| Show missionaries ACCUSED OK MURDER BY A MADMAN excitement IN consequence SHADY GROVE jasper co miss july 1886 editor deseret news to show what an easy matter it is for the evil one to raise an excitement whenever the word mormon is mentioned I 1 thought tho aught a few words f ram this section of country might be of interest to your many readers my companion elder john morton of midway wasatch county utah and commenced our celebration of the of july by walking a distance of eight or ten miles on our return from visiting a couple of members on the edge of smith county our visit was 0 d short duration however as sister barker one of the members quickly but quietly informed us ua wat mat on last friday morning mo riling about a 2 one jeff windham sprung from his bis bed and rushed in dishabille up to his brothers where he be reported thattie that the awful mormons cormons Mor mons had murdered his wife and children by cutting their throats from froin ear to ear ind and had gone over to his fathers in search of more victims of course the story of this madman was easily believed and in ia almost less time than it takes to tell it upwards of men were in arms scouring the country in search of mormon elders luckily for us we were at the time some eighteen miles di distant s t nt on n our way to nil fill an appoint m ent abt abat 0 of f baptizing a young lady into the people soon found that no noone one had bad been killed filed but still excitement runs high for some are ready to believe that the presence of the obnoxious cormons mormons Mor mons is the cause ol of this poor fellow going crazy elder morton informs me anat he is acquainted with windham who has always been an avowed enemy to thy the elders ever since they lave have been in the country since my arrival we have bave two meetings gsand and have baptized sed one person and although the majority of the people in this county are bitterly opposed to our doctrines we feel that we are doing some 9 good in spreading the cause of truth we learn from the te other elders in different parts of toe lie state eliat some few have received the gospel message and have been admitted into the fold while a areat many othe Aare rare seri seriously asly 1 investigating ever praying n fo for the advancement of the cause 0 of tru truth t h I 1 remain your brother in the gospel LEVI HARMON |
