| Show v A characteristic ASSAULT far the prosecution has been unable to make a case against 11 charles white there being a complete failure in pro cuiling testimony against him this brings down upon the heads of t the he witnesses a torrent of abuse from the organ of the antl anti mormon crusade they are called liars bars and other vulgar epithets epithet s are applied to them because they did aid not perjure themselves and testify to what they did not know not satisfied with this scurrilous mode of abuse the salt lake tribune vents its spleen by publishing a still more vile slander upon the accused and several of 0 the witnesses were it not that the matter in question appears to need some notice we would nut now allude to the tile and unprincipled sheet which is a renex nex orthe ot the thu character not only of its conductors but of those woo who are operating e the diabolical raid upon ane mormon people we must be et e busdon on this occasion for quoting from its columns it inay may serve to show its malicious and whose object is to blast private character locally and spread a prejudicial impression abroad in regard to the I 1 I 1 mor mons 11 appended to its accod account ut of the preliminary proceedings before mckay in the ine white case yesterday is the tile following scandalous statement the report that is circulating in the ward where white lives is to the tile following effect some gome months mouth ago the alleged polygamous wite wife elizabeth ann starkey found herself as barall sara aara hof of old prayed to oe ue and liable to reveal evidences before long lonz that might go far towards landing elder whit white in iu tile tiie penitentiary for unlawful ul cohabitation and poly pois polygamy amx amy A gen general eral fright had seized upon tile the heans hearts of the mists in consequence of the vim vig vigorous orous prosecutions just instituted against this class of offenders and white was among the number flexas he was too poor to run and in his own judgment ddn ent too obscure to be seen seem and caught u t if t the 11 e growing evidences cou could I 1 b be c s suppressed up the services of mrs con eli the woman who gave her testimony in the examination reported above were engaged and so well weli did she do her work t that an accident befell whites youthful polygamous wife it was a narrow escape for her as she was ve very ill and came near dying when she sufficiently recovered her strength she went home horde to her mother at ville near ogden accompanied by her sister mrs wing and to her she related what had happened calling the result by a name common commonly y given to accidents of tiie the nature indicated but he be details as related by the young and inexperienced girl showed plainly to the mother the real t truth ruth of the matter maiter and the reasons for it but it was excused or approved by the parents patents does not appear on returning ing to 0 the city it seems mrs wins wing told a neighbor and by degrees the story kot got to flying hying about the ward until it dually rea readied clied elied whites cars lie ile undertook to suppress it by going to mrs urs mug wing in her husbands husbands absence and abusing her for circulating false reports about him and his family what then transpired was related to wing on his return from work and as told him by his wife was sufficient to raise his ire he went to whites hoise holise and called him outside and the scene between them occurred in the street it was not a light but it was the next thing to it and attracted a crowd of nf spectators who heard the criminations crimi nations and recriminations ini persed witti with vile epithets that passed between the two tivo men the biffl culty passed off for the night but was called by white before tiie the bishops court where it was settled of course in the polygamists favor and the was a meal of humble pie it was this story getting current that white whites case reached the cars of the law au and brought the officer down upon him that he a p pious rous ious saint there can be no doubt otherwise the regularly employ church att attorneys orneys would not be debeir ing him in court that the church r ties know the facts there care car no doubt in yiew of the invest lg a n by the bishops court but they re not abandon white for though i ine lne e tolls toils himself he like every er newly made polygamist holds his s hands bands a lash which he might a apato VI to the back of the priest of high grce ree who solemnizes solemn izes polygamous hence we behold a ilae liae ile of f mormon witnesses under sure surd committing perjury in a firt fa 1101 of justice to shiel a brother wa wis als is the ma personal enemy ol 01 some sowe of those wit nesses llene ilene we see the priesthood covern coverd covering up individual anre and exacting perjury penury to maintain the general crime of tue tae and aad shield ft ats ts arch I 1 criminals this mise case has it ia it a boo oathy utah beast the fellow who penned that article is known to be one of tile the irlo 1110 it abelt cowards that ever crawled ead aad ms als journalistic associates can be it madd made a de 0 of f metal wetal scarcely less base to allow sucha prod production action to appear in the columns of their paper tuey are slius silas ot 01 tilt the most contempt iMe hue tim 1 their attacks being largely upon th the weak and helpless hence an inocen sive give woman is one of the ichim of this ass assault ault auit 1 but there is something dug due to r J those who are thus so i statement of the tae tribune 7 abune reduced to a few words Is that mrs conell at the in instance I 1 stance q 0 charles white arld and elizabeth eilzabeth Cl izabetH jim aim starkey arkey bi procured an abortion upa apa the itie person of the tile latter laller the pro plo plin cation is said to be given to taka lih lah from as well as being accused of givy give cues to the salt isalt lake tribune lui lai take this it Is but justice to A victims of this slander ehat that he ma w berbe ter be promptly and in vesti gated either before a Commis sol sr er or the grand jury if such huch a loe toi rime has been committed as allege let the guilty be punished pum shed if innocent this tact laic should be that they may be free from the stimuli that has been cast upon them this morning a representative NEWS questioned tue following ia sons upon the subJect F Starkey iw wife parents of E A starkey qu liia white airs mis conell mr air wayne n L led wing in toe tribune tribune article artnie j A of these stated unqualifiedly that lo 10 knew ew nothing whatever of the ah ailey alley crime having been committed in addition we v are informed inform edt edi bishop watson of the warda DO no such case has everdeen ever been by him the insinuations about Alor moimoi wol mol perjury and covering co enin erin up crime e c known by the miserable belm being trl iri penned them to be faise false asper asier sim some borne of the witnesses who are then tims of abuse are not mormon at all while probably a port of the tile balance balanca claim no SM sum ing lug in the church and but 1 it tie if any sympathy with we propose to show who wao are are the ori cai ebers up and advocates ot of crimea being a fair opportunity to exhibit fe truth in that direct direction len ien and wk should the truth be smothered redix TO its enemies manifest so much hue sari 0 an anxiety migg viat v to brizz it to light maince ethe ethu the foregoing was a have hav e received a call irom mrs cae cad w this lady holds a diploma diplo rom roa aa us a jr t fess ional lonal midwife obtained by through a collegiate course in swen she bhe is na indignant at atthe the rit Kit dal upon her character and is ahm aca for au an investigation ot of the blante which she has been made the vid via L I 1 from all that we ca cai 1 l learn t enu eyu superstructure of vino vlao v inous ashew d pem was built upon an ail expressed st 8 i dicion oil on i the pait part of mrs wi walli sister to elizabeth ann ana starkey dt sj intimation was groundless and andina in the investigation should proceed R would make a wool gool witness wit netis neiss in place of tile the church coiene such crimes as th thione throne one alleged noe nor nu I 1 guilty of them cai cal ca retain a stands the community wien wuen the offense is f F evidence t E |
