Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-11-09 | Page 13 | Cultists Deny Attempt to Sway Witnesses

Cultists Deny Attempt To Sway Witnesses W David Brigham Darger and Edna charged by the federal federal federal fed fed- eral grand jury with influencing government witnesses in the polygamy polygamy polygamy po po- po- po trial pleaded innocent Thursday in federal district court following the overruling by Judge Tillman D D. J Johnson of a motion to quash the indictment on the grounds that the grand jury was influenced in its decision by the hostile hostie attitude of the Mormon church toward polygamy Affidavits from the two defendants defendants defend defend- ants cited a letter from Mark Peterson Peterson Peterson Pe Pe- terson apostle of the L D S church asking Murray Moler of or United Press to emphasize In news stories the churchs church's opposition to polygamy and to the Fundamentalists Fundamentalists Fundamentalists and to its assistance in searching out the cultists In overruling the motion Judge Johnson said it would be necessary necessary necessary sary to state in the affidavits that members of or the grand jury had testified in the Fundamentalist trials against the defendants and given g other concrete evidence of their prejudice