Show thee I 1 abnot r phaion the arat mr ballere Bat lere story con ff 1 au article appeared in ibe the of december cember the 1880 firing giving the mormon beidof the butler Butle ramar and JaK lylo ther statement the editor makes some remarks that are not appropriate and are entirely uncalled led fur tor he does not make nak any ny inquiry from the officer officers that made the arrest aa as to the truth of the statements of butler but takes it for granted that they bey are all right because there Is a deputy P ty marshal anit in it ture to say thai that they would to take his word for anything else from what I 1 bare have heard beard of him from others well to start in with the tile complaint was a ot sworn out until few days before the arres arrest tf in thi the second place mclellan wellan wa waa not t miles ilea of there here and itwara seta gc acock ock broad when the offices got to the house they knocked on the door and demanded admittance stating who they were mere and what they wanted and received rec elved aalf from a female inside saying wait walt till I 1 drese dress the officers waited some fifteen ort or twenty kinty d again demanded the door to bo be opened chey rhey rec received elrod no reply and they kept that no fo former rover half balf an hour but could got aa no ay iy from within whatever r 1 in the meant meantime line they whispered consultations geln v han fide ida windows raised up and ana down stairs but no one gt attempted tempted to to open the front door anthe in the meantime we the back door aras was 0 opened pe edaun And the foung man whose in name J m I 1 donot want to mention you can ask mr butler wal what tha thai was masv tried ao get got away to notify bla his ibay had been cleaning their dunsto guna to defend theol deir the officers had bad been informed and of course the offlie outside stopped him whether he did lid it at the muzzle of a rev revolver olyar r biot doce does not matter but be he went back still the front door was locked th rhe people eople inside were repeatedly that the ibe door doo would bo be broken in if they did not open it but they paid 40 no attention eo ad the officers broke open the do door orand and went in when the old man made mader far them if be he meant to annihilate guati huati them theja on the spot t when whetstone bad had taken riold d of him he struck at the officer and tried to get to a bureau organ or something in one corner of the room but the officer held him back and ana threatened to lay him on the floor lahe if be did not behave himself lie ile was not treated he to have been 1 if it so hed have had a se scalp wound or two the he old man foamed swore and threatened until I 1 was ashamed of him for the sake of his family fancily he said that t could not take him to og en aba I 1 bill brown bad wid fried tried that and failed V M footed it to salt lake lak a for cifor and if they thought they woud tak bakel him they were were off OX their he cursed buried the Government vand I 1 the off ivers fers thereof told them t they hey aera were doing the work of the devil ja I fell 10 ppe finest missions nv aries arles I 1 ever head preach in regard to whetstone handing steele a there la in itt ll 11 steels eaje 0 bis stow the man out ou eide taide and had no pistol during the whole time but picked up ft A stick tick 8 of stove store wood outside to defend deft dea himself against do dogs gsand and still retained it in bis his band hand when he went into fhe the house use but bat laid had ta draw bis his pistol in order to quiet the olda und and saw the whole performance perform and there was nothing 1 on it bf alber officer bu u butler I 1 consider one of the lowest mortals I 1 ever everha had dany any do wilh with after be he quieted down be he asked the officers forgive fessand bes nes sand wanted said about w whatever blat ever i d him to go and make suell statement statements shows what he ia 4 and of odthe the seems sanction all his statements he hi fays bayst that hat the officers have become emboldened embolden 4 by b the recent tragedy in the second district ac the i bare been abused and ancl lied a about through the of this territory for jor jears I 1 do not believe there is jai a man or woman in this district that pan or will truthfully eay say that thit ihei the deputies deput Is have hire ever rAis mistreated treated them in any any wa way except s 1 capt thia this one case caso the only ob t in 0 o show the people that tbt the 06 effic cre jq oi the thi government are not highwaymen nor aitt throats an allro bere and have families here and expect to stay andio and d their nty to their roun TOun try and themselves and ido it i jn ju p manly many way when 0 they have men mento to deal with hoping Hopin in lue itce to the officers you will ibis state sute meat ment yours tama ac a baz the odde odden fitinA n aad ij takes pleasure in placing the above statement of the arrest areef of vm autler bafo before re the public bild written by a person who was present the th c charges h arges made against the officers were serious ones and jarue jf arue the conduct ci of thu 1 should have been investigated the HERALD of course placed implicit faith in mr butler butlar and whatever coni commend meni was mad upon waa entirely upon the assumption that mr butlers But lere statement which be he eaid said would be corroborated by athars was wholly true shehen the HER ALD I regrets that it should have been heen deceived and thereby work ao injustice upon any person officer or civilian in the newe and in gi giving v ing acco of boccar bences e a i it t d does oes not wish to wilfully the fact thu corae course it hae has n deavo red to follow and ii if error errors have been ina made e they were e errora of judg mantor ment i 0 i as is in m ahk errors 0 of f I 1 i ind a were not wilful and it has bag been and is always ready to ma makenny keany correction that ma may Y be jd bit abdone done we ara I 1 t informed wormed that officer officers 1 abe whetstone didiot did abot make use of the language attributed to him we are pleased to give him the benefit of the contradiction contradict iop because no poo d lancome can lio come ma of a wilful perve r eian of what really did occur 1 t A As a matter of justice to all par ar ties atiee the HERALD b has ai taken the opportunity of giving the other thi question and the pub lid can now judge who tinned sinned moet or who h awas wa nott most tinned sinned agart |