Show tile TIIE THE SITUATION N IN ARIZONA MESA ciry crry arl Ari arizona zoia zola april ith ath editor deseret etc oto g eighteen months ago ngo apo ago today to day wo gewere were being scour scourged urged jy a loathsome disease called smallpox and it carried off nine of our best citizens and came near breaking us up financially i today to day nine of our dearly beloved brethren men of integrity and having affectionate families will be arrall arraigned ned before tile the bar of injustice at iliof phoenix ax IS 18 miles west of this place charged with polygamy and unlawful cohabitation our principal persecutors are men who have called calle themselves latter day saint but through their have lef left t the church they are now running a lowdown low down saloon here at meba mesa the only one that this place has ever eser had since tied two of these persons Deputy jos bagley and riley morse both men from southern utah have been made ilar liar marshals sh alsand aud and they aro arc doing the sneaking and dirty work crawling around private houses at nights pry inz ing lifto litto t family affairs and making themselves a public nuisance these lowdown low down creatures have employed the Lama nitea and also hire little children to help them thein out in their degraded designs The they have subpoenaed almost every man woman and child to appear at the above mentioned place at 10 am as witnesses tu their fathers husbands and brethren and there i hardly enough left to take care of things at home it is costing us its a gi cicat creat eat cat amount of means to stand up tip ti under litter suai yual pressure and those who are arc not of us its seem to f feel it as keenly as we do we feel that we are being behig persecuted oil on account amount of our and all latter day saints are arc trusting luf iff god and looking only for deliverance I 1 we acknowledge the hand of god in ail things ind can see sec good effects resulting fro from inthis this crusade andall dillaro au are beginning to show their true colors it appears the day of separation has come and it alil aill not be jong ere the chaff will w ili ill be blown to the four lour winds our con COD constant Stant prayers are being lifted up to god our heavenly ieather leather to pour out his spirit on those that ar are e being imprisoned for obeying his laws and kee keo keeping P ing his ills commandment commandments S J |