Show MOHMUN N COLONY II IIN I N I W I I nRK env I r Authorities Claim Polygamy Is Freely Practiced per MATTER REPORTED TO TREASURY DEPARTMENT Strict Secrecy Is Maintained Regarding Re-garding Alleged Discovery English Woman Converted to Mormonism Mor-monism Ordered Deported Because She Was Blind Officials Refuse to Accept Bond In Her Behalf Her Case Brought Attention of Officers to the Alleged Pull Fledged Fledg-ed Colony In Heart of the City SpechlvtoThe Iferald New York Oct 2S Several Mormon churchmen and women called at the barge office toctev to bid farewell to Mrs Bevan a Mormon church woman who arrived here on the steamship Furnesaia with her 125 earold son Harold and who had been ordered deported de-ported on the same steamer Mrs Be van Is blind and the immigration commissioners com-missioners thought she might have become be-come a public charge A Mormon elder el-der offered to give a bond of 500 to insure her admission but the offer was not accepted Commissioner of Immigration Ritchie claims to have discovered what appears ap-pears to be a fullflecjed Mormon colony col-ony in the heart of Greater New YOrk It is charged that among the New York I Latteidaj Saints polygamy is as freely free-ly practiced as it formerly was in Utah Great secrecy concerning the matter is maintained bj the immigration immigra-tion authorities but it is known a full report of recent discoveries in connection connec-tion with the matter has been sent to the treasury department at Washington Washing-ton I T Suspicions Were Aroared The attention of the local authorities was directed to the matter by the arriVal I ar-riVal here last Monday of Mrs Bevan an English wiaow ana ner lajearum son They were converts to Mormonism Mormon-ism So many of the Saints called upon Commissioner Ritchie that he became be-came suspicious and started an investigation tigation with the above result He said saidI am not privileged to speak of any communications that have been forwarded for-warded to the treasury or other departments depart-ments in Washington TM < It was fortunate that Mrs Bevan I was held said another official for now we have proof that polygamy exists ex-ists in this city Several secret servicemen I service-men will probably come here from Washington to investigate the matter The talk of bringing Mormon converts j from other countries to Utah by way of this port is merely a cloak by which I the Now york Mormono have remained i I re-mained unknown so long I |