| Show t 1 I HE KNEW THE THE PROPHET Additional Pacts Fuels Fiet Connected With Wih the History of or Col Kelting Some Sante time ago ngo o o there appeared an nr ar In the News concerning tho the death at nt Cotton Colton San Bernardino coun county county county ty Cal of Col Cal Joseph Jo ph A Kelting an nn anold anold old all friend of the Prophet Joseph Smith The following letter leler received by James Dw r from tram Elder Either Joseph I Robinson president of ot tile tho California mission gives e some HOle additional 1 facts facto connected with tho the history hl o of the deceased ell Ban n Francisco co Co March t James Dwyer E I SI Salt Luke Lako Ilko City Utah Dear DellI favor of the tile at hand handi Ant no 50 o rushed that I J cannot annot t write you 01 a long letter leter at this time hut but tho Iho facts that IhM I am In possession tm or orIn ot Ce otIn In ill relation to 10 rot Coi rol filth aio an 19 ni fol tol oh lows 1011 In brief brIet tin as 11 he ho told lold mo me one time mm when visiting him 1111 He lIe le knew Joseph Jo tim tho Prophet In II Ohio and later In IllI 11 IllInois nois Wan baptized and receded Ills hl endowments later IBler In the tho he Tern rem pie Was 18 taught laughl tho the principle of ot poly oly I gamy by b the I Prophet and received one aba o or two to wives wIllIe while wile In Illinois Belong Belonged ed Ill to the came rame Masonic lodge as the Ihl Prophet and rendered him valuable u as while he h colonel ras WIS slier her Iff I of ot Hancock county cOUI Was IVos Wal ono one of or tho Ilu first fir t judges In Utah Ulah anti es 01 the circuit courts of oC that tel arid and Ills Is wife wie thou died about seven years ego ago and I noted when we a burled buried him last Saturday that hi hil Ills mother was trite IS burled buried In the same saab lot with wih him and hi his wife UI lie He leaves soy sev several 8 eral grandchildren In Cotton Colton Colon nail and nOI tiled died In the 1110 House of ot one of ot thom them a Mrs I Lamb I underStand that ho has a daughter at nl Lou Los Angeles John Brown BrownJr Jr attorney ator y at nt law of ot San ln can enn give glo you ou more Information on alt this score oe than anyone else dee IISe I 1 know of oC Tho rho colonel had preserved his left them nil ready rendy read for 01 his burial with wih Instructions to so that Unit I a stranger could have properly y dressed him had bad none nono of ot us been In 11 the vicin vicinity fly ity Iy We Wo have hare not nul heard or seen sen anything of ot Mr Hoffman for tOI a I long time Ev Es Everything l v factory Just In the now noss mission Is quite satis sath satisfactory |
