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Show HR. DYER'S RESIGNATION. He Steps Oat as Receiver is the Church Case II. . STOM MtllE EXV1IINU. Tlie SareeMor l Wr. lifer h ct 'vamed. j Yctterday It became known to several peojilc that Frauk II Dyer had formulated Ids (3iIgbattoii of thoofni-ifKy'lMklh the suit or Lie govtrnn-cnt for the- confiscation of "Mormon" Church property. Mr. Dcr stated that lie did not in tend filing the document until this morning, "and requ'-stcl tint n" jml iimlio'i be neido oi his action till his litter had been sent to the court. About 3 30 itit evening, however, Iits attorney, Mr. William.'', Wil-liam.'', filed the paper with I lerk j IiacLr. It roads aa follows- In thebupr"ii('uiirt''tli',Ttrri-torv thebupr"ii('uiirt''tli',Ttrri-torv of tjlab. The United States of Amcrici, plaintiff, vs theLateCoriioratioiiof theChurchtif Jnu-Chri-toflitter-da.v hilnU ct il , defendant. Jo the JlonoraVe Svfrcmr Court I ns-jieclfull submit that on Xo-vcnilnrT. Xo-vcnilnrT. 1S37, 1 was b this court a jolntetl to the paeitioii of recelvtr ot Pie Church ot Jesus Christ of latter-day Siluts, and nqulnd to give a liond for the faithful j-trform-ance of m dut as such receiver in the sum of two hundred and fitt thousand dolkin- ilnimedlately after whith I tuterrd actively and vior-ousl vior-ousl tipnn the discharge- of the du'iefot tint 'e-JflU-'l lc rfsitionJ. This appointment wis made ia i ur-taji.ee ur-taji.ee of au act of ('ongrerfi ap-I ap-I roved Marc'i S, IbST, autiior-iring autiior-iring and directing the Attorn. Otiieral of the United States to brlug Hilt nud to v. ind up the affairs of tlie late corporafon or lite Churcli or Jesus Liinsi. oi ltler-da Saints, ami to escheat its propeit to the govt rnmt lit for -cliuol iUrioi. It i" a matter of i-ublK-notoriel aswtllas of record that this bill was Introtiucetl inCon-gre-s tiie- stfl-ou prior to its passage being in the witittr ot s3 , d Itted in March, 1S7, and I was not apjinted recuver until over eight months after the l-assage of the ait. ami nearly two vear after 1 the introdut tion or the bill in I on grt-f. U will thus be een that the , unuagers of this late corporation 'had .ill this time in vlikh to I prc-iaie for what all the- tinie iBt-emed to be tilt iileVitab'e, ly -elling or otherwise dlpo-im! of all the pro,icrt belonging to -ihI corjicrad ii. and in viewed the fact "that this to them -etineti like- unwarranted couti't-atluii awl that the have idw i s tn-en hostile ti the tLfurceuieel of all I'u.ted ttiteslaws v. hiili In any manner .liTeeletl them or their religion, it was no turjin-c to the public gen rally w'rcn it was tlitcketl that the liad di-iinsed of nil their prop-ert prop-ert at K-ast Iiad endcavoretl to ilo so anil evitlentl thought the had -ucceedeii. so that at tt r my aiq-oint-meiit theie was not p-ojrt to I e had except at the cml of iiligif' n, and it was i.t,t thought b man i that we- won' 1 cvirretuvcr I mbabl more than -.-Wjiriil wc-ith ol i rorn t-ty, t-ty, which at the time crnsisted of( t . at is known a- tut tithing iru ground?, tlie UarJo iloutiaud Hit- Itinan's Onice. Myself amJ altor- 1 nesle-gaii a vigorous s-irt Ii, Iww-i Iww-i ever, which was ki ptujitiiinJeiit-ingl ptujitiiinJeiit-ingl for a time aiaiut night and ! uay, and as a result of this search anil long and tedious eta-nina-twus and iuvestlgalio-Js litigation, litiga-tion, tte , au i the ue of every means tliat we could com j unnd. dealing iu v.e wen with a j ieoi h . w Ilo, a 3 unit, w t re ho-tile , to us end our caus". l have suctssed e-J in g-tting n-ilt t- tne value of about S9-M OCM. and (lersonnl pnqx r-1 r-1 1 to tlie value of atwut $La,Ntlt) (ji"5 5-!ll is in ca-h), maklug a 'grand loal in my Kisetion, rs . nerjtofort' reported to this court, of ,ib3utSI,s-NJiMi wertli of projwrty. I Thus il will lie-teen that from live , to tight times as m irli proj'trt hss beer reduceii tn the iiosseteien m this receiver hs was exf-eetetl b nim or any one whom heeterheanl txprc-s an opinion usni the subject, f hive at all limes give-n to tills bu-inc-ss all the a'tentlou that I dt- met! esst ntlal, at times forsaking ever thing for 1L I n eases wtiere I ci ul.1 not give m personal ntteii-t.ou ntteii-t.ou to the uiauagenieiit of the p-r-sjnal projiert .nuchas -beep, lliave liiml the moot c-omjieteiit ami reliable re-liable men that I couitl find, aud In no ease ev er iid more than I should liave ai J hati 1 lie-en hiring Hum privitely. I have s niUniasl the expenditures is ck-el as It was ws-sihle ws-sihle lor me- to do under the elrt imi-slr..Hes. imi-slr..Hes. and IJ!eve thtm tuboa-ju-t and rea-tnab!e as the mirmuud ing circum-Luic- would pennlL That I have itliored under mill eulUesandtlisalvautagesat times I think ou are fully iivare, Imt under un-der all cm ii j stance and ill nil coses I have labored honettl furtht ln-t lutere-t of this fund with whit It I Iiave bee-u entrusted. Tho w holt thing was without invccdcnt ami be tt with torn plication-, friud and so mail coiitlictiug ideas that t -Imply ignored all except the judgment of m8elf aud in attor lie-, aud went on awl did th-bew. th-bew. I knew how. alwa however, how-ever, with ill e single to the Is. t inLre-ts of lie fund Anil now, geiitU men, I desire to say tint 1 Lave recent y become tht luauigtr for two large cor-ionitioti" hire, iu both of which I Ii ive large I jiersonal i-iten-ts; thi, 'villi m private matters, gives mo mure iiusiness Ihaii I can alteul to ami do justb-e to the receivership, and as 1 have no ui-ltnitiou to hold it Miiiily for the -alary or no de-ire to get liiythlng unless I ren tier full value therefor, and after thanking the court as iich for tne kindnct-es and coorUieti slww n. I lK to re-ign the poritlou of receiver of the Church of JeAis ( hnst of Latter-day r-titits. in whith l-i twn I Iiave-iv ed ou -l little innre than two ears and a half, and ask that my wicces-or be npnluted as earl as is i-onvt nb-nl for the court. rheprueiy is ill Iu such condition that st can be turned over in a few hours. ery rc-jiettfully. I-r..nu 11. DfK, Hecvir. svlt Uvui- ( nv, Jul II IsOJ. Tlie 'upreme Cui t hold a wh f cs--ion tiii- morning but only Judges Y.vik aul Vni'ir-on were thi re 'riieeliltfju-it-eannounceil Uiot the-eonrt the-eonrt w.!d ap-iotnt ij-clai txau -ln-rand conimU-louir, tj extuilnt the aisuuutsot Mr. Dr, as r cei ver Mr. htone was mt in court, but It i I resunnd that tin- Judges ascertained whether or net he would act, in view of the rt-uit tbat followed fol-lowed the apjwintnant of Mr. Jones. Who is Mr. "-torn ' is a quest! in that was many time- repeated ifter th-a'ipoir.lment ns mrde. VcT I little i Vnown ilu-ut htm, as he i-cmira4Ivel i-cmira4Ivel o new cciiKr He Is an attorney, an J it wis only on xtunlay lj-t tliat ne was mlniUted tjthelarofUieTerntorialfcuift-me Court. He is from Nev-ith, and is tin-lew partner of ex-United r-tates AUorney W. H. l)I-n. Ho I" said to be a capable attorney. NothingwasdoiiewithMr.Dyef n-di-iiatiou, lAit as the court ad-Jotirutd ad-Jotirutd to 9 tJ . m. to morrow, w hen Judge Henderson and Ilbck-iMim Ilbck-iMim ate txiecteI to be present, then- may lie some tep taken. |
