Show ELDERS MOBBED on the morning of sunday sept ad four mormon elders from utah and ono recently baptized convert were terribly beaten in tennessee by a masked mob the elders were eliass wright of the fourteenth ward of salt lake city who is president of the tennessee conference thomas holt of south jordan salt lake county who arrived at his field of labor but a few hours before the occurrence A L puller of mill salt lake county and elder james douglas presumably the other was brother brooks who was baptized into the church about two weeks before it was at his home six miles irom bells station tennessee that the mobbing took place the mob broke into the house after the elders had retired and dragged them ont at the same time brooks with a club the mob was armed with pistols shot guns and rifles The four helpless men were dragged forty rods to the woods and tied to a log from a letter written by one of the elders which the des arct beius has seen it is learned that hickory withes were brought and as some of the mob held their prisoners half a dozen of the others plied the blows with fearful effect on the backs of the victims who bore their intense sufferings with as much calmness as was possible the men who held the hickories struck with all their strength and with every blow a ridge was made in the flesh of the derRand El a streak of blood would stain their clothing those who were not otherwise engaged leveled their weapons on the helpless men as though they expected them to arise and turn upon them thirty lashes were given to each and there was a pause will you leave this county said the leader of the gang no answer came and several more lashes were given A second time the question was asked but no response came and more whipping followed with threats of hanging five lashes were given to each and elder wright seeing it was useless to remain there and be butchered told the mob that they would go A few more lushes were given and the elders were allowed to go brother broads reached the house and when tho elders arrived there his wife and children were gathered around him weeping bitterly brother brooks was sitting oa a chair the blood dripping from a ghostly wound indis forn ead elder wright also had a fearful cut on his head made with a club and his back was almost beaten to a jelly se was the most seriously injured of the five and his wounds were first attended to by rubbing them with turpentine the only remedy attiani atTi and elder douglas was attended to his injuries being same as elder wrights with abo the cut on the head elder fuller brother broods narl elder holt came next in order blittle less severe than those f alie others as his clothes had helped to protect him during the day elders fuller and halt were direct edby elder wright ib ah conaty while be abad elder douglas remained for a few days Ori Tuesday last when the letter from which the above facts are gleaned was written all five of the brethren wera buffering consider ably though their injuries are not i dangerous Ogden Standard K w |