Show FROM erom A PRISONER FOR CON conscience SAKE GRATITUDE AND nory hope EXPRESSED liy T ONE OB OV THE DrLE BRETHREN thren TUREN IN DETROIT DETROIT HOUSE OP OF correction correction mich nov noy 29 15 editor deseret news mews permit me through your paper to express a tew lew of my thoughts when wheal I 1 read of the kindness and sympathy of the saints for our families and when 1 thought ot of the many faithful brethren who have visited us here hera herain herein in prison and done all they could for us and are still continuing it made gushing tears of ot gratitude and joy steal down my cheeks checks to think I 1 was worthy to be numbered with the faithful latter day saints this is more precious to me the wealth of a world our trial defore before S howard a year ago was a perfect mockery of the law we were charged with having simultaneously or on the same day on a certain date in 1883 married two wives a and nd it was clearly proven in the evidence ence produced by witnesses who appeared against us that this was not the fact in any one of our cases and we were not found guilty of unlawful cohabitation but in order to convict us law or no law justice or no justice the bigamy law of arizona was read a number of times which had nothing to do with our cases for the simple reason that the indictments were not drawn up under that law the extreme penalty for conviction under that law Is 2 years in the county jail and a fine we lwe were sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment in detroit just laws do not conflict especially ally under the same government his charge to the jury was so commingled and interwoven as to prevent the jury from telling what the law really meant or whether it meant anything under the varying interpretations put ut upon it by its didactic ex audger Judger howard and US U S attorney zabriskie Za bristle zabriskie emphatically impressed the jury with the idea that our not havin having rp witnesses to prove our innocence was a positive proof of our guilt he also called us mis misguided elded du dupes s of ecclesiastical charlatanism M he had much rather hear his own harangue than to do justice to the cases judge howard also grossly insulted us but when they smote us on one cheek we nye turned the other when the trials were over and the sentences passed some lof of the officials rejoiced over having sent a few poor hard working men to a far distant prison over two thousand miles from our honesto ho toil toll our lives away leaving our poor heartbroken heart broken far families miles to eke ke out a wretched existence in a frontier country exposed expose cr to the toe merciless savage but god help them when the ries cries of honorable virtuous wives and little innocent children reach the ears of the lord of against them we are extremely thankful for all the papers and letters we receive from our brethren and sisters with nth kind regards to all the faithful latter day saints I 1 remain your brother in the gospel PE PETER TER JULIUS CHRI of Spring springerville erville apache co arizona P S As brother kempe and 1 I thron through our own choice are now oc the same cell one paper will do both of us we feel indeed greatly obliged to you yon for the paper we are all well altho in lonely grief we sigh for friends beloved no longer nig nigh lt submissive still do we reply thy will be done F jal jai |