Show finitza VALLEY TAN having been absent from the city for the last month attending the session of the U S court for the 2nd and judicial district in and for the territory of utah holden at provo I 1 ask permission to publish in your columns columbi the following re maiks I 1 have noticed in the deseret news a short article in regard to ray my argument in the parrish case I 1 wish to inform the public that I 1 have been employed by the surviving surviving members of the parrish family by the consent of the U S attorney i and a approval of the court to aid in the krosec prosecution atio D in consequence of the article above referred to I 1 deem it due to myself and your readers to make the following statements so far as aa the article in the deseret Dese ref news speaks speak in regard to my assailing the civil and ecclesiastical authority of territory ri any further than the evidence justifies it is false and a liel lie as aa the evi evidence dedee only reflected on the bishop of council and the justice of the tha peace then acting who held the inquest over the tha dead bodies Foras for as the evidence shows after aar parrish had exhausted every recourse in that county and precinct to recover his property which had been stolen he resolved reaul ved to apply to the highest a authority utho ri of f th the e territory Tenito Terii tory rj at that time his excellency brigham y io but bat he was informed that if he attempted attempt 1 leave that hat place for said purpose hen be t 10 r should hould live to see brigham bouic you never er anil g b and figu gi I 1 be sequent quent events prove that this threat fulfilled fulfill ed asi as upon his endeavor to leave lean aa 1 place he be was killed in my arguments I 1 alluded to these fat fa I 1 and stated that these vile murderers murderer sis v ere cm content with robbing him of 0 all he be po bo al 01 sed bed and then preventing him of redress i 1 for fear that brigham young the only 1 1 I Y in whom hoin lie he ibid confidence or h hope 1 I 1 ope 1 bolk 11 i redress his wrongs they deprived banot binot leiai by taking his life but we could that a no nothing thing L diore ore than misrepresentation fr peet sue such h a lying scribbler as J V long tv 11 porter of the deseret Des cret news upon that le ot casion than that lie he would shade trita and furnish a falsehood especially il serves his bia personal end boa alst in the presence presence of american office and he a fo regneL by birth that ciflie if li e ha hal been in echo kanyon bearing arms against mhd lie united states re he would itu itil honor lonor and ashamed of it f which 1 aich J T long did should be be shown shown up ana and not OC a 1 credited as a faithful reporter on the day following the above emolt vanity long was in introduced r trOd as a to prove the character and demeanor of candid candidate ate on application tor for bis big final paper i of naturalization when I 1 objected to t t 1 evidence and introduced dudley aid ad myself to prove his disloyal assertion ahoy above mentioned men tinned when ii he n he partially retracted aa qua I 1 ifield them by saying that he did not say it was an honor but he would not be ed of it immediately ely after this court for dinner when met hath intended to give giveins me hell through the colpini co luini of the Ie deseret Iea eret seret news neis sa s1 11 that he intended intend eSto to garble gaeble ny my action and spee speeches ebes just juat sufficient e h t to make me appear ridiculous redi culous because I 1 0 ob n jec his evidence I 1 refer the thep public ubbe to te his hun hn judge cradlebaugh capt math heath dudley and P K dotson for t a truth of the abone at statement at ement and I 1 would add further that so longas the people of ottha ahk territory are infested nuh ith a crl lying serab lers as the aforesaid reporter has shown himself to be so long will they have t r otal lt I 1 am satisfied that he has colored his reports arts for the purpose of crying per persecution be cution there is no nes sity of the cry for so far tarn aa the military wap was conceio tied rive themselves properly both officers ard and sold ers so far as any evidence in the aboe aboNd calt cak that 1 have heard or know of it cast no r rt upon brigham young or the leads leada of the church I 1 lit in conclusion allow me to say that I 1 pi lish the above not so much in vindicate of my own character as to let the people know the false foundation upon editor of the news ineas formed his of the aforesaid investigation and trials conse the i weight they should hate ban with the people j yours ac WILLIAMJ T M S WILLIAMS i |