Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-06-02
from the ST. Louis Democrat, I'D.

aud as seated as tic ninth concubine Of her |
debaacier.
From the ST Louis Democrat, 22d.
We have to record to day another !
painful narrative of Mormon iniquity, /
seduction and vilainy,l followed up Ill this
instance, however, as 1t will be seen, by
a summary vengence from the injured
husband. The account which We publish
below IS taken from the Van Barren, Ark,
ln;elllgencer, and gives IN brief the facts
OF the case pretty much as they have
occurred.
TRAGIcAL-It is With regret that we
have TO chronace the homicide, commit
led in our vicinity last Wednesday, by Mr..
Hector II. Mclean, late Of San Francis
cisco, California, upon the person of
Mormon pre- acher. More than all do
we deplore the melancholy affair that led
TO It's commission. The deceased, whose
name was Farley Parker Pratt, was a
man of note among the Mormons, and
Judging from his diary and his letter TO
Mrs. Mclean, he was man of more
than ordinary intelligence and ability.
lie had been Il preacher and miss onary
of the Mormons at San Franciso. Cali
fornla, where he made the acquaintance
of Mrs. Mclean, whom he induced 10
embrace the Mormon faith
She was at that time living with her
husband, Hector II. Mclean they
were happy and prosperous until she
made the acquaintance of Pratt, and
embraced the Mormon faith. She is tle
mother o. three children by Mclean, two
! boys and q girl, aud seems to be anintel-
/ iigent and interesting lady; converses
/ fiuently, and with more grace and ease
/ than most ladies. About two years ago,
and soon after she become a convert to
1 Mormonisn, she made an attempt to
abduct two Of her children to Utah, bu,
was detected and prevented by her
brother, who was then in California,
and residing with his brother-in-law Mr..
| Mclean. She soon after, however
found the means 10 clope with said
Pratt to Salt Lake, where it is said she
became his ninth wife.
After the elopement of Mrs. Mclean
her parents, who reside near New
q. leaus, wrote TO Mr. Mclean, in
California, to send the children to them
He did So Several months after this
NJ. Mclean received news that his wife
had been TO her fathers in New Orleans.
and eloped with the two Youngest children.
He immediately left San Francisco for
New Orleans, and on arriving at the
house of his father-i n-law, he learned
from them that Mrs. Mclean had beer
there, and after an Intellectual effort tc
conyert her father and mother iC
Mormonism, she pretended to abandon i
herself, and so far obtained the confidence
Of her plrents, as to induce them tC
entrust her in the city of New Orlean.
with the children; but they soon found
she had betrayed their confidence ant
eloped with the children.
They then Wrote to McLain in Sar
Francisco, who upon the receipt of their
letter, went 10 New Orleans, and learning
from them the above facts in relation
to the affair, immediately started IN
pursuit of his children. lie went 10
New York and hen to St. Louis. While
in s.. Louis he learned that the woman
and children were in Houston, Texas.
On his arrival in Houston, he found that
his wife had left some time before his
arrival, to join a large party Of
Mormons cnroute for Utah He then
returned to New Orleans aud from there
to Fort Gibson, in the Cherokee nation,
with the expectation 0. intcrceptng his
wife and children at that point.
On arriving at Fort Gibson, aud while
there, he found letters in the Post Office
to his wife from Pratt, some of which
were mailed al St. Louis, and others Il,
Flint post office, Cherokee nation. We
are unable TO give the contents OF these
letters with particuia ity, but they
contained tn fact that Mclean was on
the lookout for her and the children. and
tLat they were BETRAYED bv the apos.ate
and geHtiles, aud advising her to be
cautious in her movements, and not to L.,
herself be known only 10 a few Of the
STUNTS and elders Mclean then, upon
affidavit made by himself. obtained a writ
from Re United States Commissioner at
this place foc the T arrest, and succeeded
III getting them arrested by the United
States Marshal. They were brought TO
tbs place for trial, and after an
examination before the Commissioner,
( were discharged.
Pratt, as soon as released mounted his
hose and LEFT the city M:LeIn soon
after obtained a horse and started In
pursuit, and overlook Pratt about eight
miles from the city, and shot him. Pratt
died IN about TWO hours after receiving
the wound. This is a plain, narrative Of
the facts as we heard them from the
most reliable resources, which we give to
our readers without comment, as we feel
that we are unable to do so without
justice to all parties. But deeply do we
syihpathize with Mclean in the unfortu-
nate condition IN which Mormon villainy
anu tanatlcism has placed him.
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