Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-05-30
A Mormon Elder Killed.


The Van Buren,, Arkansas, hnfcii;gemcer
publishes the full particulars Of the killing
of Elder Pratt Of the Mormon Church by II.
H. Mclean Of San Francisco.
II appears that Pratt was preacher and
missionary Of the Mormons a, San Francisco,
and of more than ordinary Intelligence and
ability lie had made the acquaintance OF
| Mrs Mclean, whom he induced 10 embrace
the Mormon faith
She was at TIA. time living with her hu-
| band Hector ii Mclean they were happy
and prosperous until she made the acq'ialn
| tance uf Pratt and embraced the M"ttn"h
, faith She Is the mother Of three children
by Mclean two boys and a girl AMI 7'e,"S
| t0 be an intelligent and Interesting liiy
conyerscs iluently and with more grace anu
| ease than most ladies About w" A"a'7
| ago and soon after she becaii. c"hNe 10
Nor,uoui.in She mad. an attempt 7" ah1uct
two Of her children I" Utah, but was detect
eI aud vented bN her brother. wa" was
then in California. aud residing with his
bro,h.rin law. Mr Mclean She soon al
ter however, found means I" clop" with
aid Pratt Ia salt Lake wh"r- Il Is SAID she
became his seventh wife
After the .lopenent al Mrs. Mclean, her
parents. who resides near New orleans
wrote 10 Mr. Mclean IN California. to send
the children 10 them. lie did 80 Several
months after this, Mr. Mclean received
news thai his wife had been To her father IN
New Orleans aud eloped with the Nv"
Youngest children He Immediately left
san Francisco Tor New Orleans, and on arrlv
ns Mt the house Of his father in law, he
learned from them that Mrs Mclean had
been there, and after an Intellectual effort to
ronN cri her father and In, her 10 Mormon
ism She pretended to abandon II herself
and 50 far obtained TIA. conild,nc. ut her
parents a. 10 induce them To entrust her
the city OF New orleans with the children;
b. they soon found she had betrayed their
confidence and ,oped with the children.
They then wrote 10 Mr. Mclean in san
Francisco. who upon the receipt of their
letter, went to New Orleans, and learning
from them the above facts in relation L. the
children. Immediately started il pursuit of
them. H. went 10 New York and then TO
-, Louis While in st Ioui. he learned
that the woman and children were in tious
ton. Texas On his arrival in Houston he
i'Aill iitt MS we iil ili sunni i'li' w
fore hi, arrival, 10 luin lar-,c party of Nor
mons cn route for tab H., then returned
to New Orleans and from thrr, to Fort Glib
son, in the Cherokee" nation. with the eYpec
tatlon OF intercepting his wife and children
at that point.
On arriving al Fort Gibson. and while
there, he found letter, in III, post office Ia
his wife from Pratt solne ul which werc
mailed al - Louis. and other at Flint Post
Office. Cherokee Nation. We are unable To-
Civ" the contents OF these letters with par
ticularliy. but they contained the tact that
Mclean Wa- on the lookout for her and the
children, and that they were betrayed by
the apustates and pcntlics. and advising her
I" hc cautious III her inn,,rn.nt-. and not I"
lei herself -. known only T." a few 81 the
saints and cd,is Mclean then. upon ali
davit made by hims.li obtained writ from
the tultcd state, Commissioner at this
place for their arrest AMI succeeded in yet
ting them arrested hy the nit.d States
Marshal They were brought IL this place
'"r trial and after AZ examination beior, the
commissioners were ,ii-chartcl
Pratt. as soon as released. mounted his
horse and left thu city Mclean soon after
obtained horse a started ia pursuit, and
overlook Pratt about eight miles from the
city and hot him. Pratt lied III about two
boar, after receiving The wound This j,
plain narrative II the fact n Z heard them
from the most reliable sources, which We
give To- our readers without comment, as
"" tel that We are unable to do with
justice 10 all parties. Eat deeply do We
,ympathl1c with Mclean i. HE unfortunate
condition in which Mormon Siilany and ia
natici-m has placed him