Show AN OPEN LETTER hon II 11 P henderson ne judge ot lUe the First district court I 1 I 1 I 1 to hon ir if P hodgon permit seyour me your honorato Ho Ilo norto thank you fur for your your kind and sympathetic aylings fee linge extended to mrs parry parr d during her trial before beford you and ST b eo fur for the of her teti lenience which was eo so kindly granted by you please allow me to say a few fey coraa in vindication of her character fur for truth and veracity 1 I have known her from her childhood and was married to her bine teen year years ago I 1 have never known know n arr 66 moleli fill iia me an n untruth I 1 could always simplicity rely on all she said U I 1 see by your honors honori statement ement to her while in court that you are i impression the that she gave b her e r evidence before the grand jury a according accord ing 0 to o the advice of f other others As for honor I 1 poti lively I 1 louever never rave gave hersich her such advice and in fact when eho she was balfore the jury I 1 was wa bund hundred reds of miles away from her and had bad not note seen her for months besides for me or any of her tr I 1 ants to give her each addice ad ice as wae was so ble of proof against heras that was aty jroud be simply preposterous for attaie at alie kimt abe was caring for and gave birck to the child in question 1 I had bad livin living g in my ruf one immediately adjoin alg he the houe houke in chahe lived in mr perkin perkins and wife mrs farrell the mother of mr mrs perkins and her other daughter mrs anderson Andere the women who testified against her at her trial gerein were in the habit of visiting mra mrk almost daily thereby they were to see and know the condition of M mrs to parry in fact mrs perkins visited her during her confinement and saw I 1 the he chi child d in qu question these women dot in sympathy with the mormon morman people e w were i ere in in possession of these facts also alio knowing this op position to ahli form of or in marriage 9 fridge under tinder which the child w was born she the would be very foell 1 short sighted indeed to give glye euch stich evidence to the jury as she knew could and in all probability woul be proven against her your honor ehe she positively affirms that ehe she did not intend to commit perjury ju r y in in giving her evidence before the lh ejury jury but she knew well that her evidence would criminate the man whom she called her huband husband and would sever him from her and ber her fix six children and thereby create a great lordship Larde Lurd hip ship upon her she is a very nervous woman as your honor had ample proof of efin in her trial before you As further proof af dathie thie ehe made a greater m mistake histake in the age of her oldest child than in that of other her youngest child cannoa cannot be of any ally betie benefit fit to her case cage but goes to show that all she did before the jury was done under threat great mental excite merit men with all the circumstances in her favor and my positive know ledge of her ur il character bared en on an intimate acque instance with her for the last thirty five yeara yar your our honor flonor will please par dnn dov me ifor for saying that 1 cannot be lieve th that at she is guilty of the crime of perl perjure ury as cot convicted by th the jury ejury very respectfully jog MI PARRY the above statement we are informed mj mr parr parry desired to make af at the time he wal sentenced but while of the points wea were re betted ten to at the t time i me other others were overlooked mr 55 parry handed the letter to a friend before he genf went to salt lake city and expressed a d desire es air that it be published ed HERALD |