| Show WE ARE MORMONS elders from utah arrested As thieves THEY VAINLY PROTEST INNOCENCE after bahi in jail over night they prove their identity and are released special to the ENQUIRER term dec 5 special agent barnes of the louisville and nashville and one of alie cleverest men on the entire system made a ludicrous error recently which is creating a good deal of laughter at his expense in september and october many of the stations on the birmingham mineral road were robbed and mr bames was selected to capture the thieves who biad been very successful in their robberies lie worked like a trojan and while in cullman ala the other day lie pounced down on a couple of sus licious looking individuals whom he found near the depot telling them why he wanted them and placing them under arrest my dear brother appealingly said one of the men you are mistaken we are not robbers we are cormons mormons Mor mons of course you are cormons mormons Mor mons triumphantly antly responded mr barnes youre all cormons mormons Mor mons but when we get done with you be the sickest looking cormons mormons you ever saw the men claimed they belonged to the tribe of the sanctified but the special agent refused to believe but what he had bagged the right game and locked them up they refused to tell where they had been since september and this made mr barnes more confident than ever the next day the prisoners claimed that they could prove their identity and a well known physician was sent for lie entered the and there was great handshaking hand shaking do I 1 know them he said in great surprise well I 1 should say I 1 do this is elder W B lewis and this is elder W C brown two of the best known men of the mormon church birnes hid his embarrassment as best lie could spoke of bis duty etc and made lucli a graceful apology that the elders left him good friends |
