| Show THE SPANISH FORK HORROR AN A N incestuous AND MURDEROUS BUT patriotic PATRIOTIC ANTI BY HIS LUSTFUL WILES 1118 nis SISTER AND NIECE AND LEADS ONE OR BOTH TO TAKE LIFE TO COVER UP THEIR CRIME crine A thrill of horror passed through the peaceful little community of spanish fork pork lork on monday last by a series of shocking crimes being brought to li light some particulars of which we published in yesterdays issue mrs elizabeth craig a poor widow woman who resides in the northern part of that town and who has made a living livi ng for herself and children since th the death of her husband about four years since by laundry work had aroused suspicion among her neighbors for some time previous by her appearance on being questioned by them however she had stoutly denied that anything was wrong with her not seeing her about the house on the day mentioned one of the neighbors called upon her and though mrs craig opened the door in answer to the ladys knock it was apparent that she could sc scarcely ardely walk and her looks indicated that she had passed through an excruciating ordeal other neighbor women were immediately called iri in and mrs airs craig was ac accused cuseck by them of having given birth to a child this she denied demea with an oath and though a midwife e was brought and an investigation threatened she still continued to deny it A search in the cellar of the houe however soon revealed the horrible hor bor ridle ridie truth for there covered up in a pile of rags was a newly born infant with marks of violence upon it satisfying those who saw it that it had been murdered several menbere men were notified of the developments and appeared on the scene among them the city prosecuting attorney J A R rees ees esq to him the woman confessed that the child had been born on the previous midnight that she had bad strangled it and that george thorn her half brother whom WAS the father of it she also gave him a parcel of letters which had bad been written bythe by the lecherous scoundrel to herself and her daughter hannah from this city since sace coming here last spring 1 to obtain work dr pike of provo was immediately sent for and a post mortem examination tionda of the infant was made which disclosed evidence ev dence of the child having been horn born alive and of its having been strangled and it was also discovered that the childs child S neck had been pierced by some sharp instrument which had entered on one side bide of the windpipe and penetrated almost to the back of the neck on being questioned in re regard ard to this point the tiie unnatural mother motter acknowledged that shonah she nad had done it with wit h a pair of scissors scissor she further stated that she was alone at the time ot of being delivered of and murdering the had no help from any one and that she had previously according to sug suggestions oes from her incestuous paramour sought by various means to destroy til tbt loetus telegram A was immediately sent to lla lia marz malz rhal hal hai phillips of tais tila city to arrest george thorn thom and thib thio asi as stated in our lur columns yesterday was done 11 his nis is trunk was also seized an and d found to contain letters irom from mrs craig and sk a hora hera daughter hannah which together with the letters given to mr rees afford ample evidence of the most moat disgusting incest between himself and both women and of his instructing them how to jakeaway make away with the fruits of their intercourse the younger woman probably succeeded in her foeticidal attempt butas shown her mother failed in that and murdered her offspring after its birth thorns letters also show his rank anti mormon proclivities for which he was chiefly conspicuous during the fe few w months he be spent in spanish fork and serve to illustrate the kind of men who usually howl at the mormons cormons Mor mons and charce charse them with disloyalty and the following letter was addressed to miss hannah craig SALT LAKE CITY april 17 1885 1883 dear niece well I 1 would like to know if all is right with you aud and if you have come comb around all right now you know what I 1 mean luean by this ilis if there is anything wrong I 1 want you to tell me so I 1 will 9 know lenow what to do for you your affectionate uncle GEORGE THORN the following letters were addressed to mrs elizabeth craig SILT SALT lahe LAKE CITY april 1 2 I 1 1883 1885 dear and loving sister I 1 received your few lines this morning and I 1 was glad to hear that yon received the that I 1 sent you on all right irta I 1 f tun tuf sorry to know that you are arc in llan a fix and that nothing will relieve yo that I 1 have sent you I 1 thou thought alitt ire that stuff I 1 sent would be sure to d the work I 1 dont know ol of an riz any thing thins that would help you to get rid of it asides unless it would be a bottle c dr Kenn keun kennedy edys medical edical 51 disc discover overl and that you can 9 get et in the coop co op store and take it pretty leely treely and I 1 will tell you gou to try jumping off the top of a tenee lence and that will sometimes cause a woman to miscarry or get la the tile bottom of a wagon and have them drive chive th lve ive prett pretty ly fast ovar over oven a rough piece of road and sometimes heavy lifting will cause a mishap and there is another way by going to a doctor and tell him what is the matter and he could give you something that would relieve you but that would cost about 50 try to get hold of a doctor book booe and that would tell you what to do in your case I 1 should have written to you before on this subject abut but I 1 was afraid hannah would get your letters and read them but as now she is coming away and as I 1 know the little ones cant read writing and if they can they dont understand the meaning of what I 1 am writing about but 1 think if you practice at jumping off the top of your fence a few times that will fetch it but then when it t does pass how are you going to keep anyone from knowing it for you will have to have someone to help you out unless you can take care of yourself well I 1 will tell you they have been trying angus cannon for polygamy and they have found him guilty and he will get his hiss sentence on the loth of next may and they are going to hive have another adother case tomorrow to morrow for the same offe offense jise ilse there are several who have hase been indicted and some of them have come out and acknowledged to the corn and have been fined and gone to the pen and I 1 think it is tile the intention of the government to put a stop to this kind of work or break up the church entirely and this in my judgment is what they ought to have done years ago I 1 will tell you it is the fulfilling of a piece ot of scripture that is spoken of in the apostles where christ is speaking to his shepherds that he put to watch over his sheep and there was a bl big g wolf got in and ana devoured the sheep and when the shepherds saw it they had not sand enough to go and drive drivel the wolf out but ran and hid themselves for fear they would get devoured also and this is the tiie way with the heads of the church they faint got sand enough to stand with what they preach and practice I 1 dont want wint to belong to any such church I 1 will close by bidding you good night and a i sweet repose my dear sister I 1 am going go ins to help you all I 1 can your affectionate brother GEORGE THORN SALT LAKE CITY may 3 1885 hi my dear sister 1 iam yam am sorry you cannot zet ret rid of your complaint I 1 was in hopes you would have got rid of it before tills this tinie time that is if you have tried everything that I 1 told you yon to do I 1 am afraid you have not tried jumping off the fence or else that would have made it come I 1 dont hardly know what to do in your case if I 1 did I 1 would help you all alf I 1 could I 1 will see a doctor and if he can give me moe something for you I 1 will send it down to tc I 1 you by next mall mail your ever a affectionate nty brother GEORGE thorn SALT LAKE CITY may 8 iby dear and affectionate sister well they are still going for the polygamists they made another another arrest today to day the best thing thins they can dois dols do is to quit qui tsuch such work and submit themselves to the I 1 laws a w 8 of t the 11 e country and be good citizens because the government intends to put a stop to this t hins hing ola ota 0 ft man baying more more thau than one wife by fair or foule foni amel imel 9 er they haye have to resort to bloodshed P your affectionate drother brother f 1 GE I 1 ao SALT LAKE ciry cirt 11 qu 11 1 aj ilis lz 1 dear and beloved sister rie die 1 the mormons cormons here raised t thein lir hir v on public h I 1 al buildings at half hlll nia mia this was wasa a great moult to the re U states government the therm it 91 talk about driving driving out the gestwa orm 11 wish they would woula start that thai to 8 business I 1 ak ask for h i f fun than to help clean outtie t r r t mormons cormons Mor mons when I 1 se e the t i coun tryl trampled upon that I 1 h t for by such devils it maats bol boil I 1 all av over oer th they ey alik aliu calfi i J being good law abiding citizens r shows they are traitors athe at heert heart ar 4 hi say gay down with such villains ought not to be let live in th tuoc thol ent eni p ri K 11 and I 1 am ready to drive sni sui liniel 1 our land this is the way I 1 M think every good Ame aue american americana America nr should feel as I 1 du do you ga ith il last etter letter that mary ann Vank wants to send her hen some me medicis medici dicig deiml demmi 0 t I 1 you that she was in chesar th esar i r you are xav here follows a p prescription re c purpose of brodu producing ln z a ai t tar irr then the letter concludes WE wit adur affectionate Affection T at E GE 3 |
