Show t I OWEN AfTER NEBEKER A G AIN But an i Salt Lake City Utah April 21 1900 F K Xebelcer ISsci County Allor 1n ney Cache County Logan UtahSirs In again addressing you through the le medium of the press I do so for the yr reason that there appears no other way t2 open When a public olllcer neglects tot to-t perform a public duty as required oft of-t MI him by the terms of his oath of olllce r Il and when as in your case It would appear tr ti t1 ap-pear that the sentiment of your county at 1 Is largely In favor of the continuance of J polygamous relations and that while h 4t J In any lawabiding community you tI I I should bo ousted from your olllce for I failure to do your olllclal duty still under Jlt un-der the disgraceful criminal conditions 5I as they exist In your county you are Isgtl i doubtless commended for your Inaction I M b In such ease nothing can avail but ES the public statement of such a dis grace j I 1liII1 ful condition with the hone that a fear of the public sentiment of the United States may achieve that which a contempt con-tempt of tt complaisant court has failed to effect Your refusal to reply to my letter of April llth coupled with your failure to act Is a clear proof of the dishonesty of I the projnlscs contained In your former letters and a liberal fulfillment of my Statement that ache county as Davis county would not enforce the laws of the State against polygamous crimes committed bv Mormons Jn tho face of the oftmade pledges made by the representatives of the peo plo of Utah to the United States that not only were polygamous offences forbidden for-bidden by edict of the church bin wen also punishable under the laws of the State It Is a serious reflection upon the good faith of those who made such pledges that In spite of the plainest evi dence no punishment can be meted out I to such criminal because a mere CountS Attorney who has been brought up to obey his church before his country will yo prostitute his office as to mil lee It an effectual bar to the punishment of such criminals It certainly I not for lack of evidence that I you can refuse to prosecute Joseph C Knowles unless the midwife who ofllclally returned the birth of the child will absolutely perjure herself and the parents of the unfortunate woman wo-man Thersle Canrad will represent themselves ju being In dead to the responsibilities I re-sponsibilities f palemage as to declare I that they do not know who Is I the father of their daughters child as did Amaso I Potter recently In a similar case Or Is It Mr Nobeker that you do not dare to do your duty In the fate of the criminal social condition of so many of your fellow fel-low citizens Yours truly CI1AIUES MOSTVN OWKN |