Letter from Charles Ellis, 2 June 1892
Salt Lake
Presdt Woodruff &
Counselors
Gentlemen:
I find on my return from Denver
most cruel, false & infamous charges prepared against
me before you, in the News office and elsewhere by a man
who is son in law to Prest Snow. The man is in the city. I
asked him yesterday to call upon you & state what he said to
me. He declined to do so. I have asked Prest Snow to give
me a hearing today before the Quorum of the Twelve. I
ask you as a favor to me to do what you can to have
this matter thoroughly investigated. The most bitter
thing about it is that this ^it^ thing should come from people
who are, if not Mormons, at least most intimately
related to them. I am also convinced that it is an
infamous scheme to injure me, & I assure ^you^ I shall
not rest until I know who is to blame.
Believing that you would not knowingly countenance
any attempt to do me wrong, I ask you to
encourage & aid, as you can, any efforts to get at
the truth.
Respectfully yours
Charles Ellis
(I wait your reply
in the officehall.)
