Show MOBBING ELDERS five cormons mormons Mor mons brutally beaten by tennessee buffins Ruf flans it is our painful duty to record another instance where disciples of the lord jesus have been subjected to mob violence in this christian nation and the perpetrators of the outrage permitted to go unpunished punished uia on the morning of sunday gunday sept se t od three mormon elders from ab utah and and one re recently e ty b baptized zed convert were te terribly r r bl y bete beaten 11 ab bv a masked mob T toe riders elders were ell ellas as 8 7 r 1 gt h of f the h e Fourte fourteenth Fourteen enta tn ward of this city who is president of the tennessee conference thomas holt ot of south jordan salt sale lake county who arrived at his bis field of labor but a few hours before the occurrence A L ruller fuller of mill creek salt lake county and elder douglas whose residence we have not been able to ascertain the other ether was brother brooks who was baptized into the church about two weeks before it was at his home six miles from be bells station tennessee that the mobbing took place the particulars are learned from a letter written by one of the elders from gleeson weakley county ten a masfee tim ee on saturday evening the tour elders were staying at brother brooks house two weeks week s bebe there had bad been some threats made maae and a MOB HAD tut but scattered without doing any violence after retiring tor for the nit brother holt felt strongly impressed to arise and go out into the woods but thin thinking kine it only the result of the conversation about the former threats he kept the feeling back about midnight the brethren were aroused by mrs brooks calling to them in an excited manner theres a mob they had bad scarcely aroused when the house was filled with masked men who engaged in the vilest imprecations and aad threats one of them struck brother brooks a terrible blow with a club inflicting indic ting a long gash in the top of his head from the forehead back fortunate ly the end of the club struck the door frame or the blow blew must have killed him the crowd who were armed with PISTOLS SHOTGUNS SHOT GUNS AND RIFLES dragged the elders out of bed and ou of the house at the sometime same time covering them with their guus gurs elder holt managed to secure his pants but the others were prevented p r a v anted doing so the bowling io gang n ag of ruffians ruf flaus then dr dragged aggei the four r elders and brother brooks about forty rods to the woods they were knocked and about and prevented from uttering a 4 w word M in their defense or ge get ting bwy explanation on reaching the woods the captain bt bf the mob shouted who faMa strap wheres a good limb aba crowd seemed infuriated beyond control and it looked as though the elden elde had out but a short time to live no strap rap was however and the tour four bel plea men were stretched out across a log they were not excited i as they oey afterwards stated and quietly awaited what they a aw W ahey con could id not avoid hickory hicker y wit r ea were brought and as a some ome of the mob their prisoners halt a dozen of talf other athers plied the blows with effect on the backs of the victims vio tims who bore their intense fingerings with as much calmness as was possible under the the men who held the hickories struck with all their strength and with every blow ft a ridge idge was made in the flesh of el the elders and nd A OF OP BLOOD BLOO would stain their clothing the poto pan caused dy by thi this terrible lashing was 0 of 1 couise excruciating those who were not otherwise en engaged ked leveled their weapons on abe helpless men 1 as though they expected them to arise aris and turn upon them thirty lashes were given to each and there was a pause will you leave this county wd said the leader oi of the sang gang no answer came and several more lashes were given A second time the was asked but no response oase I 1 camean dmore more whipping followed follow edwith with tiff threads eats forty five lashes were given to each and elder wright seeing it was useless to remain there AND BE BUTCHERED told the mob that they would so go all of the elders without exception di dis s llred to make the promise but they that it was their duty under the to regard the commandment of the lord to hit servants when they persecute you in one city flee to te another and realizing no good would come of remaining ma ining I 1 ug they made the agreement after it was entered into a few more lashes were given I 1 and they were allowed to get up and were informed that it if they stayed any longer hanging banging would be the consequence they were told to remain at the house till 6 a in next morning brother brooks reached the house bouse fir firsthand stand when the elders arrived there his bis wife and chi children laren were gathered around him weeping bitterly brother brooks was sitting on a chair the blood dripping from arod A GHASTLY Y WOUND in his forehead elder wright also had bad a fearful cut on the head bead made with a club and his bis back was almost beaten to a jelly he was the most seriously injured of the five and his wounds were first attended to by rubbing them with turpentine the only remedy at hand elder douglas was next attended to his bis injuries neing being about the same as elder W wrights rights with the exception of the cut on the head elder fuller brother brooks and elder holt came next nest in order the batters lat bruises being a little less severe than those of the others as his clothes bad helped to protect him during the d day elders fuller and holt were directed by elder wright to go into adjoining al eilS county while he and elder douglas remained for a few days on tuesday last when the letter containing the account of the outrage was iv written ritten all five of the brethren were suffering considerably though are not dangerous they are able to attend to some oft of their heir duties in continuing the I 1 labor bor ot of reaching preaching the gospel to all who will fisten listen to them the saints sympathize deeply with them and from their hearts goes fortt forth a prayer that ahe he whose messengers engers they are will heal and comfort them and give ive thum that strength and peace which comes only from the fattier father of all |