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Show THE CAMPBELL FACTS. The Deserel News on Friday evening attempted ones more, by lis usual falsehoods fin" specious methods, to muddle the public mlnel concerning the awful case of James Campbell, recently Sentenced to prison for three years. There are only two points of present Importance (although others may arise later for serious consideration) in the newspaper presentation of the 'amp-bell 'amp-bell matt'-r The Tribune flrnt cave- his Story to the world. That Campbell made the statements attributed to him has never been successfully disputed, nor ever will be, His confession was made on repeated oc aslons and bt fore approved witnesses The story of the two women, wo-men, Mrs. Campbell ami her unfortunate unfortu-nate slater, the alleged Second wife, was llrst given to tho world by The Trlhune. That they stated this story tO The Tribune voluntarily Is an Indisputable Indis-putable fact. No one will ever overcome over-come that fact. I'p to within a few hours of this writing these two women adhered strictly lo their statement. Which Is In Its essentials the story topi by I ampbell himself. They have made th. ir- sad revelations In the- presence of Witnesses of Irreproachable veracity. And no one will successfully attempt the task of disproving that they told this story and maintained It before The Tribune representative and other witnesses. wit-nesses. Thus Is established one essential point. The other point Is that James Campbell Camp-bell supposed that he could have Immunity Im-munity from law, or that there was no law in Utah against such crimes as his; and that the notice to the world of su.h a condition in I'tah was first given by Joseph F. Smith In his reeking reek-ing testimony before the Senate committee com-mittee at Washington. And thus Is established the second point. It Is Immaterial how much the Dese-ret Dese-ret News may shllly and shally, and lie and fence between those two propositions propo-sitions or outside of them. The facts will remain, forever that James Campbell Camp-bell told the story, that he came here In the belief that there were no oper-atlM oper-atlM laws against polygamous living or kindred offenses, and that the originator origi-nator of this Infamous Idea about Utah was Joseph F Smith himself, the controller con-troller of the Deseret News. |