Scoundrels and Dupes

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 131, 11 May 1889, Page 3

Scoundrels and Dupes

The story comes from Cheyenne that a car-load of sixty Scandinavian converts to Mormonism, while on their way to Utah, in charge of Elders Marvin and Greely, mutinied, and nearly killed their religious leaders. Christian Jensen, one of the most prominent converts, had noticed on the trip that Elder Marvin was very attentive to his two handsome sisters, and on making enquiries was surprised to learn that both were to marry Marvin on their arrival at Utah. He concluded to act before it was too late, and took the elder sharply to task for his perfidy. Marvin, however, gave him no satisfaction, and Jensen called upon his friends to join him in a mutiny.- The most ignorant and most iaithful of the converts sided with the elders, and a terrific free fight ensued. Jensen led a unsuccessful attempt to lynch Marvin with the bell rope, and caved his own life by wrenching a revolver from the elder's hand. Many persons * were badly battered in the encounter, but the pulling of the bell rope caused the train to stop in time to prevent a disaster. No one at first cared to enter the car, but presently the express messenger appeared with a shot gun, and quelled the tumult by discharging the weapon through the xoof of the car. ■ In the melee women and children were trampelled upon, and a number were- seriously injured. Marvin, who had fought with desperation was completed exhausted, and covered writh bruises. -While the emigrants were at lunch the trouble broke out anew? and Jensen, his sisters, and twenty pthers, who had money, left the Waii in; a body and boarded a iraurfor Ijeaver,