The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-10-07
Coutumacy Of the Mormous.

cate that the rebcllious intentions Of
the Mormon leaders, if less openly
exhibited OF late, have by no means
been abandoned. FROM the Salt
Lake correspondence Of the New
York Times, under date Of Septem-
ber first, we extract the following
facts, which are there recounted with
more minuteness than elsewhere:
In July last, Judge Sinclair, of the
United States District Court, after
many unsuccessful attempts to find
room in Salt Lake City fit for the
! Court to sit in. was forced to accept
an apartment in the Mormon Coun.
Gil House. For the use OF this room
he was indebted to tho Territorial
] Marshal, Mormon; but he soon
found that this courtesy was OF small
account. No sooner was the Court
organized than motions were fled by
two ofthe Mormon Attorneys ON be-
half Of clients to quash the array Of
the Grand Jury, upon the ground
that they were not summoned &C.
cording to the statnte Of the territory,
which provides that the Grand Ju-
rors shall be selected by the Clerk of
the County Court. These motions
were overruled by the Court, and the
statute thus declared by him to be
invalid.
A low days after, the Judges found
i necessary to issue a writ OF habeas
corpus for Deloss Gipson, who had
|, been tried and sentenced to death Tor
murder by the Mormon Probate
Court. This tribunal was, therefore,
enjoined to abstain from the future
exercise Of its powers in cases Of such
a character. Notwithstanding his
, illegal conviction and subsequent
liberation by Judge Sinclair, Gipson
has been re arrested by the Nor
mons, who are determined that he
shall be executed, a. his crime was
the killing the son Of 0 Bishop OF
their Church. i.
A few days after Gipson had been
released, q large number Of civil cases
came before Judge Sinclair. Among
them WAS q suit which had been
A brought by Franklin +. Mcneil
3 against Brigham Young and several
, others for false imprisonment, in
: which the damages claimed were
! $50, 900. Mcneil was imprisoned
during the Winter Of l857-5S, and
kept during that time in chsins ga q
prisoner OF war, for no other offence
|. than that Of being an A merican ci.i-
. zen. opposed in sentiment to the
Mormon rebellion.
: On Tuesday night, the second of
| August, the "G ntile" community
|, were shocked TO hear that Mcneil
. had been brutaliy assassinated bv
| some unknown person at tis door ot
/ his boarling-house, on Main street,
!, (the most public thnrouhiare in the
| Icity,) at about ten o'clock.
;. ltappears that Mcneil having oc .
casion to step out on the side walk
} a ninnte,, was there met by a man
| who advanced towards him, as hs
Thought TO shake his hand, however,
the man presented y pistol and shot
E him Through the abdomen. lie died
from the effects OF ths wound tho
( next day, just before dying he
|. male q declaration, in which no
r named one OF the DANTE band az his
murderer. Fg
/ Thus by the murder Of Mcneil
was this suit against Brigham Young
j ended. The sction being brought
, tor persohal damages, abated with
D the ,plaintitf's dsf tn.
During the session of the Court,
beside those mentioned, numerous
instances OF malice and iasuhardi-
o nation ON the part Of the Mormons
u were cOnst antly being exhibited
e Witnesses whose testimony would
a 'injure tho cause Of the Saints, wers
: run oil; Jnries composed OF Morpons
}. obstina,eiy refused to DO shuf up
't'while celebrating on the cases the y
!, hal been trying, and,soughtinpvery
,t'way to prevent the continuance OF
Judge Sinclair's labors.
At latest aceonnts, murders were
oi almost dai y occurrence in the
+ streets Of Salt Lake City, aasissh
h Gentle inhabitalts wsrs .iorcsi ts
: undergo every species Of petty .per-
"a Iseentio and annoyance. Judge
iSiuc.air, disc, 'usascA and tl~gusksd !,
Y was ahoat tn leave tor, Ma hiaeeoH
nlto represent the dsplorshls ep~iinoa
'of the Judiciary, aud to saagest