| Show ELDER ARREST A private letter from elder wm spry to his parents in this city gives the particulars of the formers arrest at chattanooga tennessee on friday august 16 rother 8 bary had bad been in but a lew few hours having gone from this city when he was served with a warrant for franklin haymore on charges of polygamy and adultery the papers had been made out in provo and the officer who served them had a letter stating that the elder was the man wanted and was traveling under the name of william spry brother spry was placed iu in the county jail and next morning his arrest was chronicled chroni chronie fled led in the chattanooga papers several prominent gentlemen saw it and voluntarily came and secured his release on 1500 bail to report to the officers on august unless the marshal in utah sends word that will release him he will be brought on to utah marshal parsons was seen and stated that he had received word from the officer who made the arrest in response he had sent a more explicit description of franklin haymore and he thought that the tennessee officers would be able to distinguish between them and would release elder spry the day after the arrest was made the chattanooga times published an interview with elder spry the headings were sensational and misleading and there are some apparent errors on the part of the reporter in the interview these will be easily distinguished by those familiar with utah affairs the article isas is as follows yesterday afternoon elder william spry alias franklin haymore of the mormon church was arrested at his residence west sixth street by deputy united states marshal robert S sharp on the charge of bigamy the arrest was made upon receipt of a telegram from united states marshal W S tipton of cleveland tenn T the he charge is that spry has three wives at salt lake city utah and an indictment in the united states court there has been found against him under the name of haymore the mormon elder was surprised at the appearance of the united states officers but be made no resistance si and went to the county jail peacefully with the officer where he occupied a cell last night marshal tipton will arrive in the city today and the elder will be taken to salt lake city the authorities ties are absolutely certain that they have the right man as he corresponds with the description given INTERVIEW WITH ELDER SPRY when seen by a times representative at the county jail last night elder spry looked the picture of perfect health he is a man perhaps five feet eight inches tall wears a full light brown beard dresses neatly and converses with a command of language laa laia guage that indicates a good education to the question of the reporter he answered I 1 no I 1 am not the theman man the officers are after but it will be difficult for me to establish my identity hero here and I 1 presume I 1 will have to go back to utah I 1 have heard of franklin haymore but he is in utah I 1 do not know that he is a bigamist 21 2 1 if you are not the man sought for what are you doing here As an elder of the mormon church I 1 am here to look after the interests of our church in the south I 1 have a postoffice post office box here no where I 1 get mail pertaining to our church and when I 1 am absent off dinv clerk named clarke does the biffl ia nea dew for me yes some of my lemuels come wi addressed dressed merely box 1 theu you are not a bigamist no sir and furthermore I 1 sa ate not dot a married man I 1 have had my headquarters in ever since 1886 and am known know D here hen by a number of men as elder spry for the past two months I 1 haq have been at salt lake city walk walking the prominent streets but no m an fn mation of arrest was given me I 1 only returned today and was immediately arrested I 1 can establish my identity there but would like to avoid the trip As to my birth I 1 am an englishman but have been la in this country since I 1 was ten of age what are the articles of faith 6 C the mormon church or of the church of jesus christ of latter day dai saints the elder handed banded the reporter a card upon which were printed the he t following condensed articles of faith of the church S I 1 then follow the articles of faith thed 11 queried the report elp according to the above articles vt f faith do you believe in bigamy or plural marriage we most certainly do but we dd not encourage it we are bound to sustain the laws of the land which prohibit bigamy but it is nev nevertheless ertho the essential foundation of mar monism we believe that plural alund marriage will do anav with lewdness and adultery but until the laws of the country can be made to sanction bigamy we do not encourage our people to practice it do you regard your naan are convicted of bigamy is a martyrs no we do not look at it in ex 1 acely that light our people al ai though they believe in plural biages have no right to practice and any one who does so brings the penalty of the count rys laws upon his own head during the past roar years only two mormons cormons in utah have been convicted ot of bigamy JA I 1 what is your method in the abe south and where do you practice it THE SOUTHERN Z our work is in the rural districts dist rift of alabama georgia and the carolinas we have no organization in ilk this city but use chattanooga as aa our headquarters on account of I 1 itaf railroad facilities and connections connect iona with all portions portion of the country we do very little work in tennessee our object is to get the mormons cormons all together where they cannot be persecuted and indiscriminately murdered as they have been in the south we provide work for our converts and make a great specialty of agriculture we do not guaran tee to make a man rich and do not give him lands the lands ac quiren by the poorer classes of the mormons cormons are government grants what of the the recent election sk salt lake city why did youw yo allow the gentiles to defeat you in li ai the recent election 1 11 I 1 simply because they had fiat more votes than we did we have two tickets there the peoples party and the liberal party the lonner er consists of mormons cormons and the tetter latter of gentiles the liberals defeated us as and are now rejoicing as they expect to carry the entire city election this fall of course suggested the reporter pa the victory of the liberals wm will have a great bearing upon having athla territory of utah admitted into the th union htwe we have hopes that it will the F ader fader replied the congress of the united states will now doubtless believe that the territory will be mafe as a state but I 1 would remind you that of the voters in the territory of utah three fourths are cormons mormons Mor mons our readers will be glad to learn what elder william spry has to any aay himself in regard to his illegal we take the following from a letter received from him today A few hours after my arrival a little unpleasant occurrence took place pines which has caused considerable comment ent on the streets today two united states deputy marshals learning I 1 had bad arrived in town came with a warrant for my arrest on the charges of polygamy and adultery papers being issued from judge judds Is court and sent here to be served while it was a case of mistaken identity the warrant being made out for franklin haymore hay more of payson with a private letter from judd jadd to the marshal here stating I 1 was waa the man wanted and that spry bary was only an assumed name CM they took me before different who never having had bad anything of the kind to han handle jle before knew absolutely nothing as to what they should do only to dewe decide that bonds could not be made forema a crime and the result was J X was compelled to paw pass the night in tile county jail behind the bars abe matter being pretty widely circulated by the papers a number ot of friends came to see me and the worked upon until I 1 waa permitted to gi give ve bond and con released until the dinst when if satisfactory identification does not reach the marshal he win will take me to provo my identity was thoroughly established at this end but he prefers to be notified officially y by the marshal in utah he ban baa wired him and awaits an answer iwin also have some of my friends friends there them take the matter up that no bitch may occur in sending it con datively you have no occa occasion siou to worry the matter as I 1 feel satisfied it win will all end well and the most inconvenience ven veni lence ence it can cause kejs the canceling of oneff perhaps monte mento or appointments I 1 think the little flutter of excitement it has caused will soon die winy aay and the affair be forgotten |
