Show falsehoods REFUTED franklin idaho june ath 1898 the following clippings have been cut from english newspapers by my friends both in england and wales and many british newspapers have copied them and thus our elders have been assailed As the whole story is one tissue of barefaced falsehoods I 1 deem it my duty to give the truth through the deseret Des ret news hoping that the millennial star will be kind enough tu to copy it and that some of our elders will take a copy of the news or of the star to the wolverhampton Wolver hampton express and star published in queen street wolverhampton Wolver hampton which first published this and other statements that have been widely circulated to the injury of the church both here and abroad the object of these false statements that have been sent to benevolent people is to get money and large sums have teen been sent here and more is being asked for these begging letters are frauds being the acts of artful dodgers following is ont ono of the clippings AN ANTI MORMON STORY chicago july 13 special one of the leaders of the once great english chartist party which from 1839 to 1848 battled for universal suffrage vote by ballot annual parliaments the abolition of the property tax for voters electoral districts the abolition of the penny tax on newspapers and the repeal of the corn laws nearly all of which reforms have since been en grafted upon the english statute books is nearing his end in this country in the direst of poverty this is the information received here today in a private letter from a representative senta tive london radical and which further states that on the initiative of the wolverhampton Wolver hampton express and star one of the leading papers of england outside of london an appeal has been issued to liberal radical and reform societies to come to the aid of their fellow countryman the once great agitator and leader of the masses concerned to is willi william sewell who with feargus oconnor ernest jones henry vincent arthur cneill ONel ll george stephens and harry hunt the latter being shot dead on the steps of the town hall in manchester while addressing a meeting formed the original nucleus of the executive committee that promoted the chartist uprising with its incidental riots in different parts of the country and its presentation of mammoth petitions to parliament several of the leaders mentioned were convicted of treason and sentenced to penal servitude in van biemans Di emans land according to the wording of the appeal which to is being circulated in england sewell with his son and daughter inlaw in law was some two years ago persuaded to leave london for the united states where he was promised land cattle poultry and other farming supplies free of charge on a mormon settlement i tl on arriving at his destination however the old man discovered that he had bad been deceived the little supply of money that the trio brought with them to is now exhausted and they are stranded at franklin onelda oneida county idaho the newspaper in question has been be en designated as treasurer to the fj relief fund and the appeal asks for liberal subscriptions that will enable sewell to procure the necessaries of P life if not to live in comfort during his 11 declining years it adds that he has despaired 6 fever seeing old england again herer here is in another of the clippings JM an old chartist some two years ago our attention has ban been called to the distressing ease case of mr william sewell sewell together with his son and daughter in law was persuaded into leaving this country for america where he was promised land cattle poultry etc free of charge on a mormon settlement tl on arriving at the settlement the old man discovered that he had been deceived Having expended his savings in paying his passage out sewell and his family are now stranded at franklin oneida county idaho the wolverhampton Wolver hampton express and star queen street wolverhampton Wolver hampton has opened a subscription list and proposes to send the amounts subscribed to sewell to enable him to procure the necessaries whereby he may be enabled to live in comfort during his declining years as he has despaired of ever seeing old england again sewell worked alongside feargus oconnor arthur oneil and ernest jones the facts of the case in regard to these people are as follows I 1 was formerly of bonshire ton shire england and am now and i ve been a farmer fanner in franklin framklin ida and have resided here since 1868 1869 my wife is the daughter of the man sewell named in these articles for many years I 1 have sent the sewells money to england and at last at their urgent request as is proven by their letters which I 1 have now in my possession saying unless I 1 helped them the union workhouse would be their doom I 1 aided them to emigrate I 1 sold twenty four and one half acres of my best land for their emigration I 1 here present a copy of the certificate sent to the presidents deAts office and it Is self explanatory no 1204 salt lake city utah march 14 1895 received from alfred hensen the sum of two hundred and sixty nine dollars and fifty cents said amount to be used tor for the emigration of william sewell H ft sewell ester sewell and I 1 H sewell three full and one halt half passengers to franklin idaho JACK SPENCE per S it is represented that sewell paid his own way the above explains who paid I 1 he never was a chartist and was simply a rural agitator at election times and a temperance lecturer he was a country journeyman tailor when sending for these people I 1 addressed a letter to president anton H lund liverpool asking him to favor these poor people all he could and directed that if there was any money over and above the regular passenger fare to forward it to their home to assist them from home to liverpool I 1 had previously forwarded 10 from logan cache county utah to darlis ton england tor for this purpose as they were in such a helpless condition they could not furnish anything themselves they arrived at W franklin anklin in may 1895 1 I mot met them at the depot they were loud in their praise of elder an ton H lund for his great kindness to them saying he not only sent them quite a sum but as their passage wat wa second class elder lund gave them a first cabin passage they stayed at my home ten weeks I 1 furnished theon them everything free and in the autumn and winter I 1 furnished them seven hundred pounds of flour fuel vegetables groceries and meat then they rented a house tor for themselves which I 1 helped to furnish and all the neighbors complimented them on their comfor comfortable tle appearance bishop hatch the ladles ladies of the relief society and others besides my family have supplied their every want up to date the fact Is they are too idle to work and the son a strong healthy man would not work when he was offered by mr samuel C parkinson three shillings a day english I 1 money and me hla dinner they left I 1 franklin aranki in being dissatisfied I 1 but returned I 1 again as an they did not noot find any body so foolish elsewhere as to support them in idleness they say they want to go gack to england I 1 wish they had never left it but as I 1 said before they are writing these shameful begging letters to good and benevolent people they have received 87 from the express and star company ton and have collected 40 among the near mormon towns including this they have written falsehoods about the people who have been thus thua kind to them so if these good english and american people desire to support a strong healthy man in idleness all well I 1 will not ALFRED HENSON |