Show ANTI MORMONISM IN WALES and disturbances caused by base falsehoods the anti mormon crusade says the south wales daily dably news of sept now being conducted in cardiff by a person describing himself as an escaped high priest ot the cormons mormons has produced intense excitement culminating aminat mina ting on sunday afternoon in a scene int of disorder w which lich very vary unpleasantly a a a affected the believers in mormonism mo niSHi their spiritual guide coming in for a share of attention which he be will remember tor for many a day for some time past mormon services have been held in a loft in colborne street above the workshop of a who is himself a convert to the faith and ia whose house AN UNFOUNDED had bad been spread that three young giris were awaiting shipment to salt lake ake city on sunday morning the escaped priest delivered a lecture at the colonial hall to amen men only and so wrought upon the feelings of a crowd ed audience by the relating ot horrors which he be asserted were perpetrated in utah that in the afternoon several persons congregated in for the purpose of being present at the service held by the latter day saints the idea of holding a service under such conditions were abandoned and the doors were closed tile the mormon elder now arrived upon the scene was recognized and at once set upon loy by the infuriated crowd A policeman endeavored to protect him but he was badly beaten with fists and sticks and ills his hat knocked off his head and smashed he would doubtless have received severe injuries but tor for the timely arrival of ef sergeant damm and some half dozen police constables constable who surrounded the victim and ff followed by A HOOTING MOB M ba escorted him to the police stations station where he wate wals protected from urther further f violence the police then retraced their steps and in a little while succeeded in clearing the streets the cambria daily leader of september says on monday evening mr jarman the ex mormon priest commenced a series of lectures illustrated by views and scenes en route from england to salt lake city and also representative of mormon lite life at the lbert albert raj hall swansea there was a large me arm buciu by a strong contingent of of school boys who occasionally ridiculed some of the pictures and challenged their accuracy some amusement was caused by one of the villains enquiring of the lecturer whether exeter cathedral was a truthful likeness while an another othet displaying exceptional luns lung power suggested that it was a lodging 9 ouse InA in russia this remark CAROUSED AROUSED TIM IRE of the ex mormon priest and he at once proceeded to inform his juvenile disturbers disturb ers that ke be was boss of the albert hall right up to friday night and that they should remember that every English mans house bouse is his bis castle and as they were his invited guests that evening they should be careful as to the manner in which they co conducted ad acted themselves otherwise he would reluctantly elu ct have them expelled previous pravio u to the exhibition of views mr jar jarman an appeared on the platform attired in a modest black suit quit and on his bis breast were two or three crosses and a small regalia of some order he mentioned the scene which occurred at cardiff on sunday and which was reported la in these columns never wull would a mormon elder preach in cardiff again the people there were determined to te prevent them holding their meetings and he jarman asked the swansea people to endorse the action of the cardiff folks and put a STOP TO THE MEETINGS which were held every week at no 4 grove place at bristol new newport ort and cardiff he be had bad stopped the nor mor mons little game and he bo hoped before he be departed from swansea to bring about a similar state of things here jarman then in his bis very inviting man ner produced the very indispensable bottle of rough on rats and asked any mormon present to step on to the platform and take a draught no one seemed disposed to accept mr jarmans invitation and he be next referred to a huge pile of literature with the following bloodcurdling blood curdling titles hell chell upon earth 11 jarman saw the devil and shook hands bands with him twelve years in hell etc he contended that no library was complete without them and that they were to be found in all the large and fashion able libraries ot of new bork A maie attendant whose getup get pet up strongly reminded one of e buffalo bills cowboys was then requested to hawk toe the pamphlets and books amongst the audience while mr jarman adjourned to his dressing room to don his bis mormon robe he shortly afterwards returned to the platform and presented a number of views which to say the most afforded indifferent amusement to the editor siri sir I 1 was ws a atness last ME night h t to one of the MOST blackguardly ACTS I 1 have ever seen tn in swansea when the anti mormon jarman had bad concluded his lecture a mob of about persons proceeded to grove place where the mormon elder mr williams resides the mob began to throw stones atones and were proceeding to deeds ol of violence when there was a cry that a policeman was comin coming and inow the lot bolted like cowards I 1 snow nothing and care nothing about mormonism but I 1 pretest a mo mob b violence slid and I 1 draw the attention ol of t the he police to the matter it if anyone is i injured or billed oy dy the jarman mob I 1 let ettlie the police see that the guil guilty 7 are D punished punished uni shed yankee mobbing won wont t do a swansea Sw anses i yours etc A CITIZEN at the swansea police court this saturday morning before mr edward daniel chairman and mr W rosser it herbert monger said he shed tu to make an application filat obe william I 1 jarman a public lecturer WW saw lecturing at the albert hall swansea should find sureties for his good behavior he made this application because a body of 0 people commonly rio I 1 known as mormons cormons Mor mons as a result of the impassioned harangues delivered nightly by jarman were in DANGER OP OF LIFE AND LIMB he would call before the euch bench de inspector jones who would say that during the week no 4 grove place where mr david williams who was a mormon elder resided had been under police surveillance as it ft was leared that excited by jarmans references to the cormons mormons Mor mons who meet at grove place as murderers and blackguards black guards 11 crowds would proceed there and a riot would result jarman came to swansea from frem cardiff where his lectures had bad such an effect upon the crowd that they attacked a mormon elder in the public streets and severely injured him he based his application upon a similar case that came some years before the magistrate at manchester in which a man named M murphy ur pl an itinerant lecturer against popery was charged with delivering lectures calculated to incite breaches of the peace and was bound ever to keep the peace himself in ado and two sureties of each he would call before them evidence to prove that tha t within the last few days similar lee U 11 ll 1 T I 1 lures beun uy lu swansea adit ad it would be shown that in the house bouse occupied by elder williams had bad been placed UNDER POLICE surveillance replying to mr daniel he be said it was a fact that that the were d directed against the mormons cormons Mor mons an and d the he remarks generally were dangerous owina to the fact that ahey pointedly referred to a particular house that in which elder williams lived and I 1 moreover jarman recommended that thai they should drive the latter out of the town he described them as murderers i ind and expressed publicly his bis wonder that the police did not suppress them recommending the people to drive them out of the town the result was that a large crowd assembled nightly outside the house of elder WU liam ham who was now la in bodily fear mr david williams said tie he lived at 4 grove place swansea the front room was used by the latter day saints of swansea tor the purpose of religious worship on oil monday night nigh about ten a crowd assembled outside the house HOOTING AND OUTING williams how bow many wives have yon yog sot got how many throats have 11 boja 0 11 c cot 1 1 they threw brew stones at toe 0 r s 1 4 broke the windows and he was to in bodily tear lear of them he bob knew aih crowd had been at the albert HU hall hearing bearing a I 1 lecture e ture against Mormon tsin qa by mr william am jarman since tak his bia house bouse had bad been beed under police pro lection on tuesday thesda morning he be met inel jarman who said old fellow we ue as come again your days are numbered you will not be allowed to seduce was more of our gir girls its subsequently a messen gerlof jarmons Jar muns a ns a man dressed up as aa a sailor with three revolvers in his belt and a bowle bewie knife came to hie bb house and asked for certain dumben of the millennial star detective inspector jones said abit no 4 grove place had since tuesday been under the protection oi of tj the police crowds assembled outside on 00 1 several nights but there had bad been no lie I 1 riot as itie the police were there he had heard jarman lecture and lie 1 thought that these lectures tended fo excite the public to commit a brea breach ot of the peace t I 1 mr thomas rees bees said daid he was wae a shorthand w iter engaged on the cambria G daly daily leader he bad beenie been it the albert hall on friday night and had bad taken a verbatim report ot of ju mans lecture when referring to the mormons cormons he be made use of VERY VIOLENT and threatened to expose the iniquity les ies and villainies villa inies of scalps scamps those mose blackguards black guards those murderers murderers mur derera who met at 4 grove place 13 swansea he also made references to a wedding garment which he be alleged the mor mons wore and said if you want to know it if these villains who live la in grove place are cormons mormons open their shirts and you will soon find out and further they have made up their minds they shall not act meet in cardiff what are you yon going goin g to do in swansea A voice chuck them out yes I 1 dont know that you gouid not be thoroughly justified mn men who eu can murder a dear boy like that thai referring to his son ought not to be allowed to preach in england we dont want murderers coming and seducing our girls and they shant stay nel neither delther ther 11 mr monger proposed to tender further evidence but the magista magistrates atee thought it was unnecessary and for forthwith th granted a summons return returnable ah ae on monday cambrian datty daily le leader ader I 1 saturday sept on sunday afternoon a number of et peo people le headed beaded by a man dressed to in the buffalo bill style and ARMED WITH A BOWIE KNIFE and two or three pistols proceeded to the house of elder williams where itt it was a mormon service was going on they found the door of 0 the house bouse open and as many as could find room entered others crowded crowd outside and 8 succeeding in opening the window watched the abe proceed inks ings while the remainder trampled over ove the bearden or made a 8 disturbance sled outside the anti mor mon leader hod had no sooner eist entered ered tee room than lie he proceeded to put questions to one of these an answer was refused and then ensued a scene of considerable excitement elder williams called tor for the aid of the t police as the lives of his WIN wife and C children were in ia danger the polio police w six of whom were in atten attendance dande DID NOT INTERPOSE after the lapse of about two hours thi i crowd left the abe house bouse the windows 0 1 which were at once cl closed 0 1 l d jand d tb 4 blinds lowered toen th abe e aall mor mons held a meeting on t the lie b bank k on i the opposite side of the road chii the disturbance lasted the greatel I 1 anxiety was shown by the neighbors neigh bon boro many of whom barricaded barricades barrica ded their wa wit dows itis it Is said that elder willism f furniture tim iture was much damaged wales da daiev icv sept 15 1888 on monday september jar jet jari i man was brought into tae abe police coul COTI H aad fined and was also placed if bondi bond i to keep the peace |