Show alabama elders mobbed montgomery EY ala may 2 one night last besk some religious parti eana in jackson county carried into the woods stripped and severely whipped two maimon elders the elders subsequently appealed to gov john bon lor protection that they bail been threatened with death if they remained in the state the governor has promised to protect them and has instructed the sheriff of the county to make them his special charge the governor saya the constitution of tho state guarantees rali liberty and that the cormona are entitled to it moreover that the elders in this state teach the bible and refrain from preaching or practicing polye aroy and the fact thai they believe the book of mormon to havo been inspired should not lay them liable to persecution |