Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-09-12 | Page 6 | That Suit Against Freece

THAT SUIT AGAINST FREECE Some time ag., a Tribune special announced an-nounced thnl a -ml bad been file, in Denmark by Joseph F. Smith agaiiibt Hans P. I recce for slander. Mr. Freeec has been operating in Europe as agent of the Interdenominational Council of Women, agam-t the polygamy propa gamin, and it was alleged in our dis patch that his work was so obnoxious tO President Smith thai the suit as stated ha) bees, brought to call him to account. In the iie..er,., Sent, President Lund of the First President of the Mormon church made denial that anv smh huit had been brought, and he spoke in rafher contemptuous to,,. of the work of Mr. l ie. .. indicating thai in his judgment ij was of such small importance impor-tance that President Smith would riot think of bringing a libel suit on a, . count of it. W, have, however, fro.u Mr I reece. direct. ;, confirmation that uch suit ares brought, and that The Tribune's dispatch was correct. Mr. Frecce writes: SbLbmJLilR u'"'u Grapelsjn tn fcnsland and Denmark, bavin been .leave,! .le-ave,! mm i,, ,hP i, ,,,,, ,tgAtUH, m Denmark l. J pi, r smith I nou. .... bv The TribSS thai AnlhoJ l.un.l denied tha any aut) had b.n 1"" Dfwmark. n" eomplalnl was s'i.ne.1 r Ai.ilr.-w .lenn..,, a(1 Ktrt,,.d name ,,f th Iformon Church 3ii. Jo-sep Jo-sep f. ehntth. I a K.-rv.-d with the 1 ' ' lera. July 7th. I. uV a Tsia! porl town and was my laal rnquemani. - ':' v-'s I'- I Silk- Lore fu7' ".i4.H;""1 'ncAnvantent Inland -"rnums kiww that I was tton bad been purchaaoa:, Mn.i thay called until the M moniant. hrousht na.7w,V.fn,,;,Wi,V S,,k'b hoping that I W.e.M s.t ,1U:IV .,n,, j,,.. a .m i 'k, nrnona. then they would be :the to puhlali that I had fted u,,m Denmarll from a uu nd JUdKmerit h.-lnr entered by default they "WW Ph thai t had tw-en found piitlfv. n.. r. f..re. I stnyed. . onsop. d h .awycr who w.ld that If the ut, WJ not thrown out of eourt aa frivolous and tm-jtuU-. he wood anter .-ount'r suit l.ud no lr-iiid t-. fct;,ii ,i. j. IV. ar(l since that tii attorney has sucoeedeel In keeping the soil in .-oiiri and he Is holding out for damagcp ukuIusi Ari'lfw Jensen. President of the Danlsli Mission. Mis-sion. wln signed the complaint. Thin establishes fully and cerfainlv the fact that such suit was brought as stated in The Triunc s dispatch. and it also indicates verv clearly Mr, Fleece's opinion of that suit and his relation therein.