| Show A. A A F. F ACORD DENIES TELEGRAMS TELEGRAM'S STORY Says He Was Misquoted and That He Did Not Write Letter Leter I STANDS ON MANIFESTO I s Statement to tp llin im i PIc of or Polygamy Pravo Feb C. C i When A J Jp P P. cor Acord I wa was shown the statements published In tile the Evening Telegram rm Salt Sai Lake pretending to quote quote- him hull as saying Of oe course I believe beleve In III polygamy n I have ha always preached it jL and still stil sti do 10 lo etc Ho lIe said The Telegram mm lies les wilfully am and maliciously when II It publishes the statement that I have always preach i ed cd polygamy and amid still do 10 1 er neve made malc such uch a a. statement to the Telegram Tele gram grain ram reporter or 01 to any ammy one else I Iam Iam am not ilot a polygamist and antI never nc have been I never ne have ha c advised its Hs lice tice 1 stan stand on the Manifesto o of l 90 O an and for fOl obedience to the law o Mr A Acord cord gal said Continuing lI cally cy I am not preaching now nor SlOP have I ever preached it I to the letter alleged to have been heen April Apri 1 11 1 1305 1905 to the time Erdman Idman family at Denver MrA Mr h A cord Acord said Sid that lie he in Iii Denver a at that time doing doing missionary worl buhat bu but that lint preaching polygamy was positively positive positive- I ly hy prohibited b by the church author le tlc tics and ami had 1181 he hc had hac the thc desire to toI topi I I pi 1 each that princIple he lie certainly would not have written the ho letter leler bu but have gone genie onay to tho the J I home ilOie where he hc was vats a wel- wel com come visitor and which isIO was ns un only a CAW squares from the tile house hous where Mr Mi I Acord resided The Thc vcr ver very I ng of tim the c letter therefore stands as a lie Jle upon I Its face Whenever l he il polygamy amy a at I all al said ald Mr Mi II Acord Acord- it it i was ws rl merely rel U to I explain the position of ur the church am and andI to I 0 defend tho thC attacks made ma upon uon It itlIe I 1 lIe If affirmed that he hc Ilce Incessantly lol told he the investigators that thai tile the doctrine o of was as H. H u. u dead I issue ue with wih th the dl ch u I il I 1 did dil iii not hot write a letter lo to tl tin lie fain family Ily In iii April 11 itil and if Jf the tho lw T IHm or Sr its Us representative has hns seem ecu tel u mL letter to tu have havo b been cn by hy mo nH to i Ih th m at nt i t that time bile timet It t is a u gery gory gory- IQ for ft 1 I repeal I list did not nol TiC u it I lottor Ul 1 to l the hit l lamB funnily In II 1 A April lOOf 1905 Some Ol thil in iii AU August I t 1 05 am amid un mitt after ret house home ISI J I ely aCI sj 1 lU II imi hUIC SI lii write a lottor to t t lit Iho lI funi- funi limiti limit limit- UI- UI i y win Ht In ill I that letter mcg tn R lol un hi at vur l lj LI II li j Iu 1 I. I u t I tv i Hul tl thi the r loiter been Ion l that Chat oct net would have luu boon brought out The rime Thc me- me meas as ts g ml lint In my may snottier IH is It a i polYgamous which Is It 8 not lint 4 i lii II n lie tho souse hut 1 Into polygamy Janu hll I wild wits that thal my father was wan a I ily r. r My Is 16 the tho UI first lIr l or ni legal Ig-al wife wll but hul who he slid did Ill give IWI con con- CUI- CUI s. s nt nl lo tsi t the tho l 1 I uan Ht I abet In lii II |
