Show MORMONS IN WALES more of tle dobbings Mob bings of the elders in merthyr elder samuel K R brough writing to the millennial star from merthyr tydfil under date of sept 19 says knowing you are ever interested in the prosperity and welfare of the elders under your fatherly care I 1 deem it advisable to marrate narrate in a brief manner my late experience and treatment in djuth wales my field of labor I 1 received president david williams an appointment to hold meetings with the saints la in cardiff on the oth dinst on my arrival there I 1 learned that william jarmac the mot notorious orious I 1 apostate had given a series of lectures during we week and exhibited some home reputed scenes of in utah his lectures as ua 1181 consisted solely of slander and misrepresentations the result was that the citizens were to ta violence against the saints and we had to abandon sunday meetings to prevent trouble while passing along the I 1 most public street about a 3 pm on I 1 sept ath I 1 camie to a very large as of people which ope oae of mr jarmans followers was addressing I 1 listened to him about uvo five minutes but soon became disgusted with his bis immoral infamous and false statements concerning the people I 1 represent and passed casad quietly on not speaking to any ona on ou a I 1 back baa gone about yards from the tae congregation wh I 1 heard them hal walloping hallooing hallo loping and I 1 burard to see what was the cause of it and behold them theiu com ing after me like so lao many ferocious animals after prey theres a mormon yonder he is there he goes etc I 1 steadily up mi not increasing my speed in the least and passers ia me mm on the sidewalk who eagerly exclaimed where is hi be I 1 cannot see him I 1 suppose they naturally thought the mormon thai tb the e mob was pur pursuing saIng must be some sode kind of a wild beast I 1 came to a policeman before zue tue enraged crowd overtook o me and solicited nis assist sace ace in an instant they swa swarmed around us threatening to kill me we efforts on the part ot of the policeman were of little they threw a number of things at as me and violently beat the officer and me ine strenuous efforts were made on the part of the mob to knork knock us down but we succeeded in preventing wicked design otherwise they m maat at nave have trampled the life out of my V some were so cowardly as to beat e in the back and side when I 1 was guarding my face from otheta others to avoid wearying you with entails I 1 will say the timely of five other temen saved us serious bodily injury the police inquired what I 1 had bad done or said to bo merit such treatment but no accusations acau lations were made other than I 1 way was a by energetic efforts pa toe te part pan of the police they in rescuing me my hat bat which wag knocked off la in the disturbance tr trampled ample under dauder foot foo and much damaged dama aed had a piece of velvet ribbon inside with the initials of my name worked on it and the ansti gator of the mob sir I 1 was informed subsequently deore wore the ribbon on his coat evidently a as a token of bravery the police ebeor ted meto depto the station alonz hisses and much shouting of boo mormon 1 mormon etc later in I 1 1 t he day a closed cab took me to the railway station and I 1 left the town in an evening tram I 1 during durin the whole ot of the ploce proceedings edings the lord bl blessed ased me with great calmness and presence of mind and I 1 retired to rest that night despite e my mr P painful bruises rejoicing that I 1 was c counted worthy to be persecuted for lais his camets names sake after the frantic mo mob b had bad followed us to the P police 0 ai station they went to we the place w where e tile the saints hold meetings and considerably damaged the fre f premises demises and greatly fright frightened eneo the bamily that resides there on mon pay the about 1500 people gathered there again and threatened to lynch brother D C forsey who does business on the premises he was obliged to seek police protection and his wife and child were shel sheltered terea by a neighbor brother For forsey s is id much damaged his business is stopped and the violent proceedings have affected his mind to such an extent that he is at this date quite delirious and dangerously ill you are aware of the recent results of J Jara amans ians L infamous lectures in swansea and that mat lie be was there bound over to keep the peace for three months thel under bonds ol of nevertheless he continues these abene lectures in hm his character vile manner lie ile is now la im 1 Ker merthyr thir and has baa succeeded bucce bacce eded in creat bog considerable disturbance at our oar office und anil we are even now under dunkler pu uce lice protection pi election this persecution has baa aroused the saints to a sense of their duty duly and the wolfish howlings bowlines of jarman and hist emissaries may drive a few ot of thet scattered sheep back into the told fold president williams and the El elders derst are enjoying their usual health and feel assured the lord will overrule all things to his honor and glory |