| Show THAT THOMAS THOMiS CANARD oula on readers will remember the sensational sat thomas case which went the rounds of the american press only a short choit time ago thomas and his family I 1 I 1 were said to have escaped from utah abere his life was threatened if he would not jot join a the mormon church this persecution was alleged to have taken taken place at scofield which to is about miles from salt bait lake city the papers stated that thomas jumped into the detroit river under the impression that thai the mormons Mormon Mor mons WI still pursued 0 him and his widow and children were helped to wales by contributions from sympathizing travelers we exposed the story by the ami davits of both Mor mormon and non mormon residents of scofield who avowed that no such pressure was ever brought upon thomas and by the statement from new york that the whole thomas family the suicide included had bad sailed for the old country noe are in receipt of a communication ni from scofield containing the substance of a letter from wales with further particulars which are as follows fo W s thomas thomas and wife and baby arrived safe on saturday evening march 1891 when he got go t out oat of 01 the cars to look after their baggage he be was left behind and alii on an his arrival at new york he found that three of the children had been taken on to the ship by another party going to wales arriving at liverpool on the inet and were taken faken care of all the way to the town of aberdare aberdale Aber dare Glamorgan shire south wales which caused a great deal of talk a among m 0 u the people in the country who wondered won de r el whit what was the cause of the family leaving field so suddenly 11 mr thomas found his wife in the hospital od tal rt at now new york and was delayed un until the anat therece there he rece received iveda a telegram on the arrival of the children after a very rough rough passa pass passage 4 mi thomas and his wife an and baby had a splendid voyage he said that he had to seu sell bis watch and revolver for food on 00 his way to new york after the family as his wafe badall had all the money on her person on NU au the way on OB their arrival in wales ales hundreds ot of people had gath gathered ered around thi the depot the occasion was 0 one e that chused caused all kinds of rumors the people of scofield arb justly incensed over the stories that hl have ave wen been set afloat about their attempting to coerce people in religious matters they are liberal minded and progressive gres sive citizens a and nd is to is certain there was not the slightest foundation for the we tide of mormon v persecution W which aih C was diw doubtless invented by the same detroit reporter who made up the fiction about the suicide of thomas so far we have seen no correction of the falsehoods circulated by the press of the country concerning this matter tina and we W e do not expect that our contemporaries east who promptly pub lish any ansurd absurd untruth about the mormons cormons Mor mons M will make any attempt to give i their readers the facts facto in relation to the thomas canard |
