Show U A WOMANS WIL DREAM DREM charges by u a Mrs ITh Dc Yore ore Now und Male Laboring as t a Presbyterian il ill Utah Uth Life jl n rte Appealed to for tor torI McKinley Yore a by bf Mrs D lIe In I a 0 It at Prent at ot of triple uch II I wordIng a badIn of t th the var varI o bl ot of I hI P tnt front pae iIO article Dm Daily Us In tb the Penn PenD DaiY I fol folIt Tb ridiculous story Th 1 It ii co couched bf In til this language It I made b by Mrs n to all I r CI Clark DeVote a wel welIn well In who I Is connected ot of the of home with the board Wt Presbyterian te bar church polygamy I by no I the United States and dead In Unite certain follower of the furthermore faith In ID Utah openly defY the la laws tt Mrs DaVor hu ha been a member of ofU the board of mIssions for the past ff hf U br sari and bu baa served d he her church teen ar tr r world d In 10 man many parts of the Utah to lAst August she he WI was sent ent II 1 Lt take charle ot of a ml missIon lon chool at Hy H rum Tn a letter to her brother Dr R RC r C Clark I Iter of South HIghland Ave AveI Clar charge that 12 Ihl sh hI has ben been sUb I Indignities at the bands band bandi to many maDY j n t Ident of the town where she he has i been and she he I is In con stint 1 tear fear that she hl wil will bl be murdered ot of be objects of oC Mr Mr DeVor DeVotes O te trip to Utah UI a to Investigate the Uth of polygamy It having been to th the bOrd board ot of mIssions that the practice was still In vol vogue at that point ti Mrs re DVore DeVon tuly fully satIsfied her herself self Jt Oft on th the pint point and wi will make a ro ii Jl t to the of her ty In Inthe the 1 letter to b her r brother she stated tate that th polygamy was Iti still practiced al although though In an efort effort I Is now ma made to conceal the fact DVore DeVote limit took UP her work I the br board ot of home mIssion ot of her II in 1 5 and has hal been one ot of the foremost workers In He Her home OltO I is at Corry Pa IS where hu her lal late husband Dr J I H DeVor DeVon WI was a nell el known physicIan ter doing loal work ork In the mIssIon for tor two yer years she was IU rent to Alaska lit In IUT and Anel remain th for lor years I hl t he her posItIon I Is dangerous and lb she ha has written to McKinley to protect the rt ot of the loret society from the ravage ot If th people who p per tilt Hit In annoyIng h her r school con MIsts ot Of i a few tew pupil pupIls who bae have been converted to the ChrIstIan faith Jer list II follows Utah Dee Dec 1 11 Iy Der Dear would larel scarcely ot In AmerICa that ones life when the avocations of p peace are would 1 be endangered and al all the persecutions or of I a Chi Chinese mob would be In lete fluted upon an American mIssion t r In he her 01 own land old and unter under hr own fg Slag lut but here In the ar are Quie quite us bad a as you would td find In any heathen community I think I wrote wrol IU U t lien hen I tnt first lame came hr hers that I put 11 iii I u slag 11 Th They these Immediately insulted I it by decayed at It and II to roten rotten II g I It and me I appealed to the and of course received n flo TIle They ad advised 1 me in to take my flag down lid saId tbt It was so 0 unusual that people dId nt not understand I it I I would not take lak I ft down and t touch I It at their pul perIl I 11 a I hool anti and lints some nor 12 or IDor more pupIls and durIng 1 ally entre entIre stay tD I have ben been subject to Insul InstilL an Sueh conduct having n no enet effect upon me they lavI have to harsher measures They hive hao atoned I my dwelling Ino and cut and my fl hai shot hot through the tha oI aol window which I used U as I a Bol rm room stoned tone my dwelling at night and are doing everything In their to murder me meThe The They bo have stoned m my mild maId ani and abused he her opened th tIme phool school room dor door ald and thrown al all sorts of and frightening th the pupils Into spasm Today I went In Inand inand and 11 stayed wih with them Ihm durn during Ih the non noon hour 1 so when thee murderous wretch 0 Os med to open the opened I It anti anlIot got the ful full benefit of stones stick and I 1 bae have appealed to tile the tl tins ad and agall but bul al all appeals have b In vaIn aln and I 1 a ian of the opinIon the Thy wi will murder me The authorIties comfort m mae b by l me mc that the mob YI will nt not ki kill me and that they CI cart not Aft arrest or control the these assassIns be Ole clue they do not know who IhlY they al are they followed one n ot of the girl pupils gr chasing her with tre fire brands anti Ind trying t to burn her clothing I 1 can ean not idle rte half the IndignIties these thu Mor Inon 01 have upon me ma and oth r mIssionaries Ole One ot of th time assassins In and murderers of UI the immigrants at Moun oun tun Meadows r reside ld hert bore and II Is at ar arold old mn man and Ind highly respected cItizen lie lel tell ho how much he took In dashing out the brains ot of the lIttle dean a iii he held beld them by br the tet feet There h are many I and bla biga bigamists mt mists lIving here clo close t 41 mI me for the tow town h hai only 2300 3 Inhabitants Aba ban done mn and d abandoned women omen are that tIle the should IE l raie called Tl This I Ii one of the of their for vol o ad jd the of practicing their faith anti bl belief f In Oo God GodA A nin marie marrIed a woman then adl idled hIs hll Wt sister Iter to hi his harem hel tb the government mal matie a raid on such uch affectionate Ind end Jur Pure hu husbands band he dl di 0 d Il hi Wife and marrIed her sister who W hd had ben been lIving wih with him and at a te the moment he Ie lives t both Ire WoOer Mader the same lam roof In the same m h boss Oe one woman dOln doing the house work lb the other teaching In the publIc schools hol Hero I ii another cal case of th their lr good OI mor a iii A man under the ba ban for tor a hAm harem ller rater In number than the on one I have just lt mentioned found I it convenient to where he Caa where presented him self u a voter being he be to toelt the ot oath of t to her ma te the queen quen ad and bame became a subject When piece dawned one daWe ont lAO iRon O on tbt the prosecuted and devout Mormon onon when tah became I a State and they cald could have han a as may many women omen In their I alma as al th they y chose wih with afi n ot of Uvula or tor or Mormon oron vot put lt them In the I flood Mormon returned to th the oll bosoms 9 OI bl hIs families 1 and nr at the last Iut election Voted t Ir Unchallenged Tb Mor lor T thon church compels 0 of vo I UT ii W Well l u as In al all other maton matters I The They wr were al all Democrats tour four yeses tn I flOW ago alo The ar are al all Republicans Mute rt the president appealIng to bla him fr protection te yesterday I did not ul uk him to protect my life fur for it If It I is ne neon sacrificed to ex CX ear that It should b be to tl th world I am m pLse 10 lent though In this land of oC freedom It seems unnecessary tv to bt be a martyr and although no coward I do not ii al together rejoice at the thought ot of a crown but bUI I wi will not desert my pot post come If lIfe or death I asked the president to protect the pr property rt ol 01 th the board ot of home mIssions and to 10 pro plo teet the fa flag of our country countr J I wi will fd b by my country ray my anti and m my flag and nd defend thom them with my life If ne neon ury r The statements I hav have made J I c can cannot not prove yet they are true an ani known to b be tre true by every cItizen of oC the I have reference to th the Ile practice ot of polygamy Th The appoInted lIe live y years a 10 ago at Lan Logan I ii a polygamist Not Nol Ion long lr ago a man resided with nine Women In hI bl Ho wu was a of sat under the shade of an umbrella aa and bil Isis farm work whIch was 81 performed by bythe the these nin nine women whom polygamy called wives 1 Not only inlet an amendment to th lon b be enacted and In 1111 that grand document but on one prohIbiting Mor or vI wilt the leprous I that d t 01 de des toys home l ad and make makes ot of man a bestial being 1 ao vIle le that vice I is made ble god ud and tren treason hIs hll life companion companion Each Mormon t takes kl an oth oath to do al all In hi hIs power to destroy the government and avenge avene th the death dath of Josiph Smith Thil This may b be my last lut leter letter murde murder ut of uta ofa a an art act ot of piety In the roe code ot of morals and religIon Affectionately your our sister lter MART CLARKE LARKE A copy ot of the paper containing this the News e aCe a few dl lays ate after I Its publication I Persons ron II in Utah or those thoe wih with condi ton lions here will 1 reOn recognise I the solute of at Ih story tor The De Des Deseret et eret NIi News however immediately ly com coin an Investigation and I is In r ra ot of the followIng from James Uns Un worth 1 a merchant at Uy fly rum Byrm Hyrum Utah De Dee of the 10 It rhe received I wi will tr try to give Ive you 1 tl the facts In ca can ot of Mrs Ir DVor DeVore the PresbyterIan school chool teacher here In Hirm II kl DVore Devote came her here sometIme In August takIng up he her residence In Ih the vestry back ot of the church and his has re there ever since lon soon after her coming she naIled a sven Cot nag flag American on the wal or of the church abolt two feet tet abe above the ground on the sidewalk withIn reach ot of any child and I It lass hal remained there ever since Al A I Is well el known knon Iid said fal flag h has In been I for advertIsing purple Purposes by her herand anti and the pastor ot of said ad church hurh In hig service rICH church sociable etc hy by placards pinned to It It We b believe Iee there Ia was an object In placing lid said to sonic lome unruly boyn to tear It down down She was 8 asked alke to place tie the 1 flag on some ome pole or flagstaff amI mu In a proper flace place but she hp hat has positively to do so the tact lt her Hible t teaches ach iced u ua not nol Into Inlo temp temptation tation ant anI as she hl states touch I it at atour your our peril As AI to the shootIng through h the window ther there I 1 no marks mark to show I It A window may hints been broken hut when hen and by whom we are r not abl able to 10 say ay mans of oC our windows are bren broken by snowballs or stones and we e do not complain ot of the Ire She ha lies A school with abut about 10 or 1 12 Imal small children who In w we know nothing about the man many alleged indignItIes she he 11 has suffered If any I it must hae have ben been from Crom children ot of other schools chool In puss Ilas ing to and fro and the they Ina may have In interfered wIth the pupils ot of her school which often otten occur 1111 al all schools hols As AI rard regards b her r Ir life being In danger we can only say y I It Is II a phantom of the Ther There I no tor or her br bare faced alerton assertion The murderous wretches she he writes abut about murt ha have school hool boys boy No grown r men or bys boys have ben been guilty af an charged W f have had Mr Ir Ihl the pastor and Ind hi his good lady lIvIng In our midst t anc and h he hu has r taken part In OUr celebrations luch such as s the lalon birth George bIrthday etc tc mind nd hits has hat had tb the liberty of speaking and hii has been orator on on one occasion We e eh h hat nfl n n Mm sni An t f m i a aThe The letter r a as a whole I Is a tissue ot of falsehood alho and I is written for ret In Inthe inthe the Eat hut Se See te the a accompanyIng fl nih davit dalt yours oun J 3 U DENIAl State Stat o of Utah County ot of Cache City ot of Byrm as Wel Wells McBride mayor ot of CI City I C justice ot of said I I city and aad I hi I II Petersen justice of precinct personally appet red d before me ald anti beIng duly 1 srn urn and lY say That they al are the Ir n hoh hold holdIng In Ing the desIgnated and nt the only judicIal authority 84 cl cIty and preCinct That Mrs rl Mary Do De VOI Vote hat has l never ver appeared arf to eIther of them for foi of any grievances o whatever and that the In her lele letter ot of le 11 1 19 published In Inthe inthe the Pittsburg Dily Dilly News to UI eon con trl ar are tal false Ph Phe ba bus made mide h n corn com complaint plaint to either of u us anti nr ot of u uc have an any knowledge official or othe other otherwise wil wise ot of any trespasses f against her or her property or that of the church We believe the charges Ih she makes In Mit said letter ar are nt not trl true and that hr her feN sire of personal InuI Injury ap ire unda uada In tact fact Our courts Ir are ald aNti We wi will willingly l aid In a any anyone one trespassing against hP her personally or the pr property erty of th church or who othena otherwise violates the laws or of the lint WELLS Mayor ot of H rn CI City I C Justice of Hyrum City n II 1 H PETERSEN Justice Hyrum Precinct Subscribed anti sworn om to before tOr Ie me methis this day dar of December r A D IN 1 lal Seal ChARLES C W Notary otar Pu Public bU |