Arkansas intelligencer., 1857-05-15
Tragical.

name was Farley Parker Pratt, was a man of
note among the Mormons, and judging from
his diary and his letters to Mrs Mclean, he
was n man Of more than ordinary intelligence
and bility. He had been preacher and
missionary Of the Morsuons at San Francisco,
( California, where he made the acquaintance
OF Mrs. Mclean, whom he induced to embrace
/ the Mormon faith
/ She was at that time living with her hus-
band, Hector IL. Mclean; they were happy
and prosperous until she made the acquaint-
ance Of Pratt, and embrace the Mormon faith
I She is the mother Of three children by Nc
/ intelligent and interesting lady; conyerses
/ fuently and with more grace aud ease than
most ladies. About two years ago, and soon
after she became a convert to Mormonsm,
she made an attempt to abduct two Of her
children to Utah, bat was detected and pre-
vented by her brother, who was then in Cali.
fornia, and residing with his brother-in!aw.
Mr.. Mclean. She soon after, however, found
means to elope with SAID Pratt to Salt Lake,
whore l. Ia eaid she became his seventh wife.
After the etopement OF Mrs, Mclean, her pa
rents, who resides near New OgIeans. wrote
to Mr.. Mclean, in CalifOruia, to send the
children to them. lie did So Several months
after this, Mr.. Mclean received news that his
wife had been TO her father in New Orleans,
and eloped with the two youngest children.
He Immediately left San Francisco or New
Orleans, and on arriving at the house of his
father-in-law, he learned from them that Mrs
Mclean had been there, and after an ineffect-
nal effort to convert her father and mother to
Mormonism, she pretended to abandon it
herself, and SO far obtained the confidence Of
her parents, AS to induce them to entrust her
in the city of New Orleans with the children:
but they soon found she had betrayed their
confidence and eloped with the Children
They then wrote TO Mclean in San Francisco,
who upon the receipt Of their letter, went to
New Orleans, and learning from them the
above facts IN relation to the children, mme-
dlately started in pursuit Of bis chIdren.-
H went to New York and then to St. Louis.
. While in St Louis he learned that the wo-
man aud children were in Houston, Texas
On his arrival in Houston, he found that his
wife had left some time before his arrival to
join large party of Mormons en- route for
Utah. He then returned TO New Orleans
and from there to Fort Gibson in the Chero-
kee nation, with the expectation of intercept
ing his wife and children at that point. On
arriving at Fort Gibson, and while there he
found letters i'll the post office to his wife from
Pratt, some OF which were mailed at St Louis,
and others at Flint post Office, Cherokee ma
ton. We are unable to give the contents of
these letters with particularly, but they CON
tanned the fact that Mclean was on the look
out for her and the children, and that they
were betrayed by the apostates and gentles,
and advising her TO be cautious in her move
ments, and not TO let herself b, known only
i to few of the saints and elders. Mclean
/ then upon affidavit made by himself obtained
a writ from the United States commissioner
at this place for their arrest, and succeeded in
/ getting them arrested by the United States
marshal. They were brought 10 this place
for trial, and after an examination before the
commissioner W re discharged Pratt as soon
as released, mounted his horse and left the
CITY Mclean soon after obtained a horse
aud started in pursuit, and overlook Pratt
about eight miles from the city asd shot him
Pratt died in about two hours afer receiv;ng
the wound. This Is sa"piain narrative of the
facts as we have heard them, from the most
reliable sources, which VIC give to our readers
without comment, As we feel that we are un-
able to do 50 with justice to I'LL parties. Bat
deeply do we sympatise with Mclean in the
unfortunate condition in which Mormon.viElainy
and fanaticism has placed him.
~ Bad sara factious NV York