| Show r A STRANGE SCENE j 11 3 A very strange scene was wit wit- witnessed witnessed witnessed here OB on the It will willbe willbe wilbe be remembered that Mr Samuel D Davis of this place was waa found guil guil- guilty guilty guilty ty not long since at the District District Court held at Malad Malay City of voting at the ele election tion held here last fall anti anti- contrary to the provision pro vision of the anti Mormon anti Mormon Test Oath law and that ht h was sentenced to pay a fine fiDe of ot 50 and costs pending payment of ot which he was s sent nt to the county jail He applied for a writ of habeas corpus which was denied by Judge B Berry rry 1 A Application j tion was then made maJe direct to toY Y Washington for a similar writ Here HereIt Hereit 1 It was thought the matter would rest for the present But not so 80 on Sept Bent 18 13 Sheriff Beason came cane to Samari and levied an attachment on Mr Davis property having an order from the court to sell at public auction enough to cover fine and costs On the said order was carried into effect Sheriff Beason Attorney Stand rod Treasurer D Tovey CommIssioner P Fredrickson and a few other came over The sale began at 2 o'clock clock Mr Davis only horse was sold to Meyer Kohn of Malad for tor 2100 Mr Kohn has bas since offe offered to o return the animal for the same saIne price which was about one fifth one Ids his real value Mr Davis interest tid in i n the firm of Evans Gibbs Da Davis vis was knocked off to Standrod I for It was the Intention to sell een the little home where Mrs Davis and her two little children reside but the title being defective it was abandoned This was all that could be found to sell and the sale came to toa toa toa a close rat The sheriff seemed very dry after his hie labors for tor he be and his compan- compan comp n- n i ii i i s i They ions indulged quite freely They r 4 had apparently come over well pre pre- prepared pared It was no doubt anything but interesting to Mrs Davis to t witness such proceedings after the th sale of all she had to depend upon for a living A And why was she thus reduced to poverty Why was the husband and father occupying a aprison aprison prison cell while all his earthly possessions were being sold under the hammer 0 freemen listen His crime consisted in being a mem mem- member member member ber of the Mormon Church Strange scenes in a nation founded upon re- re religious re religious libert liberty Where is the na- na nation nation na nation tion drifting to Has it reached its zenith and begu begun n its down downward ward course When or citizens can an be deprived of every right ex- ex except except ex except to pay taxes on account of their religious belief such questions force forpe themselves upon the mini mind Ye citizens of Utah beware The same sameI cass class of political schemers robbers are among you Guard your rights with a jealous eye eye ele LIBERTY SAMARIA IARIA Idaho Sept 30 1889 |
