Show A FOUL SLANDER How the Dirty Tribune As aults a Poor Helpless Deserted Woman The Supporter of Virtue j SALT LAKE CITY June 7 83 Editors Herald Having seen an article in the Salt Lake Tribune on the morning of the5th instant headed Deplorable Deplor-able Neglect a Wretched Case of the Evils Polygamy Leads Up To I hereby wish to get a place in your valuable columns to defend the party in question as I think it a grass outrage on a poor helpless and innocent woman having no husband hus-band at hand near enough to protect herOn the 4th instant a lady of a not very interesting character complained com-plained to Mrs Aple that her children chil-dren were not properly cared for on account of her being obliged to leave them in charge of a young girl 16 years of age to look after them while she was at the washtub wash-tub every day to earn their bread rhis lady told Mrs Aple that she ought to put a dozen bullets through the childs head and that instead of going to the wash tub she would do better in having a dozen men come to see her everyday every-day This is the kind of person representing herself as one of the I staff of reporters of the Salt Lake Tribune The article in the Tribune states that Mrs Aple was in polygamy and that the husband bad let both wives Mrs Aple is not a mormon nor ever was one but a trueblooded gentile gen-tile belonging to the Lutheran creed as is also her husband and sister ms Louisa Aple is the only lawful wife of Wm Aple Rosa the sister stayed with Mrs Louisa Aple in Nebraska while she was delivered of her second child During this time an intimacy sprang up between her husband William Aple and sister Rosa They went to Washington Territory and thence here The husband was afraid of trouble and skipped out 1 can certify to the two first chilnren being be-ing healthy and well cared for the infant was sickly since its birth but is always nursed properly and well cared for Dr Beattie and Dr Morse have attended to the child until within a few weeks back and state that the child is now doing well MB E T PAGE MRS E T PAGE |