Show MOBBING OF ELDERS in alabama but jo no In injuries were inflicted inflict red in the tile associated press dispatches appears an item conveying the ug ugly gly rumor of the mobbing and killing of four mormon elders in Ala alabama baina on this mattai the deseret news of last evening contains the following information fully disposing of the rumor of the killing as unfounded but confirming the story ol 01 the tile mobbing and giving other particulars the Tho statements made in lit an associated press dispatch from atlanta geor georgia na this afternoon ordinarily aou would ve bo of a nature to cause greblun easiness from past experience however it is not unlikely that the story will prove to have been greatly exaggerated to say the least Ite headers riders of will remember that a few weeks ago a dispatch of a similar nature came from tennessee allea alleging ian that two mormon missionaries had bad been killed there investigation proved that the tile despatch account was entirely without foundation in fact no such occurrence as that described ever having taken place immediately upon receipt hecei pt of the tile news this afternoon an inquiry was set upon foot to ascertain full particulars of the occurrence if there had been anything of the tile kind A telegram was sent to the mission headquarters in chatta 21 but up to the present resent no reply 51 been received af if there was any truth in the supposition that any of tile elders had been killed vic word must have reached chattanooga as early at least aa as it did salt lake in which event the information would have come from there in the absence of this information it is but fair to assume that there them lias has been no killing the tile press dispatch itself indicates th alie e murderous work to be a mere matter of 0 speculation emulation ecula tion on the part of th the sender esender if thero had been any mobbing as is asserted to have taken place and the ciders elders had escaped as elated stated it is not likely that they were recaptured it is no unusual thing for a gang of robbers to hunt about for a timo time for their intended victims and then firo fire oft off their guns to scare them from coming back to that section of country and it ie is not likely that the elders would bo be unwise enough to attempt to return at such auch a critical time so their failure to reappear is not a suggestive cause of alarm the following lowins fol are the names and residences of the elders mentioned in tho the dispatch alonzo Brinker brinkerhoff boff of E emery mery county utah born july esth 1864 set apart to a mission to the southern states april ath 1893 benjamin franklin lebaron of mesa maricopa maricola Mari copa county arizona born august 22 1860 set apart to a mission ta ilie the southern states april 0 1893 asa aga moroni beecher of elba cassia county idaho idalio born february 15 1849 set apart to a mission to the southern states october 31 1892 nicholas Nich ofas W miller iller of mantissa Mn nassa col born january 24 1864 set a apart art to a mission to tile southern states may 21 1892 ithe the address of elder beecher is Ea sonville st clair county alabama the present mission address of the others is to not known at this office etowah blount and arid st clair counties are in the tile northern alabama conference some distance west of tho tile georgia line I 1 at 4 ill thia Is afternoon a message waa was received from elder J G lUm kimball baliv president of the southern states u ates inis mission sion stating that ho lie hecei received ved a letter two days ago from tho elders in the press telegram sa saying ing that they had been mobbed and dreen driven I 1 1 I 1 out of tiro the counties named but that neither of them had been hurt thia this effectually effectual effectually lL disposes of tile su supposition pp s that tho the elders d e h have av e been dono for I 1 aas as the dispatch no doubt relates to the B a m e occurrence as that reported to el elder dr kimball |