Show T S LOUS LETTER WO Preacher Writes from It A i German This City to a Pastor in Germany IS SHAMEFUL FALSEHOODS Misrepresentations That t bJ Vigorous Protest and Bring Forth a 1 Refutation Iron from row German Germ Residents to havo hava been writ written A A idler I tt purporting from tram Salt Lako City by iy ono one Him Zim tn ten claiming to be pastor pator ot of n er having been boen published d il In Ina r churCh uch here number rumber of Herman and anti SSI 8 papers paper Inquiries a were Sere made of German rest resl concerning thu astonish astonishIng of oC det t and libellous statements therein contained Ing Ilg The German Saints havo have be bo become becoa come coa Indignant at tho thu course curse of ot the writer of oC the thO letter leter and have havo pre re pared te red a reply tepi which has been by about r tout Z G reputable persons for tor publication Wo here reproduce In tO Europe cation fn aton Eng English lih scandalous letter lett r in both of ot wh which ch have lue id th thi r replY ply pl ten Wn translate for tor the Nu Till TlE ZIMMER m of oC tho th Clergy rut Once Second South Halt tott Luke Lake City Cl Eat State flute of at Utah North America Oct O Suie 1903 lIon Hon lr Vr I 1 ter City lon Ot Germany ermany Gentle r FatOr Faltor tor I 1 have never thought to 10 toMter cater Into direct correspondence corr with eter but conditions here force torce me mc to do 10 iou this and ask uk you ou now to give Ilo me mc a a Us ls ear from In the district of oC a 0 number of oC families have hlo recently migrated to distant Utah the tho th Zion Ion of at the tho days there to trend remaining days dayH dB In race i and an happiness The rho families of oC 11 whom bom react I particularly write ut n this time in Ire those of oC Shoemaker Frederick Beh Sch Behind and ind ae Mechanic Thomas U It both from tram Mr Ir hero here In Inthe Inte inthe the sprIng of 1502 1002 and Mr U l not no un tin te ill til last lat week The rue first firM mentioned tl behold beh ld the situation of the tho no so tilled Saints In n a very ver hort cale tIne time When the German erman ol ot North Korth America opened their mission mIs lut lor year ear CF among the tho Germans In int SaIl gilt lit t lAke Uko City Cl Mr Sch h and his hil wife ife themselves at once with this work Mr r Silv hi Is II now willing to give ghe Information ton concerning the tho Mormons to tG any iny anyone one erie who ho desires such His Is ad addrel adms drel ms li is 13 Wert Second South Houth street fill Lake Like City rl it Utah Ulah The family CamlY It 11 1 as ni mentioned above In the Mormon Zion Elun last aek k They find themselves seriously te led and If they the could they would return to their native lIutO homo and Ind andrut rut pMt rt It with Ith tears and Joy So jO but they the meaL Mrs Mr H 18 1 while In Germany from Crom her he relations the tho sum SUI of ot Itt 1 i marks maks which she confidentially to these holy brethren Soon Boon t 1 she tho was WS as compelled to toft toLy nr ft Ly the tha hA round sum of oC GO marks w u Into Inlo Zions treasury With the remainIng money tho the family tamly on their way WiY to 10 Won When hen Ity IhlY mind arrived hero last week they found le without money Ioney and roune tho the HUy I II B is hi now no nt at tho the mercy of shabby My f dear I 1 hlo seen tho Iho leaf Uari and aai heard henl the cries of oC tho the people 10 long lonu that I feel eel In tl lament upon them I am minister of silt Eilt lAke uk city and Ogden tho two cities ciles In Utah and anil Ild I conic com m In contact with wih theo Mormons tiny tny by jay s1 r and wd have hao In this way WIY seen many malY thing which are hidden to 10 an ni ordinary cian en n and ar now I say SI Tho The Mormons w do o their expulsion rm Prussia and nHI Mecklenburg con t their labors inborn In these and nil alt ni other in the tho German empire era are le a 1 i tune to lcj our land and our people Thu hu UddIn object of their religion li is Im un 11 sad mid business bu These hest W juel men Induce our plain 1111 and all hon hOI Ml lit tl ii n citizens to 10 como coma to Utah li hero ro their th lr fathe and relations hold holl IU an make uk of them their useful lad Id hardworking servants for Cor little or i win wl ili Ilvo give you 01 tho the following IUNe of ot how cheap some of our Pf l are r hired In A L oi UI U ma in La salt Joke ruy ity I owned by H It 1 D I a Monnon M In every sense of the word void eCIO JM ho has ha fur tur wives many Germans ire employed tho lie now new tie and Ind newest converts conerl but be beUs beni Din ni this Us i parent hove lovo lo for Cor his follow tel 0 fj aan 31 i cr s R hidden another object In iii cur nir To Fe any uny lher ner Am rl ri an al Mr D B would have hae to tI iy from 20 to 00 n a I lla in k ut wh v h pL S n ll hn these theao t green grcen LAM u JM th they y nyu l hf h here re ho fan m J i them th m only 01 The to O a n day tia do In Inv h 1 5 IIa vay 5 J Iv I makes lake ll ft 1 01 CU Imy v n nf f from liW 1100 00 to 10 60 rids o 0 n a considerable Hum sum during dUrin the eor or for Cor this Mormon to 10 tor fled kd h fur r wives but that Is not lot nil ni that Mr Mp I 1 gets KeH lell from froni hil huts n a man earns tho the bl big huu round sum l m n oC it 10 elc pr rr Mr Ir D I Pays tIm only y In cauli tho 10 remaining sI 2 li la the h tin 1111 tinn Ii n hll hI In I n tithing mono mon y heu wont r ants to u use this mony M eni cal only I ho be eil In the klIng el Morin n Stores store ho find Ond wi tw tho II er of at 23 cents on ever Ph dilar fh 1 however Is not Cor to uny say ny on 01 one word 1 this t Vry n is B compelled to toM M anI iL II M the rule rulo of or the tho h Church M W r A rei IhM r 1 over ocr The Tho 25 23 uIl the tho laborer loses is ll IL W tot I tt r nt to tue tho lh employer which ho hue nt at It Ihn th l tithing tr treasury nury In Zion Ion Wee It i t nt t rive lre hi l eo Iho th employer mi wr would SOUlI not lot this money but Ut nl fl th In hurch In n ard Fal tko Lake rl it 1 0 largo large store tho thin these hOIt a No ln Other bU business In fl th this My City Pt IC f tithing lff money oney nIM thIs ti i h i loss which Is Upon I Is b al ats laborer JiT here the Iho Mormon Moron m whole In to 10 pay rny In tithing of llla hula In m Wh nn ald and every eory y ry first rt Sunday month h I called fast Ia hay by the tho no Ilmon nV lie ho also lina m to pay his hiM l fast fHt l ls should not ho lx II iCH UNI turpi Ihn tb mo nt It would take to I his hla family wih sith lh ll theIr regular lar rt he is Ie to 10 ho bo paid In cash If It r I a to come 1 tip to r hI ho Is IH without excuse c c II left leU nt at tho I r ople ni mere merc of oC the for tor hi his employer Iii IH nicer I DC at the 11 on Mormon Il elder H nn church hl nn an apostle ni an I Rugel nn n a prophet r anti and the tho II in n the rR rl ful full rii 1 and 1 the tho irs haw f o Meat labor Ir En in n Perhaps already Bono gouie on mi tl ant Bw 1010 wrt nd to toa Rot the Iho i a GO Gospe tl el The old eld CI j saying I 1 an hog hOK 1 or tIle Ie is th tue tho mot t I II in f y COIO whore ono one op e eq th li 01 lul M if IC the authorities Ko o ow ui i e What Who ho 01 shall a II Person uon do asi W callot Tho The speak peRk the tho 1 I nf A Watt al in Mormons huto h vo lt no mercy mH n their heart henri n nil l Cr ni harder than alth tho Wn gait Wr mountains lh that l surround A fai aley I l d 10 ilo believe a n wolf rm our lucre 8 he if Ie ho po 1 to n coul ht tho i before ft n Mormon over oer o or terrible lo existing hor lucre Now ow for tor this reason I pray pm MIl anti ap appeal peal noah r a it I father of ot a 1 family ns as n a Christian and a I herman pastor to you anti nil all our bur ur German citizen In our native land to warn our people train from emIgrating to The rho teus and tho the of ot Inn man hundred Ocr Ger Germans mans mauis ascend to the heavens helens dally daily dol but notwithstanding these existing condi condl conditions conditions tons here the tho missionaries of oC this re reo their labors In III II Germany unmolested Nothing IH IK said Bald BalI about the Immorality I I 1 t of ot this Zion whoso first prophet and president Joseph F r Smith haM four wives not counting his other concubines They Thc per udo old and young to come conic across 1 thin IhA ocean saying Now ow n 11 no you oU are baptized IL a Mormon you must also go KO goto KOto goto to Zion Ion Salt SaIl Lake City CI and KO go IO through tho tim Temple to 10 receive recelo tho the till full ful glory of heaven hIen by having haring It upon you on the tho earth Nothing la lii said Mid however that be ho behind hind these secret walls of oC tho the Mor Mormon Mormon mon Temple young and Ind old olti women omen are aro Iro under the cloak of oC religious ceremony or what else ehe does doel that menu mean lean when n a I German woman late lute of ot Berlin after has lia gone gOle through the time Templo and ond to me inc le wIth tears In iii II her eyes es Oh Mr Pastor dimmer how low I have ha 0 been made Ilde to fall In that Temple They have base robbed mo inn 1 of f my 1 character I now nos stand lower than thun the lowest harlot In lii the City of Berlin BerlinI I will wil now no close co lint hut I trust trul that thal you honorable Mr Pastor will wi assist mo me IO for tor Christ Christs mako to have the Mormons banished on account of oC their Immoral Immorality ity Iy which Is not In tho the Hook Book of ot Mormon but In the Doctrine mid and Covenants and a demanded t by their prophets hoc have them 1 from linden Blien and Ind nil all 11 other othor parts of ot tho the Ocr Ger German mart man empire especially e so In berg whore where they tile the their tore and recently held a n large largo confer conference once ence elCe Inasmuch as u this thul family 11 B 1 reported to me 10 the Intentions of oC the tho H B 1 and his lila family to como come here hen and Irl pleaded with wih me inc lust last to send them a word woid of ot warn warning lug ing In I pray lImy you YOI in tn nil all ni to them from rota doing HO so O I give you 01 Oli permission to 10 publish this thin letter leter timid Ind to gIo II It to tho the pollee authorities that the thov rn Inn no flO 10 longer suffer lufer these to continue their wick wicked ed nil 1 preaching rc there For Kor tho the truth of at my 1 Ui report I gho Sho you oU my m Iii ministerial oath I 1 will wi ho b very vory ery pleased to give you OU any finy nn further desired information I Ire re ro remain main maui with hearty herty antI tho the request to send me inc the of oC your our efforts Yours YourA faithfully 0 1 A Minister of the tho Church of ot Christ Salt Sit Lake Iak City CI Cli or OP I RII TH It Jt Is astonishing how certain men muon ten I who profess to be bo followers of Christ will 11 take It I upon themselves to bear false their neighbor Kuch Huch nn an ni example wo O timid thul In iii u a 1 letter written by h Hev nO 0 n 1 A limner KIt 82 east cant el t Second South uth Halt Lake City CI tali minister of oC the German Evangelical I church whIch Is II nothing but from beginning to end enl Ills HH object HS as 18 he h Buys 81 in IR to create within tIme the hearts heart of ot the tha German and Its It I leaders headers tho the Latter day In In Saints which would eventually 10 me cult nult In tho the banishment of oC the Elders from Germany We e as ns a n people pay pl Put little Ito or no attention to such at nt In this thin case however where G GA A makes mention melton of oC names of ot certain parties who have havo recently recent Im Immigrated hl migrated to Utah and some IOle rn pot IB concerning them thel mid 1111 tho the people conditions lucre here in general and timid nt at tho thue close clem e seals Penis It with wih his lila oath co wo so feel It ft a duty dut to 10 say rny a t few tew words word In reply and 11 ask our readers to dice follow Colow fol low our explanations ions without prom prejudice LL have been leen 1110 to give Hive Mr air tr I nn on In opportunity to explain him hll him himself self Kelt el amid 11 give elvo glo for tor u writing riling his defamatory latter lottor lelot but In 11 vain ll Finally Mm Mrs Irl rain called at lila his house to mako Inquiries when caled ho became very WI angry and III oho alma told lieu her tho testifies that ho lie tolt was S fourth person lerson who had hll called on oui him about abott the th letter leter Ind ho hun hind Imd u a revolver ready In his hi desk drawer which ho Ito proposed realy to use If it ho Ito continued to ho titUs thus bothered First of oC nil all ni we present a ft copy CO of oC has Hov nO 0 A letter and call cal attention to the tho fact t ct that Utah ns OR well wel as our neighboring ta tOi where hero tho the Latter day Saints or Mormons re Fide phil IH in II In II every respect n a fr tree n o country for Cor Mormons amid alike that we are nrc enjoying liberty In II every cory of oC the won worth word In in a R higher do the grce gree titan perhaps any nn an other people on tho tIme globe that It Is It II ono one of ot tho articles pf of our faith to grant rant every oVer ono one OlO the Iho privilege P to do 10 and believe nn atm nl he hI thinks I of ot the tho right and that on the Iho part Church no n unjust powers or Influences are exercised 11 over Its lB members not oven even tl no as l much as ns Is I Ih the ho case caco of som IOA of ot the Iho churches and their members In II tier Ger Germany or many Now ow as n to the correctors anti truth ulness of oe n ne nov v letter Idler wo we with will wi let jet our renders readers use their own 01 Judg Judgment Jud ment mOlt Tho Time undersigned residents of ot Salt Lake City CI herewith testify In iii II nil all ni eAr car neatness and attach tach thereto tho the seal Hel of oC tho the notary public that the tho contents nf f the above letter written by hy llev G U A 28 Knot Second South Salt Fait Lake Iko City my Utah Is IR In every detail u n serious rite Tho shoemaker Helm mentioned by hy hyIev Zimmer In lii II his hil letter Is roderick Frederick of tier Ocr mang m 11 now residing In this cRy city Whether or not this shoemaker llo claims membership In tho tha Church we ie are tin In mm able to state Shortly before hetro his ratIon to Utah ho paid tho the penalty of ot 13 38 months Imprisonment for Cor or Immoral Immorality ity I it Whether or not this Ier er Is In n rUf as per por recommendation of oC Hev Zimmer r n a 1 relIable person from whom to secure correct Information on Oi Mar Mor Mormons Io mona mons and Mormonism wo so question queston vory sory or much mich This Thil n 13 about hom U n v Zimmer writes has recently Immigrated rn to Utah and Is In now In the tho deepest of nf poverty at nt the tho mercy of his Is 18 Thola who makes inn ken the tho following statement That neither ho nor any nn of his family have havo over seen this llev lO Imler up to tho time of oC his hil writing and that Hev IC r never did receive front from them tint tho Information which ho hB claims that thal they tho have em eni m the Gospel GO Iel of oC their own oln CIC will wil and choice that they have never been compelled to pay tho th marks as tithing th log ing but that Mrs Irl Hantel nonte paid It of oC her heron own on free wills will 1 that at tho the time of oC their arrival In Utah they tIC did not ibid Ind them themselves selves deceived In lii 11 any way wn anti had means left to return to 10 Ger Germany Germany many It If they tIme the had bath so no desired that since their arrival they have never been hen In poverty t and havo have not been loft heft lef ut ot lt the mercy of oC the tIme that soon coon after their arrival Mr Ir Hantel obtained em employment at nt Sliver Silver Hros Bros Broi where ho ha hI han hns hURlen len boon steadily employed ever evel since and amid they further state slate that they the feel con coil contented I tented her anti havo have no lD need of 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