Show TEAT CHICAGO HIOT Elder Rider Powell Says Ses a Stranger lighting Fighting To the Editor of The Herald In looking over the columns of your valuable paper jot of the instant I tant my attention was particularly drawn to toan toan toan an article under the heading Mor Mormon Mormon Mormon mon Missionaries Mix Mb Up In a II Street Riot in Chicago and that Mr Ir Au August August August gust Martinson the publisher of a re religious paper wa wag assaulted by them the elders eiders in trying to discuss re religion religion ligion with them theta Now the facts In the case are these Four of our elders were re holding a street meeting on the th corner of the streets mentioned with a congregation tion of at least MO souls During their remarks the saute name of f Joseph Joaeph Smith was wu mentioned when Mr Martinson an entire stranger commanded the elders to cease cea e speaking and especial especially ly to not mention the Use name Of Joseph eph Jo Smith again or he would make them The elders paid no attention whatever to Mr Martinson realising that he be was not an officer of the law Jaw This seemed to anger a him still more and andin andIn andIn in loud tones be declared his intention of stopping them theat whereupon a gen gentleman gentleman gentleman a stranger stran to the elders step stepped ped pod forward and aud told Mr Martinson to not interfere At the same annie time to emphasize emphasise ize his remarks he struck Martinson full in lu the face knocking him down Then turning to the elders eiders with a wave of the hand band he said sakI Go Goon Goon Goon on gentlemen with your meeting I will wID see that this fellow pointing to Mr Martinson on the ground troubles yon Pin no more this evening Ini The elders continued their meeting without any anymore anymore more Interruption I would say most mo t distinctly that the elders had bad nothing whatever to do with the riot D r T I Chicago Aug Au 1 If |