| Show convictions IN IDAHO EIGHT MORMONS SENTENCED BY JUDGE I 1 HAYS rays AT li LA 1 PICTURE OF THE HEROIC nand BAND TO BE DF PRESENTED r TO to THE JUDGE I 1 BLACKFOOT bin binham bingham ham co idaho nov rv oth ik editor deseret nees news myself and brethren are still at blackfoot we will be sentenced tomorrow the last day of this term the date of passing sentence has been fixed nixed four times as follows oct nov ad nov ath and nov ath all of our brethren arraigned during this term of court have been united to a man we have sought each othes others othe s company and where one was the others would be also we all employed the same lawyers to defend us our could not understand such unity of action we all feel determined with the help of god to stand true to our god to every principle of the gospel of christ and especially so to our wives and children no matter what the consequences may be there ire re seven of us who are arc to receive sentence for THE AWFUL CRIME of cohabiting with our wives and one G C parkinson for aiding alding ci criminals to escape irom from justice brother parkinson is charged with bivin having hid one of our brethren from the V U S deputies the evidence proved that he had done no such thing but then he is a member of the mormon church and one of the presidents of oneida stake and must of course go to prison judge hays told brother I 1 B nash t that hat none of our brethren who are charged with unlawful cohabitation need go to prison if it they would do as he judge hays wanted them ther nto to which simply means that they foi fol deny their rel rei religion irion and their wives eny and children this we cannot do eyen for the boon of liberty mr air editor j justice has fled from the breasts of men when a latter day saint and h his is reli rel leion flon are the defendants grand juries are packed for the purpose of finding indictments against us and trial juries are packed for the purpose of convicting us evidence or no evidence talk about civi ivin ivi ng nal a lat ter day saint a fair trian bat BAI bah it its all ali nonsense 0 ur trials were NOTHING BUT A bancel FARCE the notorious wm II 11 dye told your correspondent that he put alex leatham in the penitentiary because he wanted to put him there then said I 1 if telling the truth bould not do it you were determined to send him there even if you had bad to io perjure yourself to accomplish it 21 well 1 1 said he pd id send him up anyhow this conversation with much more occurred in the presence lof lot of halt half a dozen persons persona MUCH pressure has been brought to bear upon some of our brethren to audace them to promise to obey the law in the autu future re as in interpreted by the utah courts the only promise we leei leel like ilke makin making is that with the help of god we nye will stand true to our religion all of our brethren who are to be sentenced tomorrow to morrow have been p photographed hoto in in a group and we intend to pres present e t J judge dge hays with a copy aa as we will be tile the first latter day t sain lialis she he sends to prison for their religion so that he can look upon some who dare go to prison for christs sake ile lle heis hels Is evidently evId a mission judge and aud weil well expect a long iong lons ions sermon from him aim I 1 will send you a copy of our picture I 1 SENTENCED nov 7 we have all ail been sentenced today to dav day and received a long iong ion lon and wearisome lecture from judge lays hays following are the names nan nau es and sentences of the brethren bret ahrn to together ether with a few other facts pe pertaining rain to them that luay may ic lie of interest to your readers josaf jos M phelps born june 2 18 1837 17 at caldwell co mo alio U S present residence montpelier mont Mant pelier peller bear briar lake co idaho has hay twenty three living children aud and six dead is gente sentenced aced to six months imprisonment a line of and costs of court alexander leatham born june 1 at cardo hire scotland present reside residence nce nee reab arg Blugh arn co idaho hasten livin living ch chudon idren and three dead is sentenced ed to six months imprisonment a tine of 3 and loo for costs of court A L blackburn born feb 7 1849 at newton ie willows lancashire Eu england giand gland present residence rexi burg bingham county idaho has nine livin living children and one dead is sentenced to six months imprisonment and roo nine fine isaac B nash born June 14 1824 18 24 at Ki dwelly south wales present residence Rr krauklin anklin auklin oneida county idaho has seven living children and two dead ead is sentenced to three months imprisonment andrew A bjorn born nov 22 1832 1852 at denmark present residence gentile valley Bing bingham liam llam county idaho has six living children and two dead sentenced to six months imprisonment fine and costs ot court nahum porter born june 16 1831 at assian assia nn new york present residence preston oneida co idaho has five livin living children and two dead is sentenced to three months imprisonment and a fine of arthur peck born august at salt SaIt lake city utah present residence gentile valley bingham co idaho has six living children and one dead is sentenced sentenced to six months imprisonment fine and costs of court J geo CP arkinson born july 18 1837 1857 at kaysville Kays ville davis co utah present residence oxford bingham co idaho has one living child is sentenced to one years imprisonment and to a fine line of and costs of court loo 10 homer stull our lawyer took down in shorthand short hand all of our onn statements to the court and the courts tiresome sermon to us all of which are worth preserving yours respects respectfully ully A PRis PRISONER oner onen |
