Show A WEIRD WINTERS WINTER 82 TALI TALE tiala THE suit entered in the supreme court of this territory on monday ostensibly to recover live five thousand dollars from the corporation of the church ot of jesus christ olf of latter day saints isidoe I 1 ne of the most remarkable lemarl cable ever court of law an aa attorney named winters presented a petition alleged to be in behalf of one carl P carlson asking that the sum of five thousand dollar interest be paid to carlson out of funds of the church now n the hands bands of the receiver the grounds of 0 the petition are to this effect that the church to facilitate the emigration of its members sent out agents to assist and take charge of them that the church instructed its agent to demand the money carried or owned by the emigrants that in july 1865 carlson was to and had bad in his bis possession about live five thousand dollars in an bonev that at wyoming now omaha joseph W young deceased demanded of the emigrants their money in the name of the corporation and as a divine messenger and that carlson paid over his bis money a a all has never since received any portion of it wedo we io nut not know anything about the person who is said to be making this absurd we i certain things set forth in the peti tion as facts are not nothing laing but undiluted fiction dation the thousands of emigrants who have come here from the old worl testify that no s uch nuch demand was ever made upon teem m by the church it way may be that ae unaccustomed to traveling have entrusted valuables to experienced men lor for safe keeping by the way but bat it is well weli known that president yours youre was scrupulously careful in seel seeing ang tit that no frauds were perpetrated upon such people aud and that exact jus us tic ewas done ches any cauce of cone com plaint arose we also know that in 1865 omaha was not called wyoma g and that the money spoken of cou cociu not have been paid jooseph to joseph oseph ayoun WY oun for he was not within a thousand maies of f the place nor acu 1 a I a ant ag mit tor for ahe the object iu in ariu bringing edg u up ancl h a aln gular ular claim as that at this la late tens date a ine does not appear on tile the surface the altol ney presenting it must know that legal action act on to is barred by the statute of limitations if anere is any around whatever for tile the claim he cannot hope to recover even it if all the errors and falsehoods in the petition were truths it is clear to every one who understands the policy of the church and its courts for the settlement ot difficulties between brethren that it 11 brother young had received money from this person which be bad refused to return or to account for every even opportunity port unity would have been afforded the claimant a B court or high council to brine the offender to account the object in retting getting this petition before the com cobit t and the case upon its ita record appears to be very much like an I 1 to 0 work up a sensation to put before the country for allol mornion mormon purposes A claim twenty three years old founded upon e errors and a false statement of the policy and practice of the corporation corn com of is a rather musty case to bring belore before the supreme court but it can be used by u unscrupulous dispensers of anti 1 mormon trub to pander to the prejudices of the main multi tude who will pulp gulp down a falsehood about 0 ll 11 t t the e mormon church with 1 d i and never deign to look at t a t thorough 0 r refutation of 01 toe the slander sia we have known of ze zealous alous converts to religions creeds who in a fit of enthusiastic thusia 8 tic generosity have voluntarily donated money molicy or other property to the church of their choice and afterwards apostatizing irom from their faith have endeavored to recover what aboy gave away and failing have declared that they had been robbed we do not say 81 ay this fits the case of the alleged carlson carison but it may do so and it is not an un uncommon colmon i thim diug in the history of religious societies gifts have been made by emigrants emonts having money to the perpetual emigrating Fund for the purpose ot of helping some poor tte people eo to le to gather with the saints and the donors norm after cooling in their ardor bave have repented of their gener generosity oAty and wished they had their money back sul 0 stances are rare it is tr true case cane may bri d one ol of whatever may mav be the bottom facts in the case it is certain that if ther had been any merit in it an ea equitable bitable bet ei clement could have lieen b een effected long ago when it was alive and both sides could have been heard now it is il a dead issue rc upon a dead man sad and brought against a defunct corporation the attorney who has made this venture must have been very verb hard up for a cause and terribly anxious to cut a figure at the bar if he makes no more reputation than money out of it he will not beco become itie very rich in either |