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Show LIGHT ON THE WORK OF MORMON ELDERS Mrs. Elizabeth Kompe Makes Affidavit That Two Men in Salt Lake Tried to Induce Her to Enter Polygamy Polyg-amy in the Past Year. Mrs. Elisabeth Komps a Gorman emigrant, at present residing at No. 631 South Fifth East, has set forth In an ailldavit an account of hor experienc e with Mormon missionaries, which would seem to throw a light on tho question of whether polygamous marriages mar-riages aru bolng "pealed" In the Temple at the present day or not. This statement state-ment conies apropos at tho time when the Smoot investigation is of so much interest. The affidavit is submitted for people to Judge for themselves. It was sworn to and 6ubsciibad he-' he-' fore Edward Michaels, notary public, at 73 East Second South, In the presence pres-ence of Rev. G. A. Zlmmer, pajrtor of the German Evangelical church, at noon on Thursday, March 17th. Tho primary cause of tho misfortunes misfor-tunes which Mormonlsni and Its preachers preach-ers have brought upon Mrs. Kompo seems to bo hor personal attractiveness. Her tale is as follows: "I was baptized Into the Mormon 'religion' 're-ligion' on September 30, 1S07. by one Forrin, who was then on a ml ion In Hamburg, where I lived all my 1 if o befoul be-foul coming to America, nn.l whoro I Ml happily married, although we were (very poor. Before I was married a Mormon named Hottendorf paid addresses ad-dresses to me. He had bt-cn married in Utah before he came on a mission, but his wife dlv.irc,,.,) blm just before he went away. (It is to be presumed that L-ho ciid this bo as to avoid having to send him tho ten or fifteen dollars monthly which tho wives of missionaries mission-aries an: Mipp scil to lo, an he ru married mar-ried hor 011 his return.) Tho missionaries mission-aries were all tho time trying to per-Btxadfl per-Btxadfl mo to como to Utah, representing represent-ing that I could make heaps of non here. From tho way they talked I was led to Imagine that th streets of Bait Liko City were almost paved with gold They did not hold out the same promises prom-ises to my husband. My husbund Is a shoemaker by trade: I am a drere-raaker. drere-raaker. When I had listened to mu h argument nnd had talk-ad tho n otter over between our3eleB. Franz (my husband) at last said to me. 'Well, then, Llschen, go,, and if jou can maUn so much money and 11 Is no good a country, coun-try, do you write to mo and I will come uftr you.' Tho missionaries had not only mad m such strong guarantees, hut went so far as to give me solemn promises" of help In case I should need It. "On tho Oth of May. 1W3, I landed In Boston, The Immigration olTlclals held me back at first, but two men of Salt Lake City went on my bond for $1000. Their names are William Owen, a clerk in the Z. C. M. I., and n man named Richard Kernel. These men, in so doing, do-ing, undertook to take caro of me In case of any mishar6, but in my subsequent subse-quent illness and misfortunes neither stirred a finger in my behalf I did not have any success at my dressmaking and could not make sufficient money to , keep me, I wont out to rctvIco In th house of one A. Young, over 011 the west 1 sldo of the city. INVITED INTO POLYGAMY. "While I wan th' ro Elder Hottendorf, who had Ofckcd mo to marry him In Germany, and who had elnco then been married again to his former wlfo, mudo fro9h proposals to mo. Whllo never taking any thought of giving any heed to thorn, I asked blm: 'Hut how can you marry me, .Brother Hottendorf, when you already have a wife?' Ho said: 'f'h, we can get that fixed up In the Temple; that will be easy enough. "I wus alo four monthy In service with a family named Morrill In the northeast port of town. They were very kind to me, especially when I v,as sick. I havo been lame for many yoars, and except my dressmaking thero Is hardly any other way for mo to earn my living over here. Mrs. Merrill wrote a letter to tho presidency of tho church about the circumstances of my caBe, and In reply to the Inquiry that was made, the bishop of tho ward wrote that I was not known In the ward at all and that there was a mistake. ANOTHER FOLYGAMY CHANCE. "While I was at Merrill's Elder Huefner camo to see mo several times and wanted mo to marry him. About that time I had word from my husband In Germany that ho was very ill. A Mrs. Schultz who used to visit mo kept asking me all the time: 'What do you want with a Blck husband'.' She was urging ine to marry Brother Huefner. One day. In his presence, she told mo that I was perfectly free to marry, be-causo be-causo when I was baptized I was separated sepa-rated from my husband, in not that so, Brother Huefner, that the baptismal bap-tismal water divorces?' 'Yes, certuln-ly,' certuln-ly,' he replied, 'baptlsm.il water acts as a divorce. You are free to marry me any time.' " WOMAN HAS MUCH TROUBLE. This is tho gist of the woman's story, though It Is by no means the end of her misfortunes When she was In the Holy Cross hospital tho Rev. G. A-Zlmmer A-Zlmmer heard of the plight of a coun-try coun-try Women of his and has Interested himself In her case, having been obliged to go to no t-mall expense to prevent her from starving to death or being miserable in the poorhouso. The emigration emi-gration officials are now considering her case with a view to having her sent back to Hamburg. Mr. Zlmmer has forwardod her tatetnent to Germany, and it is expected that it win appear in full in the Neckar Zeitung. Copies havo also been pent to the governments govern-ments of the states of Wurtemberg and Baden, in order that' enlightenment on the proceedings of the Mormons may be obtained there, and that the regulations in force in Prussia, forbidding the operations op-erations of missionaries theri may be enforced in those states and in all other ports of the German empire His chief deelro is that his countrymen of the poor and most ignorant classes, which are the only ones reached by ihe Mormons, Mor-mons, may be protected from their own ignorance and the glib tongue of the missionary. |