| Show mckee mekee RAN I 1 t I 1 WILL THE imor Imon mormon mox mon PEOPLE HIM nim NI WE THINK thine NOT SALT LAKE claf CITY feb 17 1885 editor deseret news neus YG we the undersigned undersigner ned witnessed the play 1 ay of the Dali darl damtas fles fies as performed F in this country and in to great britain it is an infamous piece whose gross grass and ancl inexcusable misrepresentations are calculated to inflame popular prejudices against the latter day saints such was the effect of the presen presentation tation of this despicable drama upon the audiences that we nye believe from the manner those who witnessed it acted that had it been beell known that a Mormon 1 was present lie he would have been torn in pieces the play was performed by mckee rankin who we tinder linder understand stand held the exclusive right of it its s presentation and his company that gentleman was treated with much consideration by president young and others on a previous visit here and he appears appear sto to have taken to misrepresentation in the most pronounced form by which to show abow his appreciation thus laying aside common decency and tind truth for moneymaking money mone K making purposes ur poses we desire that the e people s should 9 ouid know the character of the person who now asks their thel patronage and leave them then to choose whether they will spend their foghis for his benJ beng benefit fIt tit ills his course has been beell such as to endanger the lives ilves ives of innocent persons and ancl so far as we are concerned we would not on any account enter the theatre during his engagement JOSEPH jeph BULL CULL DAVID james |
