| Show WHO FURNISHED THE TESI THE chicago limes of jane june as it I 1 publishes the text of 0 the pe pet til which was forwarded to preal hayes asking for the pardo pardon george reynolds chiefly om out grounds that the defendant in t case voluntarily presented himi himli to the prosecuting attorney ai gave information which led to I 1 conviction in order that a douba but very Import important ant ani point ofa of hi might be settled thoi the pe the bimes times v says was pro the cabinet witha letter ietter f froim I 1 agate cannon cannom we elip clip ahw the letle laid i and und the remarks of the times up it with the petition most of re 1 readers are already familiar washington june WA W 14 iia lia A grat gras deal of excitement la Is csuti Cauti caused edh ii utah by the understand the cabinet yesterday tg wd that tb executive clemency clabion cy shoula w tt be extended to george Bey rey the recently convicted GueI hubl engrams have rained in from ba lake today to day days asking if the ct cannot be stayed for a few dair daik least until further appeals can h made to the president the une delegate from utah had ani ter I 1 this morning with til 0 bresiow president ent and attorney gem for the purpose of correcting u it ft conveyed to the cay by the gens gent that reynolds bad nought fought tha thy ft got in athla teat case ip grep tj b alep and had placed every llie teas in the way of securing conviction con vleta vieta and therefore he not be entitled to clemency THE DELEGATES the letter ot at delegate cau cam which was before the cabinet sa vi ing yesterday is as follows follo Wat L WA washington MaTON f D C jun june 13 i tul ro ins excellency euthene I 1 hayes president of the cf 0 states I 1 bir bin sir sin As I 1 learn by heleg 14 dispatch that george georgd bey rey reynold has baa been convicted of polygamy be re sentenced aud audd bitted to the penitentiary saturday tomorrow to morrow the I 1 I 1 dinst I 1 take the liberty of gk git i you my personal statement re rep ing the manner in which his B V z arlage I 1 age was made a test case ib 11 bened to be at home at the tt I when an a tempt was being MO rm secure a v case ease which could be card cart through the courts to the UJ uri states supreme court to test constitutionality of the act of J 1 it 1862 against polygamy in I 1 territories mr BIT lafayette grad grai a member of the grand lury others told me of the prow secure a test case the propose struck me favorably for it bal bad habte N with me a surjeet of thought conversation both at and salt bait lake city and ib lim that it might lead to a better wf 00 standing of the vexed r tion when therefore 1 appealed to tor for or my opinion propriety rarefy of such acasio a easel furnished I 1 heartily coned coner 11 therein several cereo welt witted and one was selected 0 v further inquiries it was as foulds his bis case was barred by the sw 0 of limitations the superintends sUper intenDs of telegraph at salt lake CW CUM A M musser learning thai that were seeking for a suitable CO cas test the law came tb to gen ien len 10 B mayor of salt lake city and add adl 0 for self and offered himself for purpose we learned that thee thep tieman had been married 0 t times and that some times time wi had married his second wine wife and before he married his hla third his hla first wife died I 1 objected to his hla case being selected because I 1 feared atwould not be a fair test that the point ml might be made mada or of some time after tight the case had tad been proceeded with that hj his second wife was not a wife in the eyes of the law and that hia his finst first wife being dead his marriage anter after her demise wab waa a legal one and the case would fail fall finally after some inquiry for fora a person who came within the sweep of the law lit ir reynolds was brought into bight sight I 1 had known him for many jears jeara and he was waa sent for and the proposition was waa made that his marriage be made a iest lest case I 1 used my m influence with him to consent and lie he did so he furni furnished she d the names of witnesses to his first marriage upon whose testimony an indictment was waa found against him had he be not been brought forward aa as he vasi wasi masi masl vaai feel sure he would have escaped all notice as he was a man whose family relations were very little littie known but he has been sentenced ced and unless you sir fir irin in expose and exercise executive cle U ney ncy ency he will be consigned to tn t n upon me this result falls oe eullar cullar weight should this tase be enforced forced I 1 ask myself hoeff WH ca it look his friends in the fact I 1 his dependent nam fam ildren children feel towards I 1 tass vass hax has n called led their friend they m but the i act pk of a frias well weli ask i was waa it was a 8 MU mw that their their loved ona their support alt au to take away betray him to and and my presence au aa asem eay tay be become coffle aa asem eay tay be become coffle hateful baleful to them think that had it not nov may well they woula for my of their badal have uhe the society father lather 1 cnute contess confess it chlad 6 and ia Is executed thecie wre aie to gril guil otonce nee nce through my life to dep depa s lr l r me inq mj my interference in ch and zeal lat ter these thesa feelings feell neeli uga nga prompt toto address thid this communication excellency hoping it will ar with your sour favo favora raLle raule considerate I 1 that you will exercise liem that you will exercise and of Q towards george reynolds ant cy 1 which il hs him the tha pardon grant grani grall grail desire I 1 fello telio fellow w eo so earnestly I 1 am respect respectfully full fuli V GEORGE Q CANNON CARSONS PROOFS the letter it appears I 1 was not given givah due consideration in that the tha attorney general believed that it r contain a true record of the fact this thia made mr cannon very indignant and in bike beke cail call upon the attorney be he asked ased him it he had meu men the affidavits daxl its of 0 members of the grand jury that had been f lied filed in the case uhe the rhe attorney general said that had not A search was male in office of the pardon cler cier kund kAnd the affidavits were found are from several members of grand jury that in indicted ducted mr Reya olds and in substance correspond with aalthe statements of mr cannin that la 19 to the effect that no conic tiomi could have been secured uni sa mr reynolds himself had 11 it will be a heen seen een from the rem lem arki of 0 the rimes times that our out mog moe ining mug the voluntary information conce couce tio n furnished by brother Reynold rey Bey which made possible the prose cu tion against him and which have been bean denied by some bome persons persona tion against him and been bean denied by some bome persons persona whose veracity we havo have no need to reflect are substantiated by affidavits upon vita accompanying anding the petition we will say eay sa Y I 1 urther further that george reynolds himself told tola the writer of this article that he had given the information alluded to and those with that vie victim who are acquainted ignorance and sectarian to popular bigotry will value his word as reliable and unimpeachable for be he is known to b be 0 strictly a truth truthful fuls honorable and upright man but we need not be surprised at the hardihood with which persons persona 1 who must be in possession poss assion of the tact facts swill will attempt to deny them I 1 that george rey bey reynolds nolda gave that information without w which no case coula could have bean made against him hims well authenticated for is 13 too ees ces stul attempt at desp disproof roof that it norms forms good grounds for x an appeal it norms forms good grounds for x an tor executive clemency la is apparent and that those who while them selves steeped in corrupt corruption lon ion would bale hale to prison and to death go good od and land noble nobie minded men and women for practicing practising plural marriage under and direction divine dixine authority and ands to accomplish their purpose would deny that which they know to be true la is as clear and plain aa as word and act et can establish but their denial does not cha oha change the fact if george reynolds bey Key noida nolda had not supplied evidence in bis his own case there was no way in which it could be carried to a successful issue the exceptions taken at the second trial and the attitude of the counsel for the defense were vero provoked by the course of the prosecution who excluded evidence mate rial to the case and departed from the fairness which was expected on the terms made with the defendant in giving the points against himself when those issues were once raised they were contended for to the end and in spite of the rulings of the supreme court common sense and we believe a strict unbiased rendering of the law will sustain them as well taken why those affidavits were kept from the knowledge of the attorney general and from the president derit and cabinet when deliberating upon the petition we are at u loss to understand unless it was the consequence of that pue pure cuss ednes edues which is manifested on every occasion by 0 opponents p p of the mormons cormons Mor mons and their t h e i r system of marriage if the government of the united state can repress or destroy by harshness harsh neba nesa and unyielding torce force the f faith falth ith of a community in a principle believed to be of divine origin they will accomplish a new thing under the sun bun george reynolds Key will stand in the light of martyrdom for the truth before his people and all succeeding generation sand the system sought to be stamped out of existence will gain new now strength and vigor as is only natural and in int accordance cor dance with the experience of all the ages of the past |
