Show REPORT ACCEPTED IN EN INTHE THE PARKINSON CASE Committee Investigating the Charges Against the President Of Oneida Stake of Zion Hands in a 11 Written State Statement Statement ment of Its It Findings Finding to the Church Authorities The Report in Full Tb The court ot of Inquiry named d by the tho Presidency to Investigate the tho charge against Gurgo o C Parkinson ot of the thC On lka slake stac has ha completed II 8 report and the tho sumo Ilmo la Is laBO the tho hands of ot the BO TOW in Thu afternoon It Is Ii I understood tho the Count of ot Twelve accepted the tho report mi NI made mude The fh question of Vt the of et Parkinson hi lu hith th tn Church hurch Is la IL II matter IB 18 I not nol In iii the and aud will un double I be 10 taken Ui up later lat I ITh Th rh has haM worked long und anti on Ita and Int given Mh 18 1 ItI every facility fu to were brought l U C Parkinson who hl wan of ut the ennui scheme at ul ulI actions IL lIons liKinS I nItI haW hao been ventilated In III tho the rein from time tu ti tulle und anti also ul o luu pit fur roi tun Cn mido mallo the Ihu c hIed In tin the court of or Idaho The Th la court of ot Inquiry to 10 Investigate tho the various ac tic accusation u wax waR wU up Ul of ut if Eider HetT J und anti Anthony W V of oC O tho thU Council of the Twelve I e I and anil nd ph W tY one olio vt ut the FaiL hirst Council of ut s Their Theli In III full Cull ua I accepted to tu today tuda day dJ da II i 1 uj Ui U Halt talt City Utah Hall Aug 9 mo 1110 Joseph 1 smith I and anU Coun toun du a Dear car undersigned our to lit Investigate in ett watch In III the tho gate atC u stake ol Ut Iun und Cud particularly where there uio uru by boJ Parkinson t linen i n C of or sold satti and aM I er oC of tho the the following flak trull recoil r OI t of ur II nga Tin fh Ti t appointed to make the referred to lu consisted of ot HU Ibb rJ r J George V F und and Anthony W V Ivins 11 au aus of ot sickness In to hi his family g F I was wan prevented irom being be illg n I and Joseph neph J W ti was wan aH appointed to 10 act at I In his hid II a July IS won WM designated as us the Ibe day da upon ulon which the committee would meet m I and the th Oneida Stake a d my at nt Preston the Iho th place where hort UK the u nv would bo be held hekt hektIn hel helIn In order that full tull notice might bo be glYte tu 10 tt nil all parties Interested d tn In the II Jn tho Urn following letter was wasL 18 rii r h L ut ul and anil widely circulated d In tho n Preston Idaho July 8 1010 IIO Df Dear Drar r Brother Will you ou U kindly kind road rend Ih the i fulling wing an nl In your our public ward meetings on July 10 and H 17 as rs sensational reports rel to me 1110 anti and harmful to the tho community at largo large ha have been wen per pr II II circulated d by 11 agents of ot tho the therea rea and others In n hi til It Is i made mailo madet t l that I 1 have been connected l with an aI Reel god growing out of It th m ii of ot the Oneida ton boO d I dc lre to give 0 nil all 11 per IOns inns Irne rued mod tin nil opportunity to otTer offer fUch tu n they the may na ml feel just Justl Rrt nt in n asking and at nt tho the same b be to tu hear said mild complaints nil eni 11 full rull reply In III the tile of ot my a u ur Kr Fr r tins this purpose a n meeting meUng will bo be hUd held IT r tb Ih u room of or the ncnd acad mv nt tt on Monday londay July Jul IS Il Ilat lit it 9 a c ID Ik V o k am nt itt which a n tf tp 5 f several ao ai t at tit the tho th foil mIt Iann n of parties anti and andon on or 01 J Grant K Y 1 and Anthony W Wl We l ln e ul I j II I 11 hi lint nd I wish to Pt laCks mak m kP thi tM public announcement to 10 tho Ihl t r f r the Oneida stair tull that any an slit in ill II persons having grievance me u art ar hereby requested to bo be bot t the above mentioned melt In le yours Sign J GEO C c PAnKI ON O this letter Invitations cro tero ty to t members of ot tho the high coun council cil II of or wards and other Church if t 1 the lIk asking them to tu ba be baft ft tt it nt n t The Tb flit III of or tho the II 1 at the academy d lII on en the tilt utI at a j loik am attl Th There ie wore were pus i Wat tot at th p Inon us on 3 pcr n 01 Ot thIs thle t witH wua reported rel t i to the th cool com commute mute t lL at t B r rd persons persona ns represented ro the th luring grievance anti and that et t I r n by II I Invitation of 01 tit Ih I p rons grievance Li Parkinson the great wire wre stockholders In ITt the cur coT JIl ratin known as us tho the u be lon t a corporation which will wi 0 tany any ri C rr I to hereafter as Iii lS the com tim Th The p matter Iut r taken up by 11 the th ST George rits ll ti i charge preferred II y n rt into titto The Tho complaint was wa 1 ritte elk ether und anti wil hl ha found on ni f flit with wih it I accompany this ro roh fort It h harges rSs nn on the tho night n of ot J 01 n It li list George C com coman cor an In assault upon the iho peron of or 1101 G fe D 7 I him violently IM In an I iVi hl B him hi ln liu flumes ninnes and nd that ho hom m which led I d the ant ani Jr ret t I t ule L lle vc that thaI nl hi hia life wa au In ln ilan von tou reI It I t Is II lucky luck for tr V that Ihal I did dil not nol meet meelI I I a I ago Ro or else ela you or I would nt from trum this conference tonight S t it tk the f Thal the first Ort two tuo of ot made modo by b Catto CasIo before th tin ur lith th MI ot of or lh the take on the C P June It written l b by Geors Gor G orge Parkson and the third article by b Ul w t Hart SI The f Mho that thaI Ih the l assault p thI BR ra n charged that Ihal ln 1 icon tere applied PV 1 to Cn Caste Casto to h Park In rk In ln t and lh ih that t the If to tn ti tho Complaint Ind nod which was t hl 5 ul lIfe b a ulo to be a threat tl that t the th f 8 Insoo T claimed l the word tt create r b t been wn n absent t from rom this Ihla ron con rn rna were Instead of ot the word worde a been to a absent n h na The e alpo that the ile ilee I alo nr Rr l nl b by and called cal the tha th COnfession tre re written by b A bY and hart cho lart nB as I charged I 1 fl that th the 11 t le ai a up ii In t th nult upon linen Ca Culo Casto lo II e hiv he r For r veral years cars Mra ar 1 h the Jl he aJ PP ri d In the press pr I In character r of ot Parkinson has tit t ha att 1 an and nd defamed that h ho he und and his family faintly tamly have hao bean greatly Ir tb hu liu thereby anti and that when thit h 1 Casto CIMo a kno that ho Ito 10 was responsible for tor a n number of ot those M ton atoll II lost his hi and nd made lue the l iii Ilo il ilDr 1 Dr utter Culler uter testified that he was wan called to 10 ti trait upon uHn U I ca CUllo to th the day Y l r tho the hod been and und that thai he lie found no tit indication of ot serious trouble either lher external or In Ii Internal but bul that Ihal thore was n a slight of ut the Ju cIC on 01 tina ium n side of ot the neck nell hilo the provocation lon nas IRI Hii ver Ie great your committee are united In Ira Inthe tile the opinion list Hint I hit tho the used liy by I and anti die ilie matte upon I the thc lr ol of ot Castu asto were wele unbecoming I anti not justifiable While the tile evidence showed that tho thu rind before buforo the tho Oneida stake wore vere fre written n by fill Hart Jorl us 18 charged Cite Can Canto to that thai ho he and cor cur rooted them anit that their contents wits substantially true At 2 pm the thu committee took up III tile tho tiled Iliad lel by 1 stockholders of or the Oneida Irrigation district dl There Thee w ero ro present about 10 O parsons representing tho the of oC if this thin Ihl company H HJ HJ i iJ J allan Callan acting as aM The complaint was mitten vi and was WOI signed by byH H 8 J 1 Callan Joshua John U B 1 Taylor Anton Allion Jensen JI OI und anti Peter Peler 1 I In behalf of ot tile stockholders It I will wi lio be 10 found on an die Ilie Ie with wih other papers which accompany this report The preamble to 10 the tho th complaint tots Mia forth that acting an us 11 president of ot the Ih Oneida stake and aol of ut tho the Oneida Olela Irrigation district Parkin Parkinson son hail had failed In iii thu Iho discharge of ot his duly ditty dil and that thai of ot such failure allure the company hUM has groat linen Inon rial loss loan 10 and Ind that tho th of ot the tho people In their lenders and In the tl project which they thoy had undertaken haul had IRI been greatly weakened That George Georgl C Parkinson hod hai Ind appropriated tho the of ot the tiIt company to his own use title allowed others Ither to do ro so That the thu th units of the Iho company WHO vera commingled with wih personal funds and that the system accountIng ot of had ten broil no Cr 0 Imperfect that the h company had lad suffered greatly thereby It I wnM charged specifically First Pirat That during the tho year 1904 10 notwithstanding the th fact tact that thaI George GeorgeC C Parkinson drew the treasurers full rul salary ho hn 1 lid did ld positively no work torI ns as IS That during the tho years 1905 antI 1808 1906 and until the time of or his In 1107 1 07 he ho performed only a n part purt of ot the th uri r duty tut though besides drawing the tho full tul treasurer r pay pa he tie filed IId hOt bills bila for tor services rendered r anti and alli expenses Incurred l at noise floIs and n nd elsewhere H That who acting as trees Ires titer other orera of ot the tho company had ho In tn their thor hO In In 0 t n C company campolI litmus bonds and money ii n which j ht tiro tb I Icom I complainants com believe hel love wore wa being for tor personal profit pronto and 11 that the treasurer made maule no for tor the Iho re return return I turn to tho the treasury of such funds but buton buton butan on an the Iho contrary turned over OI tn to them additional large sums of ot company I money mOi Third That Thai during durIn the Ule year lar IMS the tho complainants have hlo reason to believe helI I because of or an unsigned agreement a copy of ot which they tho presented that a partnership existed between George C Arthur V Hart Har anti and H I C Chadwick that It I wn was wnM ed Id In such partnership l that moneys monos belonging to 10 the tho company ny should houll be used u d and AmI the Iho profits shared by ly the par part parties ties t to 10 the tho agreement n Fourth That nJ o C C ParkInson transferred to it his Personal account clinic allm of ot money mony belonging to 0 the tue Ih com coal company 01 pany pan juan anti he used u 1 for tor personal Ir profit and that thai thaile he le also collected from hunks hanks Interest nn in n company funds which he ho used as tie le his hiM ow own n 1 lm the tho evidence submitted your our committee finds as 0 tolo follow That during the year rr 1901 HII George C Parkinson did ld receive the full tul pay J of the tho treasurer of o tie the Oneida Onello Irrigation district viz Iz tOO O anti that during Mild MId period he lie performed none non of ot the tho duties diles of ot treasurer tr In lit explanation of n if this thi condition It I was 1 stated by Parkinson on that thaI nt nl the time ho lao 10 accepted the Ih position of ot treeS Iron It I wan t as understood d that Ihal the tho duties lulleR of oC the tho 00 would be bl performed by Uio the secretary anti that he would not be he requited to 10 niva ho thorn them attention The Tue evidence showed that thai during tho years 1003 lO and IMS Parkinson oll drew the tl th till full CulI pay Ia of ot Uio titu treasurer and arid performed only n a Part pail laH of oC the Ihl work rk It I was also shown hown that he lii flIed filed hula bills fur for re rendered anti and personal expenses at nt Boise Holse Bol l anti and nn luring during the Fame came I ported period The evidence showed chaired that on un some acme of o otho the tho dates on nn which the company was USa wat with expenses Incurred In rab ma mail i travel meals etc cl also alo charged the me traveling ln anti and person personal l uon al ni I expenses Op n e to the tho state of ot Idaho It 1 tree lUl shown that during durin the years eera riOS HI earl and nr II other of ot the Ih com om company pany pan did ld have hae In Iii their large amounts of ot company funds funda tuno consisting of ot bonds and cash and that the Ih trees treas treasurer uter m mum de no demand u ulon upon on such leh om nIh officers eels cers en for fl or the return r lur of nt these funds to the treasury hut but on the tho contrary did lurn turn over lo to the secretary tone ono one of ot theyo additional large lorl sums lum of ot corn com company rom pony pany n money mOi In 10 regard to the th last lal count In tho the third chuRe viz Iz that during the th your or 1 1005 05 a n p partnership exl existed lod l George C Arthur W IS Hurl hart and S 8 I C d 1 and that the Ih In Investment vestment f of ot company funds was wag con on Continued on page pace pare two to REPORT ACCEPTED IN INTHE THE PARKINSON CASE Continued from lingo ono one the thie profits front which In lit Investment vestment were to bo ho divided 11 t between wee the th to 10 the tho contract tho UIO evidence showed eh In August 1805 an In agree multi WOM OH provided for tor that formation ton b tur if a It 1 partnership between het the this I referred intoned t to which wan to tobo tobe bo hue In effect from rein Jun Jan 1 There Thero was wan n a I clauw In II said mid hl which provid provided ed ol 0 for or the Investment of any In surplus moneys money which might coma comae COln Into the hands of ot Georgo C Parkinson tho thu profits from front such Investment to 10 be equally by hy tho tiiu parties to the This agreement however JIO r was never nGer signed and mund nn 1 the tho th evidence shouted that It was WI never neer In effect ct It I was Wil shown that Parkinson Hart lart and were wro Interested l lIn In certain 11 n transactions In which olta were Sync shared but It wn was r not nol proven that company money W wits 11 A used In any nn of Cf I transactions transaction except It might be I the tho I of or thin tho Armstrong ranch In thin Ih transaction profits rOI WHO were made anti and by b Parkinson Hart Hart Child wick trick and others and while there thero was no 10 direct to 10 show how that tom com company unity pany money loney wag used to tho of at the tho ho Armstrong ranch circumstantial evidence U is 11 such thAt thattie we tie IP your committee that com coin company 01 pany An moneys were ivere PO so 0 used usI u d dIn In Iii regard to tl tho the fourth charge viz viI That C Parkinson transfer rod rud to 10 his hll own account and Ind used ue for tor huts liU hl benefit funds belonging to 10 the tho company and collected and used 11 interest on company money de deposited d posited In banks wo We find That prior to April 3 1905 1005 Parkinson received froth from tho the secretary I Ie r A 1 of ot the of company which he h deposited to his hil own credit with tho thoD D National bunk bank By 1 April NI 26 24 ho hue hud had I to 10 tho the credit of ot the Iho company with tho thu name bank and checked out oUI for tor the tho 1 of ot tho the company 59 leaving a n balance to 10 his own DOll credit of o This amount remained In the tho hands hAnd of ot tho time treasurer until after the tho th company ac ai accounts I counts COUll were sero wee audited In iii II 1107 1007 I It I was yg WIM explained 1 by tho the treasurer that hat Ihl this amount of ot money mone win WIt re roo tamed allied In liln 1111 lit personal account because of or an nit ni error In iii his books but ro po sails satis satisfactory factory explanation was wan made mad to your nur as miS II to how such Buch error oc curreri On 01 December G 5 1905 1005 Parkinson on transferred front from company funds to huts his own account tho the mini um of ot which ho continued l to tn use until the he heInol float final audit of or tho ho company books In 1907 isO In |