| Show M the tho government officials Official sia sla in utah I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 shouni the united cited states marshal and the district attorney of utah are in great trouble at present they are charged with the serious offense offence of obtaining a confession from the unfortunate mormon wretch lee let under a false promise of protection a and pardon and with suppressing statements tate late ments in that thit confession C not favorable to the head odthe of the mormon church they however declare clarean in refutation of the charge taht it is iera ilga a job f pub put pu t up by th the e Morn moru lons ions and a shyster in their interest 11 they characterize the chief complainant gilman aa as a liar and unworthy of belief th they by insist that thoy they suppressed no part of tha confession nor did they sell or speculate in it it ia is aiso also claimed that abat the the whole thing is done to procure ro curte curre their removal in favoron favor favo of leer lebr certain tain hungry politicians elana ciana who desire their places well we ido 40 not lantto want to be too hard on these officials elais wt but it is Js of remark rem k that gli oil oilman biati was wa sHeard of the fl h e cua eba conduct duct duet of district howard and rne marshal marshai neison nelson was raa ras yaa such as to lead us to tb suspect that something thi in improper was going on at th theotime the artime time of th the e execution of lee wo pointed out the auspicious eon bon conduct of these gentlemen and called tite tho attention of the department of justice to it snig did did it t approve of its subordinate officers speculate in ingin K in blood money it may be that certain lawyers ambitious for the official shoes of howard and nelson have taken advantage of the suspicions aroused by our comments to aid their own little schemes but it will require something more than a mere naked dental denial to by these officers to convince the public hereabouts that there is nothing in the very circumstantial charges of gilman oilman but hut buttles lies lles and perversions gilman oilman swears to his statement howard and nd nelson content themselves with a card to the thle newspapers gilman oilman nan may be a very bad man but let us not take lake as conclusive evidence of his ill repute the junsup edited po arted statements of those whom he fae accuses of grave it turn out that injustice ice has been done to the district attorney and the united states marshal of utah I 1 the herald HeId will cheerfully publish their defence but in the ruan meantime it will not accept their own defence as final neither willit will it be satish satisfied e d with what may prove a fard farcical ical official investigation gat lon ion T the h 0 herald is making its own inquiries and will give the result when reached new york JS jgerald erald april 13 |
