Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-06-20
From the DcrroiG Advertiser, June IL.
p ,n,rICIiAES DE TILE. HEAVIER ISLAND Ol

The mIscreans who have gathered themselves together
upon Island under the title o Mom,ns, are ning
rnpd ana sure progress hr degrees Of crime which lead
iru. adui:ry hle' arSDn, robbcry 10 ds5crae murder
lrw ,c rccyi.c'eJ ny that published, in.
RIM past svrrt communications from le Leland
am NJ wncA giving III. particulars 81 the burning
a! dwelling na'reG Bennett. IN ST
B:nn-s IUt M"nrns, nor have they ever oecn 'cS
naape..i to- oe residents The Island and 10 owne;=
vr,rcry there ant mc a: good Character AMI de-
mort ,,,rt SiluiIr rnp h. in Detroit al and Is ulcr
various ndct, n has long Sought The ruin OF These n!rn
81! J other I'll miles he styles them i"d
threats to drive them Ir"n the is'iId DEAD Or awe
hii ren icp-ar excite apprehension I'M
III the burning Of rcr houses, during the past winter by
nm which event the lnhbllamt5 vi the Island no
Mvnuns have Kept close and constant "a'ch upon He
| huu-rs aud property.
the conditions nnnn which Sang offered immunity
thrs. PERSONS was they should become MrTOns. and
WELD themselves up governed BY Mormon laws Not
,rrln IL comply win this re'ong alternative 'le-'
Crltirs have constantly aud particularly pursued Ia
ll- WAYS MOCK ht.g ~, and AZ other tunes
BY upon ltulr rights and property, without color I"
lrw un week, when hcy assembled together t.
The s;,er i.iy more and pr"rcedrd to the dwelling
nuG,e 81 Thomas Bcnnutt, armed with niles pistols knives
&c, and bearing AZ they laid Mormon pecep autn"'i
zn :ncm person and take h- property Upon
h approach Bennett closed his doors against them, telling
them ratcr upon which they fired some forty shots
into house, Effect OF which was To drive Bennett
forth To seek safety hight, but when he had gained lew
rods he fell DEAD pierced ny I'VE riie'ods ana ory DUCK
slut
They pursued the other Bennett who fired instinc-
y.ly alter going lcw rods remembered Tie cohlti"
10 receive their lus lie crossed the threshold Ills
hani was the shot and the wound may nos be
mortal The ii,nLs took The dead body VI hus BEN
nett and dragged ~ hair OF the head 10 the a"a
threw il H. ANA COMPELLED Samuel Bennett the wounded mr.
=, follow Ill dorE ~ they Then do"c the DISTRACTED
woman after boat and took them distance ri
five miles ~ the Earbor where hcy held past m0rtm eA'
a!nailnn upon body Of Thomas BENNETT, with Juy
rumuusei I1rmOnS, with the exception oil three PERSONS
w., 'GcHfGs; IL whc' IL was pTIpsrd ~ me MOT
moi, Jurors 5rn. "efdct that Bennett came 10 ms dtiia
tU. resisting III. Mm! while the persons WI" were ~"
lutmons decided Bennett deliberately muTdered!
fearful excitement prevailed towards the mscreant Mdf-
The Indians on the Island who hate ana lear
them vel. the white population who are not
Mornnns uni they restrained from executing sunlia
~ vengeance upon the murdcrcrs, only through The urgent
advice Mcssrs Mckinley Bowers, Moore and Dinsnore
whu had persuaded Ia await the execution vi the laws
Of Michigan upon Tie wretches.
IL about time that lh3 gang ol wolves was
hrurn up they have been permitted Openly 10 aple upon
the rights the dwellings, and r.lldge the property 81
citizens Michigan who nave never belonged 10 Their adu'
ferrous hraih:nsh organizations and whose peaceful hV'
ocatiDns made them inhabitants OF the island long before the
unloly OF Murmon.Sm ever sought lis shores ana wao
ii there is virtue law and strength should be made
feel that they safely ENJOY that Which their own mo-
nry has bought and their hands reared We look 10
see the h0cs o Michigan address themselves al once 10
their duties; and more panaeng 10 the
base passions vile men the part OF The public press
any further attempts To shield hcaven-ddr!nI crime up
on The religious faith SnperSiIouS dGitsiVns
Z. VI. Mckinley, from whom we gather The ioreeoin. re-
vo. particulars is business man OF character and ine-
rity and Deputy United Alarsal-ar above the reach
OF aspersJn from Slrang and his Inlu!Ons. lie has been
him prosecuted by na man. out has never complained
bu, rather sought by kindness Ia oTerc0n" their hOst-
IT, lie was resident OF the isiand long before the Nor
mon, went there and has invested large amount Vi money
there in buildings, fishing apparatus, &c, &C.
We hope efficient measures taken by the ministers
a! the laws uf Michigan rndcle its authority by ihr
OF The actual murccrs OF Thomas Bennett and oy
the vi the miscfeant Strans as an accessory DC
SJrc; Hc yuct.