and anti to know kno that no young man mail coming on a n mission has baa ver r worked tinnier harder or ur liv lived 11 lived ed II a purer life than he lie did ihil white while ho he hovas vas working as ns a n In iii re reporting porting this case C to the presidency of oC the lie Church this li Is how hol I will report It May Mil the memory of ot these good words of ot praise given him because ho lie de Ilc deserved served them coupled with the tile fact that lint ho lie h was wall not responsible bring you youa ou a It little comfort Not only yourself hut but also hits mother It If she Fhe he Is III living also his father fath r all all of ot hits his loved one May Mity MII God GOt comfort you eu with strength to 1 bear benr l ar up In your hour of ot deepest sorrow torro Your brother mN BF R F niCH mCH |