Show TH 11 aist elders abused by eur horacd aged I 1 11 A mob N ob of three loudred men shamefully Hal maltreat treat thein I 1 tarred daud and feathered and mien oat out of sherbourne for little S lits M coultre spreads her great t df of mormonism in the lit dirge cargo dicce BMW SF chronicle service I 1 LON DON oct 4 mormonism hag has had bad a hard time iu in E I 1 gland this week elders and teachers have been treated to tar and feathers feat bera and a little rope because of their too great zeal in making women converts sinco since the doings of 0 the united states government have been cabled from new now york detailing the detention and humiliation ot of the be t latest batch of 0 I 1 women the people beroha hero have v e come to regard the whole business as a sham and a fraud the first demonstration against the cormons wae was made in the agricultural cal tural village of sherbourne urno in Dorset DOT s e shire on thursday evening the tb i e ciders e 1 ders were holding a meeting seven hundred women omen A and an I 1 about thirty men were echoing tho the sentiments of the leaders loaders with inter sections of hallelujahs and some of the women were married but the majority were single prig girls all a at t once there was a hubbub at ho the door load calls ct of open or we will break in were heard two of tho the elders went to parley with the outsiders 0 tin A dance glance colv convinced need them t that at they were besieged by I 1 three hundred men husbands fathers and sweethearts of the women iu in the building W and hat that they were there to demand something Bome more thon apologies apol og i lea quickly the two elders beat a retreat within the sanctuary and gave the alarm in another second in went the door with a crash and in rushed the men they leaped over high backed benches and made directly tor for the elders who bal by this time suddenly huddled within the communion rail the congregation was panic bri the four E ders pleading pite piteously for mercy were quickly quickly seized bat but they had already broken token their promise to leave that part art of I 1 the be country and the men were deter et m ined not to ba be tooled footed again they took them into a private room and administered a frightful lashin lashing 9 to each hurting three of them pretty baal it was decided to liberate them then if they would start out of town at once this the frightened ex xe butters eaid said they would do when they emerged the priests were met inet by nebout fifty women who begged them not to go away saying they would appeal to the townsmen to spare them and explain the purity of their motives after going to a farm house three miles off the mor alor mons again changed their minds they would return and call on the authorities for protection the sheriff on one 0 deputy and a town clerk were becu secured r ed thus encouraged the ba whipped men went back and organ another meeting last eight night again however came the avenging band the ont outraged raged husbands of the village and neighborhood the mob marched in and seemed secured the leader A rope was tied around one of his legs while bis his arms ware were bound close to bis his body three men then dragged him through the town hooting two of the oher ex w were to stripped and treated to tar and feathers feathers then turned adrift to run w with ith the alternative to ride out on a I 1 rail the third fled e as did hia his companions I 1 instantly they were released the constable did no not put in an appearance pe arance as ba he was evidently in pathy with the men who bad had committed the outrage it is cafe eats to say there will be no more women converts made at sherbourne WHAT HISS COULTRE HAYS BAYS I 1 associated press 1 new oct 4 miss inez coultre called at the barge office today L I 1 for the purpose of lending her assistance to the government in putting a stop to the importation of mormon women miss coultre tor for a couple of years past has his been engaged as a school teacher in salt gait lake city and connected with the presbyterian mission in this city she was wag introduced to bev rev dr drumm port chaplain of the protestant episcopal church to whom 1 she told what site knew know of the life the mormons cormons lead among other things miss coultre says one of the chief arguments of mormon ciders elders to get converts is that tbt the messiah is eoon soon to appear in tho the zion ion of the latter day saints and that all who are cot not there are lost incidentally a large amount of money is to shown to the people whom tho the mormons cormons are trying to capture bold catches the eye and they are ready to do almost aDyth Dg to get it nothing is bald said about polygamy the elders when abroad take caro care to select the best looking 1 ki i young women they can get when utah is reached sometimes the people are turned adrift by the 0 ciders elders people for or the sake of getting them more tally fully in their power the bast looking of the women are then taken by rich old mormon elders and become sealed wives after bearing th estory dr drumm told most of it to genera I 1 latter letter requested requests d misa miss Co coultre to mako make a statement which she promised to do it will ba be forwarded to the tile attorney general of the united states on monday who will bg asked to decide whether or not mormon converts are criminals dr drumm claims they are it the attorney general decided decide d they are then the superintendent of immigration will bar them |