Show an incident in virginia I 1 ROCKY MOUNT franklin fraaklin co Vs va may 10 1888 editor deseret news in this town which is the county seat of franklin Co antya man was arrested IL a short time ago by a united states marshal having in hs bis wagon a keg of illicit whisky the mans friends and that seemed to te bie be the entire community rescued him from the officer and conveyed him out oat of town tow in tr triumph daring the marshal to follow compare this with the killing of edward M dalton at parowan carowan Pa rowan and the forbe forbearance siance of that mormon community and the contrast 1 to striking this county has were mere violations of 0 the revenue laws in one month than infractions af the edmunds ands law would aggregate in a year there are at least one hundred illicit distilleries till eries in full operation in this country at present and have been for the past as six months the arrest I 1 refer to being ing the only one attempted for months yet these same people 9 speak to me about the mormons cormons Mor mons defying de teak ying v thia the laws of the united states I 1 was going to say something about consistency but am reminded that it la is one of the afie lost arts or so considered by opponents of mormonism it we judge from their arguments JOHN JOES 0 |