Show A MEMBER OF THE IK IN TROUBLE A MEMBER of the happy family re sides in this city got into trouble on saturday evening the family has an unfortunate knack of getting into trouble and of putting their foot in it it might have been leen been deen imagined that the failure of the provo raid would have taught them caution were they men of sense it would have had this effect but their acts prove that they are not they do not lack activity or ti veness ess but they commit such stupid blunders that their energy destroys their own plans on saturday evening about six an attempt was made by major W P offley a deputy postmaster of this city to assassinate mr E L sloan one of or the editors of the salt lake herald in the office of the latter on first south street the facts in brief as we had them from mr sloan are as follows offley called at the berald herald office and asked to see mr sloan and was shown in to the tatters lat tens room which he entered and locked the door inside he accused mr sloan of having published certain things in the herald kerald derogatory to his character and said that mr sloan would have to take these statements back offley was requested to leave but did not dobo do so mr sloan made an attempt to open the door but only succeeded in unlocking it when seized him and drew a pistol and held it I 1 to mr sloans breast the latter how ever seized his hia hand and prevented him from cocking the weapon at this point mr john T caine entered the room and offley was disarmed and given into the custody of the police after offley was taken to the lockup we are sorry to say his hia excellency governor shafter shaffer sent his hia private secretary mr black to endeavor to procure the lu release in this however he did not succeed aa as the policeman in charge had no authority to set him at liberty it is a matter of extreme regret that the chief executive of the territory should identify himself with these disreputable proceeding sand summer suffer his name to be mixed up with those of an attempted assassin and his associates yesterday morning on the personal solicitation of marshal patrick the prisoner was released and appeared this morning before the district court when he was indicted and placed under bonds of 2000 to answer at his trial this assistant postmaster ex associate ed press agent and would be assassin is also according to his own reported statement and ami public rumor a deputy U S marshal truly we have some choice officials of in this much favored territory this it is said ia Is the person who has gulled the press east and west with so many outrageous statements misstatements mis about affairs in utah how much longer will our atmosphere be contaminated by the presence of such persons when will executive and judicial dignitaries cease to lend their support to such a contemptible clique as that of which this mendacious correspondent is a representative and how long will it take to expose the whole scheme of the malignant but dunderheaded plotters against our liberties let us be patient pation tl A few more shuffles and cuts like the provo raid and attempts at the lives of our citizens and the hand of the ring will be freely exhibited we abide our time and are certain of the result |