| Show FOR THE GOSPELS SAKE ilder ELDER W wo C A SMOOT jn jmj ma sr cand the organ of scurrility whose alias allis is too well known to need ill iq tile tiie ilosky loua dountain loun tain taia r region eglon i js several everal days ago published what purported to eau cau beau bean can extract from a gennan paper stating that tha eider elder WC W C ahdoot AH A Hi noot moot jr jre had don den thrown into prison at kiel germ germany ally arly his second incarceration in that land 0 1 on an infamous charge preferred a against 9 ainest him by a yount young woman whom he had converted to nIsin 11 it Is needless to sav say the defamatory ory portion ol of the charge was false the character of th the paper into which it was copied which licks up u p greedily every vila slander afloat is 18 sufficient proof of that but the simple truth of the whole matter is as fol foi follows lovs the ap extracts of a letter irom from elder smoot himself while in soll soli are burnished furnished by A 0 smoot jr esq esy esq of provo to whom they were written i STATE cell celi 0 27 ad story kiel klei 11 el holstein Holst hoist eln ein sept 1884 ay dear brother owen seated upon a little stool before a window which is higher than and which admits a small stream of li eavens heavens pure light into my rily dark and gloomy abode I 1 take my pencil and small smail pocketbook pocket book kook out put pt of wv my left hand pocket which was unintentionally left there cheru by the jailor to advise you of in my present I 1 I 1 J am denied all reading matter save the new testament and the deutsche church song bong book the former f ormer I 1 entertain great respect for and read very attentively but the song book is about as ito to me as aa illy my prison room and I 1 would ilk lik like ilke e to leave them thein both to their gloom and benightedness hut but alas aias I 1 have not the slightest idea anen our separation will take place on monday evening last just after aften I 1 had got through holding a meeting ecung in I 1 i was arret arrest edby an officer of the law who appeared in citizens clothes and anet was wals present at tho ih le services rv ices I 1 was encile marched away thau that evening to the po lice ilce station and cast east int into 0 A irl iri small smail all ali ds dismal mal room until morning at 10 am u m I 1 next day I 1 was taken from the the tha jail to the police colart a distance of naif half a mile mlle through the most thickly settled nettled part of the city you may imagine my humiliation hamilla tion in being compelled to wilk walk through the streets by bv the sado s dc of a deprave d creature ard arid guarded by policeman n ohe olle of whom in marched arched behrnd behind we with tc a sword on arriving atthe police court 1 was brought lit before an examinee examiner who propound propounded to me lne the following followill ques lions blohs Q your name Is W C A smoot A yes bir hir I 1 Q A 41 mormon preacher here liere I 1 corrected I 1 him and gave him our pro proper per pen name namu Q you yon have been becil in kiel three months I 1 I 1 A cesi mir air Q on the loth of july last lart you baptized a woman a certain walter waiter and on the same evening confirmed lier iler A ye yet sir Q and on several occasions since you have preached id your meetie meetings on bu polygamy and going 1 to utah tried triad to induce that same young woman to go to utah with you and told her that you would marry hery A nosir no gir sir that is falso faise examiner on oh now non mr nir smoot there esno id no use of your denying it for the woman has been before me and sworn to that effect A I 1 am aware sir that she sho has been before you aua ana and made these complaints pla pia luts ints but for all that they are un true that Is with the exception of baptism and confirmation the woman cane came into the church to better her condition financially and with the expectation of coing going to utah per IMPS 1 aps but she bhe afterwards found out her mistake which made her very bitter and with tile lile thea lhea aid ald idof of some of her ller friends wiio iwho aro ard also bitterly opposed to our faith she has endeavored to bring trouble upon me the examiner would not however credit my statement and said I 1 should be tao confined till tile the next day addlie and he would decide what should ll 11 be done with me rne so back I 1 went to prison and passed pas pat passed sed one more night of i etched clied lo loneliness neline ext axt day I 1 appeared again and was vi a given ii over to the city attorney aho who vho or ordered clel clet ti me rne to be locked up until he ilc could hear my case ht bb here I 1 lam iam ain without wit houta a friend to help me or speak a word in my behalf and there is no telling in w when hen 1 shall shail have hase haleo havea a hearing healing or what the th result will be yesterday morning my jailor came calne into my mv cell with a piece of larse large tarred rope lope b aeh tuch as is used on ships they are arv two feet long iong and I 1 am requested to pick them to pieces in order to make ilax na of them thein for the lugging plugging of seams ther in ships bot bottoms I 1 set to work and abid last night was complimented on what I 1 had done aone that I 1 had done my work well weli w ell eil butth 1 jailor could not furnish with a piece pie e of soap with which to the tar off my hands as it was against the rules rulea on oli the he ebenm evening that thit I 1 was I 1 it tice lice led a card from irom jo joaeph joseph epli eull A lmh requesting me to come to berlin as I 1 had been appointed to take ills llis place as president ot of the north conference I 1 would have left on thursday morning but tor for iny my arrest I 1 requested per 11 mission assion to write to hini hinl so that I 1 could it if possible get yet his assistance but bul was refused so here I 1 am helpless an dalone but I 1 look fo forward rivard hopefully to better times and brighter days and when I 1 can enjoy the bunsh sunshine I 1 ne of freedom and the society of friends 4 oct ad W still in prison oct ath 1 I had my examination yesterday and was released on all the charges brought against me excepting tile the baptism which I 1 owned up to and aud for which I 1 am required to leave kiel I 1 do not know yet t where I 1 shall gokin koam cetter zetter awaiting a ietter letter from president deat |
