Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13
From the Chicago Democratic Press.
SOME FACTS ABOUT W0RMONISM

We have had number of interviews with
Hon. W. w. Drummond since his arrival in
this city from Utah, and have learned much
from him of the manner III which affairs are
conducted in that modern Sodom. Judge
Drummond expresses freely his belief that
the design Of Brigham Young and the Nor
mon leaders generally is to build up sovcr
eighty in Utah, acknowledging no allegiance
to the Constitution and laws of the United
States. Even INV the ,'.ormons draw a
broad line of distinction between themselves
and American citizens They glory in the
anpellation of Mormon, while the American
Is Il term of reproach among them, synony
nous with GENTLE
HOW GOV. YOUNG EXERCISES THE PARDONING
Judge Drummond states that all the mon
strosities that have been published concern
ing the Mormons, and their acts, but fcebiy
express the condition of affairs in that Terri
tory. The first Court he hold there was at
Fillmore. 1t occupied ilty-nine days, fifty
of which he was engaged in twenty seven
cases Of prosecution. The juries only con-
victed two-and before they aceat to prison
Gop, Brigham Young pardoned both OF
them. .ass asa .as5- se.l .-e
& MuRDERERS ACQUITTED.
Carlos Murray, q nephew of Elder Ann
ball. committed cruel, cold bloodcd murder,
and fed The Marshall Morinan-r;tised
Il posse and pursued hiul--srrested him, and
brought him back EEe was tried and though
the proof was as clear as could be, the Nor
mon iury-without leaving their seats-re-
turned yerdce of not guilty, and he was
acquitted The arrest and trial Of this man
cost the e. S. Government $4,000.
THE WAY THE MoRMoNs FLEECE TIT. GOVERN
sFea -=4 Be- MENT. Fl -.- a. 4tHr
One way in which the Mormons fleece the
United States Government is as follows
Some of the leaders will bring complaints
against "bad Mormon" who, say they, we
wish punished by the laws of the United
States, so as to put ourselves right before the
wo Id. Warrants are made ,out and as it is
an Indian country, a posse-Mormons, Of
course-is raised to assistthe Marshall-who
rambles over the Territory, arrests them,
brings them to trial, when they are acquit.
ted bya Mormon jury. Meanwhile the bill
of costs are sent in by the Marshal In this
way the Government is robbed of thousands
of dollars. et.sz-lJ
MORMON LEADER WHO KILLED SEVEN MEN
Murder there is an almost every day occur
renee. C,ne of the chiefs of the church is a
notorious follow named VIM A. Hickman.
He has murdered as many as seven persons,
and has never been brought to trial. The
last man he killed was a Mormon. who would
not promise not to sell goods to the "Ameri-
cans. Hickman buried an axe in his brains.
The murderer is the same person who figures
in the scenes of which Borney gives an ac-.
count in his 'sBanditti of the Prairies. He
has been tried for different offences in Han
cock County, in this State, before Judge Pur-
pie, always continuing to evade the law.
THE DESIGN OF THE MoRMoNs REGARDING TIE
INDIANS. 80
1t is the design OF the Mormon leaders to
gain over to their side the chiefs Of the vari.
Gus tribes of lndians-have them baptized
into the Church, and so possessed of the ma
hgnity of Mormonism towards the United
States, as to make them hostile to all
Americans and in time be able to use them
to accomplish their own ends
SEARCHING THE NAILS @
The mails of the United States have been
habitually broken open. and nothing could
go out or come into the Territory safely un
less by private carriers.