Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-03

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EfpER PRArr, THE MoRMoS-SEpucrios OF
WIZ IN CALfTcKSIA-SHE pEsrKTs HER Hus
| BAND, STEALS AWAY HER cEILpREN, AND ]
| sEALED AS THE NINTH ccscUB.SE TO HER DE
sAUcHER.
/ We have to record to-day another painia
| narrative Of Mormon iniquity, sedaesisn ana vii
| lainy, followed up in this instance, however, a
it will be seen, by summary vengeance from
the Injured husband. The account which w
publish below is taken from the Van Buren
Ark, lntelligencer, and gives in brief the facts
Of The case pretty much as they have occurred
From the Fort Smith Herald and the New Or
leafs Bulletin we also have confirmation Of the
whole story, up to the last act in the drama, the
tragic death Of Elder Pratt, the Mormon apos'
tie. Thus it viii be seen what utter ruin and
devastation has been wrought in a virtnous IA
miy by the designing arts Of sanity scopndrel
and the lures of false and icentious faith
Here is what the Van Buren, Inteligeneer re-
cords Of the termination of this affair; @
TRaGIcAL.-It is with regret that we have to
chronicle the homicide, committed in our vicin-
ity on Wednesday last, by Mr.. Hector H. Mclean,
late of San Francisco, California, upon the per
son Of a Mormon preacher. More than all do
we deplore the melancholy affair that led to its
commission The deceased, whose name was
Farley Parker Pratt, was 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, he had
been a preacher and missionary OF the Mornons
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 husband,
Hector H. Mclean; they were happy and pros
porous until she made the acquaintance OF Pratt,
and embraced the Mormon faith. She is the
mother of three children by Mclean, two boys
and girl, and seems to be an intelligent and
nte,es,ng lady; converses fuently, and with
more grace and ease than most ladies' About
two years ago, and soon after she became
convert to Mormonism, she made an attempt 10
abduct two of her children to Utah, but was de-
tected and prevented. by her brother, who
was then in California, and residing with his
br other.n-law, Mr.. Mclean. She soon after,
however, found means to elope with said Pratt
to Salt Lake, where it is said that she became
his ninth wife.
After the elopement of Mrs Mclean, her pa
rents, who reside ner New Orleans, wrote to
Mr. Mclean, in California, to send the children
to them. He did so. Several months after this,
Mr.. Mclean learned that his wife had been to her
father in New Orleans, and eloped with the two
children. He Immediately left San Francisco
for New Orleans, and on arriving at the house
of his fatherin-law, he learned from them that
Mrs. Mclean had been there, and after an inef-
fectual effort to convert her father and mother
to Mormonism, she pretended 10 abandon it her
SELL and so far obtained the confidence OF her
as to induce them to entrust her in tho
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 Francia'
co, who, upon the receipt of their letter, went
to New Orleans, and learning from them the
above facts in relation to the affair, immediate.
iy started in pursuit of his children. He went
TO New York and then to St. Louis. While in
st. Louis he learned that the woman and chll
dren were in Houston, Texas. On his arrival in
Houston, he found that his wife had left just
before his arrival, to join large party OF Nor
mons en- route for Utah. He then returned to
New Orleans, and from there went to Fort
Gibson, in the Cherokee nation, with the axpec-
tation of intercepting his wife and children at
that point. On arriving at Fort Gibson, and
while there he found letters in the post office to
his Wlte from fratt, some Oh "ilcn were Nlaiicu
at St. Louis, and others at Flint post office,
Cherokee nation. We are unable to give the
contents of these letters, with PARTICULARLY,
but they contained the fact that Mel .ean was On
the look out for her and the children, and that
they were betrayed by the gentes, and advi.
sing her to be cautious in her movements, and
not to let herself be known only to few
Of the saints and elders. Mclean then, upon
affidavit made by himself, obtained writ from
the United States Commissioner at this place for
,heir arrest, and succeeded i'll getting them ar
rested by the United States Marshal. They were
brought to this place for trial and after an ex-
animation before the Commissioner, were dis
charged.
Pratt, as soon as released. mounted his horse
and left the city. Mclean soon after obtained
a horse and started in pursuit, and overlook
Prat, about eight miles from the city and shot
him. Pratt died in about two hours after re.
ceiying the wound. This is plain narrative of
the facts as we heard them from the most re.
liable sources, which We give to our readers
without comment, as we feel that we are unable
to do so with justice to all parties. But deeply
do we sympathse with Mclean in the untortu-
nate condition in which Mormon villainy and
fanaticism has placed him.