| Show SUPPRESS IT SOW NOW several beveral days day a ago the NEWS received a communication from american fork utan utah county stating that a gang of alleged white whitecaps caps had taken cyrus goff out and hanged him to IL a poplar tree leaving him there until almost dead deab also that when some borne ot of oia nis friends interfered they were sent beat off with sore bore head J the reason aven for or this thin action was waa that 0 ft was intemperate and ill treated his hia family the communication was waa couched in such buob flippant language that it was waa un suitable auit able tot for our column and from the way the story was wai told the NEWS believed it to be a canard therefore the letter was thrown aside aalde it now trans trana pires however that the hanging banging actually did take place and that the whiteoak doubtless doub tle elated with the success of their fleet first ventur eare threat ning boning other persons persona with a viall I 1 IQ ck be ae of the man goff it to la given as a an excuse for punishing pun him that hr his offense was WAR such that bat the law did not seem eem to touch him it is time right now for this thi business to be stopped topped fi whether or not the law will deal with a case each aich as ag gofta Is ia alleged to be it does doea reach that of his bia assailants who have no legal or moral right to engage in such out proceed inge ing As an organization they are neither couser vatro ire of the he peace nor administrators of the low jaw in purpose and action they are a band of ruff ruffians lains perhaps some ome well me leanitia anitia persons have become associated with them and it if so BO the quicker these learn the true nature of such auch a combination and get out of it the better As aa for those who persist to in carry ing out the schemes of the band the ceria local and otherwise should hould see flee to it that the nefarious work la in put an end to and that at once utah has haft no room or sympathy for lawless ness ner organized or otherwise and least of all that baser BOI t which proceed io in line with whitecap methods this american fork society should bould be broken up without delay and its if wicked career ended |
