Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-10-01
zurderous Dclngs Among the MOrmons
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] crease ID Zisak Since my last azs psFeons lHSs
4 lIssa Aot sitIsin the walls nf the new Jerusaem,
Extk bean stall ed, and yet The authors Ut these
eri.nes walk aud rule through tie streets By DAY
and night undistu.l,eJ in their liberty and license
| Tor eriu,e.
| o., Saturday night last u band OF horsemen
sereral times ride through the main streets. and
omar tie sidevulk. spon DO, ehes, and into drink
ing houses, seeming v On u heavy blowout. when
riI,ug down tl,s street, about IA block from the
yery centre us business and ,salin, n"n. they com
meneed firing their taAsrieri. for y.,u mast know
| all such carry one or Two side p,eaes AT least
and at all times.
After discharsins about thirty they wheel
cd and rode around several bocks,afd returned to
the SALON. drank several times and dispersed when
up came the report OF two men badly shot by the
party; as ut the time Of the firing they had sur
rounded and attacked house,--in which were
some inimical parties, and shot one Brown NOR
tally. one Arnold badly, but not fatally, and hav-
ing one OF their own party wounded by areturn
fire, they were Obliged 10 leave off to attend han.
else be detected outright, which would not do by
any means; but ~ long as thoy Ga" tDrow the
lightest possible shade Ut cuncealnent over these
Inurderous deeds, no action is taken by the OIL
Gals here to bring them tolustcs. Tho same eve
ming IL innh ,tsbbed. A lady saw it from her
window but before assistance could he rendered
the victim wa, removed, and thus he remains
unknown, GA the following Sunday night two
other men were shot, neither mortally, yet by as
sassins.
So things run riot through tho Territory, aud
no action is taken To arrest them. bo,. Cumming
is u mere cpyher lie has never offered one cent
reward for tho capture Of crmnals,nor has he tn
ken any visible steps to check the crime SO ram
pant in midst. None are safe. Parties are
getting together and lodging about their places Of
business for safety. Another United States Court
has been rendered farce, and it continues
The army is protection t. the rascaliiy OF this
people, aud ~ they 70 swapping their fingers
and their pistols in Uncle Sams face regardless Il
any offence the poor gentleman may take. Secro-
tary llartnett and Judge Sinclair have both been
threatened and nre marked Tor sacrifice at the first
opportunity.
Tho Court at Nephi has proven of litle avail
Parties fed, jurios would not work and nothing in
tho criminal docket was.ellcctcd save the consic.
ton of Mckenzie, the forgcr. who was sentenced
Ia years i'll the I'enitentury and t. pay II email
fine. Already petitions are all AT for hls pardon.
Rather ,rccclnus. He was lett t. his tate by his
Mormon counsel either for effect ar for the want
of funds. lie arrived last n ght III charge OF Dep
uty L. : Marshal 8lsler, aud vii to-day he con-
Quoted To his quarters.
Same months II - the luiici States VI lrshal Of
this Territory arrested Mcdonald, kcarns and
others, deeply Implicated III the deliberate and
daslardly assassination Of the Parishes. Marshal
Dots n. well knowing that ii he turned over these
prisoner to any ol the Mormon iuca authorities for
safe keeping, they woul BE- allowed To escape
quested the military authorities at Camp Floyd to
| hold them for him until such time IA they could
be brought to trial. : mo time since, however he
compelled, in obedience to positive nstruc-
tons from Washington, to turn these prisoner,
| over to the Mormon sheriff of tab county.
! The Immediate result wa, what everybody in
| bah . lao I'll,
in custody for an offence not bailable, We're at
once allowed to go Mt large, to enable them it
said TO SEQ after their crops. Presently on the
opening of the term of the L. S. District Court ut
| Neph they were got together on wagon by the
Mormon sheriff on the prctext of taking them to
very quietly jumped ont and took themselves of
| The sheriff fired several shots, taking good care,
| however, not to hit any body.
| Mcneil, too, who had brought suit against Brig,
ham Young, for damages for false Imprisonment.
shot down IN the streets OF Salt Lake City the
night before the day fixed for the t.u OF his suit
The MormonS say that they had nothing to do with
| his death.
\ man by the name of Brown, an npoState, sued
the notorious Bill Iii 'kman On promlssory note.
| before the United STAGE District Court in Salt
| Lake Cry, at the cont term aud got judgment.
Shortly atterw"rd he WAS attacked ut night, IN his
own house, by Two men and murdered; acc .rdn.
to his dying dcca atuu, he VA, assi>slnatel by
| Bill Hickman and a br1lhcr.iu-law Of his own.--
| Tho same night anotlcr person who stepped out
To see what WAS gong ON, was shot IN the knee 3:
aud still another w.ts shot On the pavement in front
of Bishop SPcnrrr's. hat AMI pool of blood
| were all uppcrtainiug To the murdered nlan that
could be found. Inc body hai been promptly
carried off and concealed.
| Large trains ui Normal cmi grants have arriy el
and Others are near at hand, Tie Church train #
merchandise, numbering about loo wagons, also