| Show ASTORY SPOILED WE WF have seen occasional allusions 0 of late in our western exe exchanges banges to a dreadful murder that was said to have been perpetrated upon somebody by the mormons cormons Mor mons in the southern part pai rt orthis of this territory we could not obtain any particulars tic ulars respecting the aal air and concluded it was one of those stories which are periodically put in circulation to show the public what dreadful creatures the people of utah are Th eperson who was reported as having been foully murdered it now seems was Ch charies charles ailes agles A leake formerly state senator from cal aheras california he has heard 0 of f these reports and has written to th the e silver bend nev reporter which paper ull uri under der date of june ath says we aro arc happy to announce that leake not only lives but he has not been in any manner mistreated or abused by the tho dior mor the following sed to us from the gentleman himself fully at tests it bears date hiko may alay 11 1 l have been informed that thal that extraordinary re J ports have been published by your paper a e as to my persona 1 1 I be leave to I 1 for you that the report reports 4 as I 1 hear them aro arc not noti only false but put in circulation by some gome malicious person to do me an injury I 1 llad had some business with the mormons cormons and aud visit L ed their settlements and I 1 must say that I 1 found the them in the fame as tho the balance of th the sons and daughters of adam and eve an and like other people in all respects Iw I 1 was aswell well weil and kindly treated by them and was pleased generally with my trip I 1 have end endt adored to better tonetter my fortune in a quiet and arid unos manner by my niter hiter intercourse course courso with the mormons cormons Mor mons but 1 I 1 see in my absence that my name has been used to their dam damik ago without any foundation in fact 11 if mr lea iea 1 eake cake ke had not taken the pains to correct in this public manlier manber the re ports which had been circulated about elm him his ease case would have remained as a bothi r instance in stance of mormon perfidy and would probably haye baye hav b been een often quoted in that ni anner manner rad araut in n t the people of this territory tho though u h but hut a simple act it is so rarely do douthat h th t mr leake deserves credit fo for his u bl 1 of these unfounded ruri ruji rumors or 70 ut 1 I 1 v |
