New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-18

bit believe 1t Is not common, when man Lose h.s
ME while engaged m Open, bold resistance OF the
legally established civil authority OF the STATE %
Characterize the act a murder Fox these iar's re-
fer the reader to Hon J. D. Irvine, member or the
Legislature from VI cknac Co.
am aware thai the pubLc have been already told
that the Bonne;ts were only resisting M)rIon
law and Mormon authority Bal ib, Mormon
laW is tnc statutes and common 'fN NJ tire Stat. OF
Michigan. and this Mormon authority, the authority
Of tho civil officers duly elected go accordance ~lth
HAT law. The Nourous are not attempting f1
estanll-l amy aw of their own. except as matter
of discipline be Their church. The. GEEK clrlo.tlr
% be governed Ply tAc ordinary .a,. 81 te STATE. al-
claim protection. under ]" Truly anl sincerely
Wcgyeabove King St-ang's vcrs OIL " the recent
murder on Beaver Island. Obtained a. Hiu be seen.
from d. IRVINE. Letters ~ elyel last evening
from Necsnac, give rather dlie-cot phase to fi-
affair nc CIR -uns .cnrc Attending inc murder "
Bennett, Is. Communicated 80 DE-. Wore - t,..7.-
difficulty had occIuel between Nr. ODo1ne.,
Gentle. las the Mormon, term All VINO 1o n)' Poe
long 20 their tnurrh. and Mormon named Graham.
On gong 20 the Mormon settlement Graham renew
cd the quarrel with O'Donnel, following and threat
eumg hm. until they finally came 20 blows, and Ora
ham got pretty cfociuaily whipped. 1u. received TO
scrou, injury. nor was bus arm az 'cuu broken, us
stated by Strmg
We DO not learn that the Bennctts had any conncc-
ton WITH that ARRAY. Dut u seems that. ~ pursuance
tanned against them. under some prr,ense or other.
by the Prosecuting Attorney, Who "c are told never
ttLt0. ana dcto IllGfr lC dp.oitItIl OF JA4-t tI
Greg. the Mormon choice. which was handed 80
Mormon OffcerS-eyery one OF whom "e believe,
hold their Offices by &C least 20 or Az illegal votes.
These officers, with some 90 MOrmOns, surrounded
the house Of the Bcnnets, Knocked az the door and
demanded admission, stating that they came TO ar
rest them Bennett the deceasedl asked Il the pro-
cess was issued under Mormon law. The reply be-
ing IN the affirmative BENNETT IuiOInedthem lhdt ne
would never submit to Mormon law, but iO the law
of the State of Michigan he would submit cheeriullY
On giving that reply several shots were hred INTO the
down ms gun, when his wife nteTiered took mold OF
H. and endeavOred 20 prevent her husband from using
II IN the struggle the gun was accidentally dis
charged. the contents lodging IN the ceiling or fO0i
Hearing tins the MOrmOns burst open the door. rush
ed upon Bennett shot him down and dragged nm
out the door bv the hair OF his head. having been
pierced bv five musket balls and several buck shot
During the ARRAY the Oih0J Bennett ran he was hred
upon, severely wounded. and now lies ma dangerous
situation. The body OF The dead man was then re-
moved 10 their settlement by the NOrmOnS cOrO-
ner'S Jury called and an inquest held, during winch
the body was horribly mutla,ed, and The heart taken
Out-hterally. an the language of the letter wash
ing their hands in the hearts blood of their victim
This report gwen by gentlemen whose integrity
We have no reason 10 doubt.
The talk OF Nj Strang about The MOrmons beng
"IWed down" we regard as mere braFadO. There
are not more than 40 resident Genulos' on the
island, while the Mormons number some 20 or 50, OF
or more, well armed men with cannon, guns, pS-
tolls. 60. and some % or 30 of thc uguc,i LOOKING
two-cipcd knives that human eyes ever saw. Hear
what their paper says. lut winch Mr. Strang le inc
roputcd editor
THE M0monS ON Beaver Island are not to be
driven from their position. They are able to defend
themselves against any force that can De raised IN
the country and TO waste any destroy any that can
be- sent here"
We hope our State authorities viii examine into
tins matter promptly and thoroughly We have no
disposition 10 excite prejudice against the Monnons.
In such quaTeIS, there il generally fault on boih
sides but We cannot permit the assertions of even
the Mormon King to outweigh equally worthy tcStl-
mCnv 20 the factS-COmlng as It does from persons
Who have not. like him, any interest n the matter