Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-10-12

Tn, they were kept in the Social Hall: and after that, they were kept up stairs in the house next above Townsend's Hotel. on the same side of the street. If I mistake not. there was 7" $ saddler's shop in the basement
 left Salt Lake City in company with Wm. Bell, (of the firm of Livingston, Kin Read & Co.,, Ray, (of Gilbert & Gerrish, Horace Clark and William Huntington, of opringvllle, as guides-Wilson and others. lett on the 7th of November, and I think the Aiken prisoners had been in the city about ten days. It was intmated to me, oy Mormons, that these men would be mur- dered. l asked one Mormon (whose name 1 remember) why he thought so, and if any of these men had ever abused Mormons in California or elsewhere He said one of them had; " besides, said he, ''they have got So,o00 Tn money, and several first rate annals, all of which we stand very much Tn need of, just at this time'' But to re- turn to the subject. When we left the city, It was not known publicly what disposition would be made of the prisoners; but strange as It may appear before we reached San Bernardino, we heard that these men were killed, and also heard achere they were kill ed, and to this day do not know how, when or where the report got into our camp; but certain 1t IS, that the next mail from Utah corroborated the report in every particular he report was, that they were surprised and klledby the Indians, just as they were preparing to camp at Chicken Creek near the Sevler river-four of them killed dead on the spot, and two escaped badly wounl- ed, and reached Salt Creek, where they died of their wounds the next day It was also reported that Brigham discharged them, on condition that they would abandon the idea of going to the army and return to Califor- nia, and assuring them that they would have no difficulty in getting here
 They must have been murdered about the 10th of November, 1857.
 The widow of Andrew J. Jones (" Hon. esty Jones,") has written to an acquaint- ance in this county Mariposa, to know the fate of her husband She wishes to know if he was buried--if he was one of the two who reached Salt Creek-or whether or not he was left upon the plains, his flesh to be torn by the wolves, and his bones to bleach in the sunshine His children ( of whom an interesting group now mourn the untimely loss of their long absent father) also express the most feeling anxiety to know what disposition was made of the body of their father. And as a relative of Jones' has recently died, leaving him heir to handsome fortune, it will probably be- come necessary to establish the fact that he is dead, in order that his widow and child- ren may receive the benefit of his worldly goods.
 WHAT BECOME OF THOSE MEN-NARRATIvE OF THEIR MURDER.
 The following affidavit, sent to the Bm- letin by its alternative Salt Lake correspen- dent, informs us definitely of the fate of these Californians, and narratcs the brutal manner in which they were massacred: TERRITORY OF UTAH,)
 Juab County.
 Alice Lamb being sworn, says: She is II years of age, and has lived in the city of Naphi for two years last past. That she lived in the family of John Anthony Wolf, President of one of the Seventies. That late in the fall of 1857, Porter Rockwell, with four men, came into Naphi from to- wards Salt Lake City; they were all on horseback. It was on Friday, about o'clock p. m. They stopped at Brother Foot's right across the street from where I lived, and got their dinner Porter Rock well said he was a going to guard them through the settlements to California; They left that evening, taking the road to- wards California. Next morning, very early, Mr. Foot's boy Cyrus, came over tc Mir. WolPs and asked him to come over te his fathers. Mr. Wolf said he was sick and told Cyrus to tell his father to com, verthere. Shortly after, Mr. Foot, BishoI Jacob Bigler, and Brother Bryant, (his frs counselor and Samuel Pichforth, Presi dent of one of the Seventies, came to Mr WolFs. They all talked about two of tn men who had passed through the evenin, before with Porter Rockwell, getting ava, at Chicken Creek, and coming back in tin, middle of the night. They said that tw, of the men had been killed, and that thes, two had escaped and got back They talked about ten minutes, when it was concludel to take the two men up to Willow Creek (that is about eight miles north of here. and kill them. They were to pretend t( the men that they would take them back tC Salt Lake City. l afterwards went over tt brother Foot's--he was Postmaster-to cer Alr. Woli'S paper, and saw one of the men there. The mail had come in the night. and Mrs w off sent me early Three fam. lilies took one paper, and Mrs. W off wanted to read 1t first
 There were a good many people there The man whom l saw there was bruised all up; his nose was mashed flat to his face; ht looked as though he had been beaten with a club or gunbarrel; had no shoes on and his clothes were all torn. Shortly after the sun was np the two men were put in a gag on. James Wolf and James Cook were ir the wagon, and Porter Rockwell, Absolom w of and Homer Brown, went along. as a guard on horses, and had guns They all started on the road towards Willow Creek Just after dinner, they all came back, but the two men and Porter Rockwell. Broth CT Rockwell lived up towards the city.
 James Wolf, after they got back, said when they got opposite mn corral on Will low Creek, that the two men d,dnt want them to drive down to the corral (the cor. ral is 400 or 300 yards from the road; ] that they told them they must go down to feed and get something to eat; that they drove down, and when there the men got out ot the wagon; that they fired and killed them both; that they buried them together neal the creek, not far from the corral. The names ot the men are not mentioned They said, in talking about the matter in Mir Wolfs family, that they were gamblers from California, and were very bad men that they had something they called love powders to give the women. Mr. Foot has one of their revolvers, and rides one of the horses they had, and says they had heap of many. her
 ALICE S LAMB. Signed in the presencel mark.
 of w. B. MARTIN
 Sworn to and signed before me, this 3Oth
 day of May, 1859.
 JNo. CRADLEBAUGH,
 Associate Justice Sup. Court, U. $.
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