| Show A LAKE CAPTAINS YARN THE chicago tribune which appears to be fond of anti mormon stories and reports however absurd and munchausen like they may be publishes an alleged interview with a retired retired lake captain who claims to have had some peculiar experiences with mormons cormons Mor mons on the beaver group 0 of if islands the retired sea captain may be a creation of one of the tribune reporters he may be a veritable relic of the lake but whether a figurehead figure head for a reporters reporter s screed or a real narrator of nautical yarns his story is jabout about as reliable as most of the tales told by such worthies as a reward fr for a smoke and a glass of grog we do not propose prop to repeat the story of the depredations alleged to have been committed by mor mons in the long ago on I bay the stealing of sunk anchors and other such likely larcenies larce nies the wrecking of vessels the murder of crews and other similar horrors nor to comment on the admitted fact that a government special inquiry yinto into these purported crimes resulted in a decision that there was nothing in them neither do we care to dwell on the account of the burning of the houses of the people who were said to be Mormon sand the destruction of their homeland homes home and sand property but we wish to state for the benefit of the public and the information of the tribune that the Strang ites who once inhabited the islands referred to and who were dispersed by and violence were not mormons cormons Mor mons and had no connection with the church that has its headquarters in utah james J strang it is true was once a member of this church but he was excommunicated munica ted in nauvoo and afterwards started a society of his own as separate and distinct from the church from which he was expelled as the episcopal church is from the roman boman catholic any wrongs that might have been done by the Strang itee ites or any idl idi that may have distinguished them cannot be fairly attributed tri buted to the mormons cormons Mor mons P and the attempted connection of the two bodies one of which is defunct and theother the other most vigo not at all creditable to the chicago tribune though quite in line with its methods as ae to imor mormonism ly it is becoming the fash ton lon with a certain class of sensational to give gusto to their imaginative and blood curd ling productions by bi making the chief actors therein either mor mons 11 or br mormon haters baters and hunters and thus excite additional interest and at the same time give vent to a mali malicious clous desire to misrepresent the latter day saints it is very low and contemptible and does not embellish the pages nor raise the reputation of any journal claiming to be respectable even if published inthe in the rushing racy and rustling city of chicago |
