Show editorials EDITORIAL THE EX ATTORNEY alid AID ard THE EX MARSHAL earshal v r two iwo weeks ago the tho denver a lican contained a mess mesa of slop from 4 11 t the he notorious george 0 bates with cra small contribution from froni the wo man he married in this city with out minister judge justice witness or ceremony the poor old oid broken down do tan limb of the law managed to impress the editor of the tho publican with the idea that he iileen had bad been a p e of some bome importance and had obtained possession vf of mormon rmon imon secrets never before Ws disclosed closed and nis his drivel was published in extensor as us veritable history among other romancing tho the poor creature made up a story about john D lee and mountain Mead meadow meadows dw mormon which the reporter eagerly received but as it reflected quite as severely upon the united states stares officials who miho nad had chaia of the thil zoo goo trial and execution aa as upon the late presidents brigham aroun young and george A smith the tho libel el was not long left without wi phout response our people are so accustomed to being defamed that they pay little attention to such F to ries but others nrc arc not BO so ent on the esth dinst a letter ietter appeared id la the Ri publican from ex mar 11 hal hai nelson which we here copy complete tho Republican the in its spirit ot oi 1 fair play and to give every alde aide a hearing publishes the following from mr air william nelson who was united states marshal at the time john D lee was tried and executed the republican accepted bir mr bates st story bory tory as true and if true saw in it much of interest and value the question is now one of veracity between mr neiton nelson and mr bates and we will allow them to fight it out saia SAIX LAKE lamn all Alc cizl Cill lay to 20 tho the 7 D nver i la in your ol 01 tho the ath soth uit I 1 soo boo a lot ot of very vory extraordinary and veny very kwe cuso gossip re af pf the triai trial and execution of ot jobu A leo AO with gow gao goo C given as lis authority forthe tor for tho saine barns bel BeI ngone or of the tho clala 60 unjustly assailed I 1 wish to enter a general denial ol 01 the tha whole purport and tendency of tha the article which was grounded entirely on personal mauce it la lot not mot tot the tho federal official officials sot or either ot 0 theo them boy toy p pedge edga edge a of respite pardon or otherwise over ever asked or tried to induce jphn D lee to make inake a conless conleff iton lon ion he was at liberty to havo mado ada ado a full confession natany at any time tile but no inducements were ever oyer pledged to him it was impossible to have hare done dono so in advance ot of knowing what he would confess the only confession coates contes blon slon he ever made was waa to his bu attorney W w bishop bishopp of 0 f eureka nevada who wrom it partly as at lee loe loea leea s lictawa in prison and tho ct of this thiis were wera unknown to tho olli officers cers ets 03 lawyer lawler lawi erand and chent conferred privately eho ebo the autobiography la so nir far as leo lee had time to complete it was written in the penitentiary near this city ani aul was waa famished furnished by me mo to bishop exactly as it was written bishop pu published blishel the autobiography and conre conf eblon aalon in la a book which cau can do be found on gal sal gaio galo lo 10 anywhere and wh which shows the facts end and tho the agreen agreement lead icat beaw between e e a leo neo aud and bla hla attorney as to the tho proceeds N no portion ol 01 any of or this was ww suppressed or sold doing to drig BrIg hain young teis this whole transaction boing being strictly between lea and his hla attorney ant aut being carried out in enore enora good g rood maith faith us as I 1 am satisfied Batist wed ted the latter will cheerfully testify at any time ahe statement that brigham brig ham toms de term ned that lee leo must be tried la ii ansurd absurd the caso was on the docket and was wag tried abany as any amy other deferred oase casa his to te bce without ra ron crance terance to brisban brigham young or any outside parties panties par pan lies lles it la is not truo true that on his final ninal departure for neaver beaver eav ear ert leo bought to tako take to coi cof colorado orado for dla pla nt g thare thane was wes no thou thought ht of any suc buc h t h tuam hia bia minda and no redson reason there e hoille be hla hia case cas 0 had been decided ad to alm him la tha ku premo court and ha he was being taen back bk to the second court tor for sentence re ra purs pursuant u to the tha i mandate of tribunal lee loa nev neven never er talked to any ot 01 ial fal uis his ls aud and nd know who they would be nope of them ever told him or anybody else that tho eunse kuns merd mera ero era loaded with biank blank cArt rUges no krave was dus dux at or acar the tha place placa of execl lion tints for jjoe loe and ata ala dody body sinas siras was not duried buried lehere ghere or 01 in that vic vicinity laity nor by any official I 1 do dog DOC willem that loes lees elfa rachol over ever went to batea omee wilh with r a a toa toi confession and subsequent respite and pardon thero theno Is no reason wb why y she should have bave gone eone to him I 1 for he be hed had nothing to do with the mw case on oa etther either side bide it if she sho wanted to make a prop of that kind sho would surely ape bave have rone aone to abo Go governor vernong or somebody who had authority fathe lathe in the matter tho pro fro pretended tended aid r san rea derod by bates at tho the second trial trim of ot lee la is ont ont the statement about sar howard taking the endowment robes of loa lea and aud hia hla ta ad dieh diet dib die bridle etc Is wholly untrue lioi liot howand howard vard vand got g ot nono iiorio of thein them and leo lee have any saddle or bradlet that I 1 ever heard about and if ha ho had bad been in possession of t any auy anything thing of the kind I 1 would havo have known as agi I 1 had him in custody moro than a year I 1 bellve balivo I 1 haval hus thus y denied denlea evory evory every material negation of fact la in tho the arvol le and ani this dennl denral can caa iw be hilly fully atod As to matters mattera not denied ct c my oira ir e I 1 bollomo each and every cne cna of them to bo be untrue it is all ali very for fon mr bates batea to air his silly gilly BOH self importance and vanity vaulty bya by a lot of absurd and false gossip but you mr editor IW inlet ht well troll have paused bedora ci circulating plating m such til tin scandalous and beelas ohara ohana es against og anybody such worthless worth leaa auth anth anthonny onay eray yours youra truly anax allt ram NELSON the truth is that the leo trai trial demonstrated the falsehood of the long held and widely repeated theory of the complicity af the mormon leaders la in tile the awful crime committed at the mountain T meadows sumner howard the united states district attorneys Attorn attorney eyl freely acknowledged this the evidence established it but the old story bad served so well its purpose that the enemies of the cormons mormons Mor mons cannot afford toles it remain burled buried though killed beyond doubt at the trea trial of the ar assassin ms sin L beo leo eo anything that gives promise of its tion ilon la is therefore laid hold bold of with avidity and those who love prefer preference elice erice to the tho truth rejoice at the tho slenderest slen derest prospect of its eirls rising ing the qu egdon eadon of veracity between bates and nelson neison would not remain an fin open one where ahei a they are bothen both known own the th e writer of the fore going reply in the tho is not regarded with any great favor by the 9 1 mormon ormon keople people but the w word ord of tho beaul Attorney ex would not stand the ghost of a chance in contradiction ot the statement of the ex marshai marshal the refutation of bat bates though referring specially to but a portion of his falsehoods may mav may be considered as applying to jho the whole it la is a mess of trash untruth mingled with vanity vaulty iund and bombast not long since the ahme alme half demented victim of communicated one of the mo uio it atrocious pieces of iless riess to one of the denver papers that bas baa ever appeared in slander of the tha ce mormon people jt it was too vile for reproduction any person who has sunk eo so low as to utter such inESS and attempt to fasten it tipon upon a people like jike those who have built up this territory 7 must have a heart steeped in corruption and be lost 6 tall tali all nil sease gease of shame and decency lf the bizub lican hab haa any self solf respect it will let lot the scandal loving sot bove sove severely oly ely alone let him drift down to the doom which awaits tho wilful liar and the slave of vice LAir lahr THE mendacious tim THE people of utah are fa millar familiar with thai the name of mcmillan NO not t because the thel person perison bearl beani bearing ngit it has over ever done anything extraordinary but in iff consequence of his figuring ina lna in a fiction which has been widely copied about an attempt to assassinate him in sanpete Ban San pete he is a presbyterian py preacher eacher eachen of tile tho ordinary klud kind but circumstances have given him opportunities for a little brief distinction the story which we allowed to be repeated acknowledging its falsity in private to the mormons cormons Mor mons but never anever contradicting it in public to the gentiles Gen Ules was not original insil As we have previously shown it was but a presbyterian plagiarism of a methodist myth concocted b by y one bric lyford who gleamed dimly for a very short period aa as a pre deher echer al at provo but whose light went oat oaf suddenly after he had made the begging bebing tour odthe of the east rizw cammon common to gis ris his tribe wb have bave heard of llan JIan 6 using this fal fai falsehood 8 e hood abut cu trying carrying a niwo bibo in one hand or pocket and a pistol in the other as necessary companions to a missionary career in utah but have bare understood that he denied dil oricia hla hia return having repeated it whilo away uway but wo we him at it this tim time e the donver can gives a long report of a discourse delivered by him in the central presbyterian church of the colorado esp capital ital itai on sunday evening april slat the object it itis is needless to say eay was a fd fat coi dol collection lection or to use his own ex r on the rev hays the pastor in charge used him and his hia amor mormon rona roua va ilace liace cuce aag aas fag as a cats eats cat paw to pull moncy out ortho of tho pockets of the he was introduced to tell the story ot of ulain by a man who carried thi thel cross into tue tho camp of the canites in the face of death and preached the gospel of christ with his hiso riff hand on hh hlf what his hiso riff hand on hh hlf what pistol a taking announcement to draw drav a paying congregation wo we do not propose to follow the reverend revo reve rend remd romancer through the windings of his hla imaginative and menda c doua boua Is haran haram harangue guo gue but bat wih wili win mairo malic a few extracts that ther thu people of Sante saute th report ergot got it sand manid cre cro crek k may tay fay know of his doing and I 1 that mat tho utah public 0 o may lo 10 l o satis fled as lo 10 his hia baseness bab bas ness nesB I 1 after vp up a small smail modicum of truth with a great da deal deai I 1 of falo falsehood hood about ine lne 4 blood atonement 1 the flim flik cratie bratle principle and so forth he ald sid isid aid each movement Is 19 watched and guat guarded ded naiad and the church agents know every egg chicken vegetable and pik pit that a man owns A man may be eed by the bishop aria ing ng jn inthe the pulpit and denouncing him for his insubordination then vien he pronounces a curse on the mans mana crops that they might wither away then he shuts off the victim victims fl water supply for irrigating purposes aud and the curse of cound bourd course c comes to pass the ater mater and everything is under the control of the ble bis op ap sad nad it if a man attempts to liea flea from froin tic tie eoe lac urse urbe and leave tim the country co ud try ho he lem lea jenea u uia life referring to the endowment aboul about which he knows as much as a donkey knows of tha bolar eolar system ho he remarked concerning the dainas tsa tia ints inta they aro are first taught that their first duty Is to the mormon church if they take an oath outside the church they are aro taught to breakie break it if it conflicts with the church aud and this is the reason a mormon cannot camlot be brought to justice CS oppose e he said that thal john 8 smith ma t suld suid commit a it terrible crime in colorado and should fly to to utah I 1 use tuo tue vaine name smith aa as it will probably not touch any one here arril and john should become a good mormon go through the en dowmont house and receive a new name and stand in with the priests when john died and th the eangel angel should call out john smith accusing him of having committed these thebe crimes there would be no john smith to answer for them as john would have dropped his name when wilen ho he put off the flesh laughter in the endowment housa house a wo man is also given a new name but this ahe abe must tell to her husband and if lie he happened to forget it she can never rise ribe up from the grave nor can she rise it if he does doea not call her their future life all depends upon then their husbands passing on to his residence in sanpete San pete pate ho he declared that he went there to face of warnings that he was pe rilling his life he said there were in this valley mormons cormons and only one gentile a bowing sowing machine agent he was invited to preach in the church chuoc h there and accepted but after flatter the serman sermon they began on him and one after another denounced him pl then brigham young came down ind and according to mem McM ilfan iUan aldo alde denounced him and the town for allowing lowin 0 lim bim him mim to come in using riols viols violent ut and profane language and defying the government the consequence was an assault 0 on n the speakers home house when he forgot 0 r he was wits a minister administer and thought only of hib hia revolver and valorously drove away his assailants aau gau an adventure vai wai related where the cormons mormons thre threatened atoned lne lue speaker at ephraim but bat he lie talked back and talked sh shooting at the meeting which took place helas he was advised c id notto not to speak but to plead illness he asked the bishop to go anthe on the platform and announce to his friends that he was ready ho he was armed and intended if there was trouble during the services cervices ber ter vices to draw his revolver VO iver lver and hold the bishop as a hostage and BO so for seven years he wander wandered cd up and down thu tha until today to day they have t thirty hh tv three schools e eleven leven churches sixteen missionaries and by tho the grace of god they will continue in tho tha work until the mormons cormons will fear the christian woman with her bible more than the tho law or congress the fighting preacher closed his discor discourse urse by a brief plan forthe for the f set fet et clement of tho the mormon problem he would havo have congress to govern utah as the district of columbia is 19 governed who tho speaker closed by asking asang for the prayers and aid of his hea hearers retEr he believed the dawn was vas near jut just think of tho the hypocrite after uttering tho the falsehoods set in solid type above ashing asking for litho tho prayers of the people he had bad been deceiving for an hour for the purpose of out oat of their an purpose of out oat of their pulling money dockets pockets if there 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