The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-10
Serious Charges nc ainst the Mormans.
CURIOUS PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF AN EeCAPRp
NONMOE,
From the New York Welsh Paper. ]


From the New York Welsh Paper
COUNCIL BIUFFs CRY, Iowa, Juno %, 1857.
.hsll now try % give you short accCul. Of my ,ar.
my mind eth more liberty often think Of the promise
n sde you before We parted, ryou remember. said
but The truth; and have done tina. far ~ lay in my
power. have written many lettor, but don't expect
H al, seS have received asm all Thank God Am ns"in
salt LAKE. lsnal ny in tue FRS; place inform you
wnal man must do 10 be Mormon he mus give him
self his family, and ali his possessions 10 Brigham
Young, and then ho' have give the tenth OF
comene tenth days wo,k-and he must keep from two
" ten wives he donrsrrec theee thinss had
ter quits but BY doing ne In danger losing his ne
be the CT letting the world how things arc in
their midst Many have been sho down trying
have seen dozens sno down tho street. three days
before left saw thrcs parsons killed merely because they
intended 70 escape They shos down IN place called
springfield, while hey were preparing their trunks 70
morning within my yards OF ne estc OF the city The
first vas yourr man called VIM. Parish; ne received
balls in his body. The second his father, and
the third called Poster vhose body ived
many ~ aneen balls The old man erced IL the
back, his throat cot In three different places
them lying down, and could name ths perons who
killed hem Brigham Yourg has gos men for this pur.
poe Their number 10 four hundred. they called
The "Dessrcy ing Asseis" Their capsan,s name q VIM
HckEAn and the second In command 10 Port6r Rockwell
The walls around tho city fteen feet high, ana tney
are surrounded by decp and vide mos The city
.sred By four gates, vhicn are watched In tue night time
The gates narrow thai only vehicle
r~ss through II onoe "Desiro, Ing Angels" 70 the
plains the spring order 70 iniecept those may
escape from the city Many le on FOO, last January they
sleor By day nno travel by night ! know or men and
women who have travelled this wsy-the mon dressed
very short Of food; the little thsy had thsy gave
70 tie women and the men were principally sustained
lef Sol, LAKE CITY en- the 18th Of April, In company
win two Welnmea and African. fne few normins
who kne. q our intentions said that We could never rec
the states alive be- iols hem mat Determined TO
try, ~tAisver would occur. On Saturday the day After
vo len) had travelled thirty mi % city whom
suhoos OF The city 70 catch us me name Of one was
Patrick lynch, an lrishmaD By birth, ard Secretary 10
Brigham Ioung
Thli man 6sec hin revolver al me they then came
their horses ard inquired names md rhsn
We refu'sd 70 ,e them hey svore that nsy could blo-
or I'd brains Out" with hat ooe OF them rsised
he revolver a. n he gcnE IT. he had one each
side Ct ;he rscdle thsn ~ out my revolver AMI tod
him 70 Ore " he lfed had sr revolves With me, an
rfe containing In all thirty seven osllf Another ball
Their fred q; me, which -h1,lsd By len check
ter nred hin, and one bal hh him on the leg ard
ther on shoplder my friends By this time run
In the woods and len N Eight out mysof) thea
lost my footing, ard o1c Of the at with knife
AID cut my belt, ard took four OF my revoivers hsi
,he tvo hi IN my boots got hold Of OF them
ard fired, and yucceefod In Keeping them on FOR
time, III had chance 70 run 70 the vo'ds, where Got
We continued 70 travel day and foIl,vss night
and su,ceeded IN reochrg place called For, Brger,
pusuerv hsd increased - twenty ans had 10 put
10 the woods again We travelled til night and were 20
us sr r.lo meat 70 "a, me ness day We overlook nun
be- OF wagons, known ~ Mrs RabbiMs train In number
twenty eshi was hirtd 10 drive one wagon which
drawn BY six mples We bad somc trouble with lot Of
Irdisns called the "Crov Trben they well rmed
aud about thousand strong Abou, SIX hundred shots
came into car trn We killed about tnirsy indians and
We arrived here on 10 Of Jane with merry hears
ard received with Good welcome by the people
Of Florence. went 70 see my fathers grave. I thank
God that u Ia where 10. kf mother with Jane, Louisa
Mary and John, In good health 20 vn M. Thomas, too
s nor,Sss o., sorm9s soo an , s 70 y Ma.
10 tprtad bis character abroad None OF them
would Relieve thai could reach this place alive am
very desrous for my mother and children 10 save Sa
Lake join hero II they could d. that you'd buy
lard here, which oould have al 81 rs per acre
lsfi $500 worth vita ny mother WI she couis see
-" JOIN DAVIES
AroTHER NARRATIVE PROM A soJouREER AT SALT
LAKE.
IRON the Sacramento (Csl Union
We have recently converted vim gentleman just W
hom SAT- Iste city, yho spen. several months me O. and
Of snss existing among the kornons He says that dur
ING es entire soourn there he never felt secure In the
erioy ment Of fe An undeapsbe dread constantly
,urrouneec him. A sysem OF espionage always kept
", and the "genles" those not Of the Mormon faith
are called never think O expressing senil neni At va
rance with those Of thsi seot me "Deuroying Angels"
are known be 10 her mias and the Genses fear their
desoy hand M uncou mon " ind dead bodies ~.
Of government onci,s tbey are esntIs az sucking
doves Oar Informant confirms ex pressed bY
:, the tine -ss announced that Brigham Young had e,ne
70 "a mon RIVER 70 Vie effect that he lookns ont for
psce OF rtuesi FAR 10 the wdernes n case be should se
compelled 70 reirquish his present position Brigham
Ewes mo~t unfavorable account of the country he
visited but others who with represent TIA, mere
IL some one land there President YounsIs object H.
maniesuy divert attention rom the new location, ,ud
and hence ssiscs the suspicion that looking 70 at
quarter In case u emergency SAT- lake Civ a M no re
speo attractive place. Money scarce an pYovsl5ns
ssrY md coarse Ihe sAEs are, RpEeTsr, Essi In.