Show r TANNER DENIES THE ACCUSATION t Staff Stab Pra id c rr Says a He H s it Is Not Nod Nota a Pal l 1 I NO MO CHANGES ARE ARC OM ON RECORD D 1 BV itri QI I TO 10 I i Judge H 8 S Tanner Tassel of th tile the dry city cI mad mode a sat most emphatic denial y yester yesterday day o f t the charge that be he was wet a apolys He considers the whole matt maWr r an attempt by bla hIa political andr and aDd religion r r enemies ens ene to injure hint De Dele teth tf le tho i H have bare Wen len employed em by the judge ju ne ho said yesterday to ferret tenet the matter r out oat end Del assist him bloc la In bringing to 10 justice the parties who bet were eft instrumental U mental in ID causing such a story to be bech ch ted The tint presidency of the Mormon church and aDd the first t presidency pe t Y of the make of ZIon held beW a Joint session yes ya rda and a Investigated the matter salter After the meeting was wa over the tM rotor information motion mation was waa urea given out oft t that neither of oft those hOe t ecclesiastical bodies placed nay any an c in the story ROry that Judge Judie Tan TaD Tanner ner net hud more note titan than ow City o wife trite lodge I d Bake a nat Hat The records of ot the church In fa this tb city it wa stated further and aad a those in other cities cl In Utah where when such kept lea on We tile do du not DOt show that the tin judge j jh td has hu two or more raon wives If It h U it I a it waa wu stated the Ute ceremony was performed P in some eme foreign country or 01 soles GOlD com commonwealth other than thaD Utah It J 1 t was wan further stated hated after alter the meet meeting inK ing of the two ewe first presidencies that thata Samuel a Russell RUNe fead t ad not trot preferred such charges harg 1 against int Judge Tanner neither had any an outer other person officially ae w wr used r him hi of so to Violating is nit the stat tat statutes tatu urea utes u I have not m much cb to say about abort tie the matter sold said Judge J Tanner when hett he be was tt ar aa een reea aY afternoon There is tK absolutely frothing in la the story Mol I Iha have ha but bat one wile wife The whole e matter mitt er K Is simply st n attempt on the part pan of my OJ y enemies to hurt burt me tae in the tM eyes eJ eJof of nt my m But I do not DOt think they t will rill succeed 1 It t is I my intention to silt sift the mat mattor matter tor ter and ascertain just fast t who 0 is i at t the theotto bottom otto of it all To that end cad I 1 have bare barer r employed 1 n detectives detect Iv County Attorney Wants YD You nay may ma state te tor for me that Samuel lamuel Russell Ju eU who bo 1 understand nd has tatter taken takena a great Interest rote in the tile matter is ta not noti nota ao t a i member of the stake take to io whick I be belong belon belong long lon and nd had bad no ecclesiastical rf ht r ht to vote in is the meeting which he be at attended attended t tended Consequently the act on his hW part was Rte illegal II III I am not letting biting the matter mallet worry wo 0 mr me mf in the rho last I Ism am Innocent o othe of t the th charge da and time will trill vindicate itle me All I 1 oak ash of my friends and sad those who are ur not kindly disposed rowan towaN me tee Is fa Isto fatt a to tt a abl bine e their time and Judge clae me by byth b y the th culmination of the tAe whole matter mattert t nty Attorney George Georce Westervelt t Raid acid IIa Id yesterday ay afternoon that he had hadnot hadnot ha hanot d not preferred any an charges against Judge Judie J Tanner Tanne There Tb re is U nothing I can ean do he re con tinui If It Mr MI Russell will wUl lay be before bet fore t re me m his hie evidence I will act in ac C accordance with its ire strength He Se H has baa not called upon me m yet t If It he be Las has the thet th t rr denee dence which be he daises claims I 1 would like to see him hta I have fort nut net said 14 anything any a ato i to Judge J ud Tau Tanner lr 1 excepting es In lu a away Joking way say He lie raked ked me ere when witton I met him himin himi himin in i 11 the th corridor if It I had a warrant for tor him I t toW toN him nO ao no but Ma that he had hart better look out for tor I might bt get pt tt t mr one on yet y t To TI that the Judge replied than It r t I could find And the evidence to convict bun to go to 0 ahead That Is M I all sl allI I 1 bare said raid to bins aun Avoid Pointed 4 ChI Mr fr Russell RU was wan foune at his hla home sat last evening pE nl Be He has bU been ill III and aad was d to his hi room coos He refused to toay t tsay o say ay what occurred at the conference ace with u ith Angus M II and sad was not BOt ae t to discuss 6 ass the subject per avoiding questions touching ulon the matter of the Interview with Hit th stake president i Did you IOU make any charge against alDR Air 11 I r t I 1 Mr fir r Russell would not answer ft question directly but said old I have bare haveT ba T made no an charges charae against him W What bat statement I 1 made were ere made to the church chu officials Was W anything said during daring that con conference ference regarding plural marriages r rI I 1 have haw not tat at any an time said aid that J II Tanner Tuner bad had contracted plural plans m I have bare not used rued the word 7 tn in this ebb connection at all u There Phere can be no ao plural marriage mania un nn P 8 e there then to If 4 public record resold and the church requires ll a s license lice before baton a mar marriage mitt m is h performed ped What statements I 1 made were w re based hued on en my own pf pl renal observation ion I did not depend on hearsay hey Others lave have seen what hat I have V seen Complete Denial Daniel by T ler Joseph ph l E Taylor a member somber of the tM first liMit presidency of tAe be take the of Zion said acid when seen n yesterday y There bere is fa I not a particle at t troth In la Inthe inthe the tbt There ha ba been no ne not t hanes charges made to the stake take presidency tl to that eRect by OJ Mr yr Russell Rn and Del theta there if rt none nc ae to he k pale made Such talk nUN without foundation There is la i lano no 1111 more to It tt than ban suspicion loa and aDd Idle dk talk tack There Then is u no PO more mo reason to be De bell Dell ll we e this statement than ID there then would world b if it you were wen walking down the street t with a lady s nd d someone saw you fat look lark at her bpd and smile alle and saw her Mr snide back and aad then said aid that you JOU moat mu t be ba married to her herAs herA ter terAs As A to what votive Mr III Russell RU RUin has by hasin in makings making such a statement I have bare ha y no idea On Un the tM lace ce a of ot it tt though It Is M plainly jut just a piece lace Ieee of guesswork and aDd wit without WI t the tM slightest U tec proof J to back it apr up |