Show fj From a Mothers Mother's Heart r c W WITHIN the past year Salt Lake c county vy I has been disturbed by a series of revolting revolting re- re crimes against girls and young wo- wo men Our court and prosecutors have done what they could to check the rising tide in in this form of crime Heavy sentences have been given to those found guilty and few subjected to formal complaints have escaped d conviction The recent death oPa ofa young girl here again directs directs- attention to this current evil i The Telegram has just received the fol- fol lowing letter from a Salt Lake mother which speaks for itself Editor Telegram Telegram-I am a living In the heart of Salt Lake City I take considerable interest In community affairs and I watch the processes of I justice j stice and the processes of injustice I have read of the tho awful fiendish and brutal assault upon the Lloyd girl and her death from poison sent by the alleged seducer as I have read of so many other attacks upon young girls of late I wonder what we arc coming to o Just as the mother of the Lloyd girl was laughed at by the attacker of her girl so have havo I been laughed at by the fiend who ruined my young daughter within within with with- in the year and who walks the streets of this city free and unscathed and I personally know that he counts his victims by the dozen I am ono one of many who for various reasons cannot como come forward and go into the courts My life is one of sorrow and doomed to continue so Therefore mo me cry out ln In the interest of others On several nights when my pillow has been wet with tears my husband has left This his bed and prepared to go out and avenge the awful deed but on second thought I have importuned and restrained him as I have felt that a poor man would only be convicted of murder for thus upholding the honor of his family a rich man could do it end and go scot free I go about the city and see homes quarantined because because be- be cause of disease therein There was no quarantine sign to protect my girl from what was a thousand times worse than the diseases of the households On our our streets I see the marines sometimes with drawn revolvers protecting and escorting men who carry money but there are no armed forces to protect my girl from those beasts who are a million times worse than any burglar or robber I mean outside of the main streets of the city Is it not about time fathers arm to protect their daughters o 0 Salt Lake where is your boasted honor and chivalry What worth are the hundreds of moral platitudes preached from scores of churches in the face of such happenings Arent Aren't wo preaching dead theologies to the heads of people in place of living J vi al pure and undefiled religion to the of the p people ople Are we not straining at forms and dogmas dogmas dog dog- mas and rules and rituals and the mechanism of ancient methods and neglecting the weightier matters matters mat mat- of and the things that pertain to the heart Very truly yours A BROKEN HEARTED MOTHER r p. p Depend S.-Depend upon it that this letter is genuine and IS truly a throb from a mothers mother's heart Will you i h help lp her and hundreds of others by publishing thi i Perhaps mistaken philosophy has discounted discount discount- Ii ed the crimes this mother speaks f however has taken nothing from the burden bur bur- Jd den of distress a and d suffering which comes to toI toJ J I parents when their own children are assailed must generally appreciate the fact m dern freedom is fraught t with ith dangers for th reason that it often becomes uni un- un i license The parents of young men menI I aswell s w ll as the parents of girls must do their tp rt If modern modern freedom is not attended by dis- dis f fer 11 6 A |