| Show diore PROOF OP OF Eg FALSEHOOD IN our saturdays issue we published some affidavits from f rom nephi and logan completely refuting C the falsehoods of 0 R G in regard to alle alie alleged med oed outrages by the mormons cormons Mor mons on presbyterian by terlan terian buildings at those places today darwe we add statements from brigham city and spanish fork for which we did not have space on saturday in support of his wilfully untruthful assertion inthe iu the new york independent that the lives of presbyterian ministers and teachers in utah ho had d been endangered again and again and their schoolhouses school houses and chapels repeatedly peat edly injured and set on fire in lun utah R Q G menie ce in ill lii his s letter to the deseret NEWS cited two instances of attempts at arson and two of stone throwing the arson cases turned out to be in the first instance an accident discovered and the consequences averted by mormon promptness 40 lani tant exertions and in the other no irl ure urr at all but a supposed attempt nya bya y i ui nu ajl ken gentile who had quai sit the preacher and threat neu enett lo 10 be A avenged upon him the alleged cases of stoning and annoyance to presbyterians rians referred to by it G were tile the gillespie romance at brigham city and the pretended attack at spanish fork the whole complaint made by mr nir gli oil espie which has been published over his signature consisted consist edof of threats of puni punishment oy by the high council upon two mormons cormons Mor mons who moved his goods from corinne to brigham city some gome stones thrown by boys at his house houses a noise made by a crowd who threatened to durn burn his house if he did not leave tonn his appeal in vain to the police and the statement that atter alter president farr of ogden den denounced den don these actions he had not been bee n molested at the time thile of these charges we made thorough and diligent inquiries into the facts and learned without doubt that there was little or no ground around or excuse for them but we were desirous to have some authoritative statement on the matter and ard received the follow following ilig lilg which was published ili in the of october 7 1881 6 about two years ago a presbyterian priest bythe by the name as TS L gillespie made his home bome in brigham city during which time lie has often scandalously misrepresented our people A specia specimen en of of ills falsehood has been rubil published published shed recently A 1 number ol oi such has as been repeated from time to time which we have taken no particular notice of on account of the glaring and self seif evident inconsistencies es contained therein lie says that the brethren who conveyed his goods from corinne to brigham city on his removal were su summoned m before the high council to answer for it as a great crime no such case was ever before the high council neither has he been thre threatened atene d or spoken about in any congregation in any such manner as he asserts our public s speakers eakers are arc moderate in the tone of their their remarks when they have occasion to allude to parties and creeds that are in theory and practice opposed to us should they ever use such violent phrases as are quite common with the great men of our oar nation when drawing party lines etc mr gillespie would no doubt think they should be tried on a charge of treason did he ever hear a stump speech at election time ex president earr parr of ogden nev never er came bercis here a stated stamo to hold hoid hod a special meeting to remind us of oar misdeeds toward to ward the reverend there existed no cause for it we re remember member he chanced to be present once in our sabbath meeting and u upon on the request roquet of Pr Pres estL snow the meeting but we have beep heen at a loss to find any person then present that can he pronounced a single sentence having a direct or indirect allusion to sacr matters and mr farr has not been here at any other time to attend meeting since gince gince since mr air gillespie came here nothing could be more false than the assertion that mr gillespie had applied in vain to the chief ot police for protection against disorderly boys causin causing ganno annoyance 1 around his premises it A wo would u tj take several columns in your valuable paper mr editor to specifically ref nef refute ute uto all the tile false charges laid to us of which mr gillespie is the author ien lence len cewe we make a general denial and leclare all the articles of this nature unauthentic and without foundation iu in truth all there is about the persecution that he speaks of is this brigham city is not entirely free f from rom idle boys any more than other country towns from which he may have suffered isome some petty annoyances but neither lie he nor any member of ills his family has been hurt nor did anyone ever attempt to hurt them As soon as he made the city marshal chief of police acquainted edwith with the existence of such annoyance prompt measures were taken to stop it about that time the craving for intoxicating drinks began fo be felt among the rowdies and some sort of a saloon was afterwards opened 0 ened which had no good effect in tre the interest of order the police record shows a case wherein a young man upon testimony of mr gillespie was convicted of disturbing a small meeting held for worship by him by holding on to the door of the t e meeting house for a a few f ew min ittes tes and thereby hindering ingress and egress for tor which he suffered tivi alva days imprisonment in in the county count jlii iati and paix paid a fine of V 20 0 mr gilles gillespie pie coming here as a st strander ranzer and publicly and privately denouncing our people such a phrase as 6 saintly animals I 1 applied to us being in a fair index to the spirit of his ian lan language aage and being quarrelsome abusive sive aa ana violent in temper it is not so strange however much to be be regretted that his course should invite insults from unreflecting and rowdy youths this christian minister will wili hardly deny that on one occasion he pounded little fred as xe we call him with an iron square on his arm leaving ugly marks on it ion lon long iong after ana aga and for no other offense as al alleged reged than that in his play his rubber ball became enta entangled nIed in a shade tree fred was then about 11 years old and under the charce charee of ef his grandparents who are hot mor mons and were until this happened the friends of the reverend will he deny that he pounded on another occasion ephraim burrell a mormon boy aged about 14 years on the head with a cane drawing the blood and landing him in the water ditch we do not blame blaine M fop for this but bael baci ong knoof of our elders eiders ju 4 tile the heat 0 f individual passion as don done the we like to him or any offis of els eis friends lie ile ue would no doubt have blamed med mcd the whole community ubia abla and called led on the tha government for an anny army to demolish our quiet city the thel extreme forbearance by the authorities ties in letting such a matter pass on account of his position would bouldin in ordinary cases create a kind bind feell feeling ng however widely we may differ in religious matters but in this worthless worthies fieldor nield field of labor where he cannot convert a single soul and has only empty benches for a congregation this worthy ministers existence depends in upon on his getting bap bup sensational reports arout about the II 11 11 ile he seeks notoriety tori tor lety ety we dont believe anything would be more pleasing to him than a little harmless persecution ills lils pugilistic proclivities did not originate since ho lle came to live among the I 1 mon uon mor imor mons if we can believe his friends in corinne many of whom did not weep when ho left that burg we are told that at a temperance meeting held in inalie the presbyterian church at that place lace laco over which lie he presided he cocked knocked down and brutally abused nir dir abraham patterson a man of a weak i ca I 1 frame who was form erly a se school 0 0 i teacher at corinne Corl cori on account of some remark that offended the meek follower of the cross jonn JOHN burt buny 0 A christensen christense N A citizens committee bri ha city vity brigu brigham alif city bos bok J ader aden co oct 5 1 the gentlemen who ivi avi pl sinned signed fied that communication muni cation as a e on behalf of the citizens of BrIg brigham harn hain city who felt scandalized at tha the malicious charges of if the presbyterian slanderer were well known and respected inthe in the community mr burt being bein being g the probate judge of the county aud and universally respected mr nichols the bishop of bri brigham liam llam city whose veracity is ig unquestioned by f friend rie nd or foe and mr ir christeasen Christ ehsen the tho justice of the peace reace of the precinct a thoroughly reliable gentleman ye vve now turn to the spanish fork complaint K R G claimed that I 1 night af after aften ten ter night albrough crowd i gathered about the building yelling yellin and throwing shower stones ala aga against in st the building endangering 6 the IN of the teacher both directly and indirect ly we have taken pains to gain correct on this matter and present res ent I 1 the following which effectually 1 j disposes of the castr last remnant of his hi I 1 indisputable i n yd 6 ut a blu biu facts that he cial caal claims ms are well weli weil known k n in the towns where they occurred 81 fork YORK june 1884 ibn deseret despret netos nees I 1 submit tile the following statement n t during the summer of 1882 1881 a arleon n ard of springville Spring ville called on me to inform me as basmayor mayor that some boys had noyed annoyed titi miss pearley a presbyterian i teacher and said she could not sleep on account of noise made on the street near her house bouse requesting that it might be stopped I 1 enquired if the lady knew who the offending persons i were he replying that she did not I 1 told fi him im I 1 would do what I 1 c could t to 0 have it stopped and instructed marshal JW thomas who to see gee to it about two weeks after this note from Miss pearl peari pearley eys ays saying if I 1 could not stop the tho disturbance abound henhouse her house ho use she would apply to authority that would stop it Mere where lipon I 1 enquired of 3 marshal marshai thomas what had been done to stop the complained of annoyance helmold me he had been about the premises every night since the first complaint was made and had also had a policeman in that Ua mediate immediate vicinity to detect any ally person who might annoy or disturb the place and said there had been no boys oi or other persons about except those who passed by on the street and none had molested miss pearley or the premises in any way so far a as he could learn As my own almost opposite across the street and I 1 had bad never heard any disturbance in the neighbourhood neighbour hood I 1 paid no attention to the complaint further than to again instruct the marshal to see that order wa was oas maintained leaving her at liberty to apply to any other authority at her command ito qUel quei lany any dis disturbance turbaned either real teal or imaginary about her premises since which time I 1 have heard of no do complaint frata any one about the matteri matters matter until til the present mr john morrison is 19 proprietor of the premises occupied by miss rear Pear pearley loy ley and lives ilves about two rods from the place occupied by her hen lie he and his bif bassert easse rt that they never heard hear dany any disturbance in the vicinity and the premises have not been damaged in ally any way there are but two incidents ithac I 1 inow of that could have hate been used as a basis for any complaint benjamin argyle a peaceable and ind respectable citizen was wa in the of the premises occupied by MISs Pearley one day and shot at some birds passing belthe wing wins by a mere accident one or two of tile tiie birdhat bird shot hot struck a window and broke some of the glass lass mr argyle apologized to miss pearley for his bis carelessness and I 1 understand he had the damage to the window repaired at his own expense and miss pearly appeared to be satisfied the tho other affair was as follows two little girls about ten years of a ag q were passing vassi passi ag miss MIs pearleys premises un on the way to school and one of them threw a pebble into the room where the lady and her pupils were erving wilson thead he school gai tei tel teacher icher of 01 th ud inis inns iris rileN led lda of the incident dittl at one 1 geat goat them to miss pearle ato to apologize to that lady hadj they did ald d mi pearley pearler is now nov absent on vacation A young man of this town named creer inform md rod that presbyterian preacher of sprin aprin the gentleman previously named named told hlin him that before ther hier her tier departure she delred sired ired him to have the windows nailed up and firmly cored secured and that he dissuaded edher hey her from having this done as he lle considered it unnecessary he assured her that he had frequently left his premises without any extraordinary fastening of the openings and they ahad had never been disturbed or molested I 1 can only account for miss pearleys complaints on the ground that she Is gettngs somewhat advanced in years and and is inclined to nervousness if this is 18 not sot the cause I 1 am impelled to the opinion that she wanted herself placed alpon upon ape the list of presbyterian martyrs to 11 mormon 1 ormon C intolerance I 1 would rather ruther hold to the first theory because it involves no dishonesty of motive but mit merely a disordered imagination on her part to all ali appearance so far as her personal intercourse with the people here is concerned only good feelings prevail pre vall vali oh both sides everybody so far as I 1 know has treated herewith herm hemm with kindness lin kin duess GEO GL 0 o D SNELL fork fonk june 21 iss 1881 L to whom it nag mag concern I 1 here certify that I 1 was on police duty during the summer of under orders of ST marshal arshal J J W thomas and especially observed the neighborhood of the presbyterian school and at no time have seen or known of any disturbance tur bance by boys or other persons about said house hoube orin oria the vicinity there thereof bf moses B GAY and now after these proofs we have offered in ref refutation of nieces falsehoods hoddo how do his stories appear in the eyes of honorable people they were told for the pious plou purpose of inciting congressional legislation to deprive everyman every man and woman in utah who believes in the mormon menly rell reil religion ion lon of all political rights they were published in the leading religious journal of new Jew rew york they were without reat real real f foundation A sione slone or two io thrown into or against a bull buli dlug diug by some unruly boy or otis ous girl wirl has been magnified into outrages endangering life and the praiseworthy and successful efforts of mormon men and women to are sue presbyterian I 1 resby terlan terian property from destrie tio nare distorted into the repeated firing in of presbyterian chapels and ho houses Us esby by the people who preserved them could anyone but a presbyterian priest who makes malles money by ma linnins the mormons cormons Mor mons 11 descend to subha sueha depth of turpitude and mendacity we tat tribute attribute the exaggerations ol 01 the nervous teacher at spanish york fork and the fabrications of thedoor the poor passionate creature at brigham city olty ity i to a desire for notoriety and the bad ad example of MeN uen mcmillan lIllan the presbyterian preacher who trumped up tip the bible and pistol story which we so thoroughly ex exposed ased and shattered some time ngo ago the he mormons cormons Mor mons I 1 have not only refrained |
