, 1866-04-27
NUMBER lR-.
Mormon Law and Mormon Justice. L,..


Mormon Law and Mormon Justice.
We are called upon this morning to Chronicle
one Of the most cold-biooded and inhumau NUT
ders that has ever fallen under our hotice-uu-
Paralleled sysn- in the bloody record Of ,UtAh's
ioulest crimes. The victim Of this last exhibit
tion OF the helhsh doctrine Of blood atopementi
promulgated By these ieuds Of helt from thA
rostrum Of their Tabernacle is Mr.. Squire New.
too Brassheld, late a resident Of Austin. Neva.
"a oy business freghter, and aged about 30
years. The circumstances which led 10 his ronr
der are briefly as follows
On the evening of the 9th ult Nh. .Brass6s,s
was married BY Judge McCurdy, of the Sunrem.
Soart -. TO Mary ,.eond wife Of A. n Hill, Nor
Altar TIE aRrriage, Brass6sd vent Ssif6 ,Eisss.gis
10 her late residence 70 gel hers clothes an6
household goods which had been packed ~
ready for removal While there be was arrested
by the city police, charged Uih resisting an off,
Ger, and lodged all night in the county Jail. The
next morning be was taken before the Probate
Court to answer the charge and bound over in
the sum OF FIVE hundred dollars to await the Aes
Iion Of the Grand Jury. The next day two in
dietments were brought against him, one on the
charge above named, and the other for larceny
for being present and assisting in taking away
his wife's goods and clothing He gave bail ip
the sum of one thousand dollars. On Monday
last his counsel Major {. II. Hampstead, quashed
the indictment for resisting az officer, and pro-
ceeded to trial en- the charge of larceny The
trial was not concluded when the Court adjoutn-
ed on Monday, and was to have been continued
on the following day.
The wife had two children, one nine and the
other five years Of age. About these children
contest WAS evdent-Nrsa Brsss6ed claiming
them, and the friends of Hill being determined
to keep them from her The mother obtaneda
wrltuf llabeas Corpus from Judge McChrdy, and
the Hill party fron the Probate Court, each
claiming tue right TO the custody of the children
The writ Of Judge NcCurdy was frst executed,
and q hearing held by him last Saturday night.
Maj Hampstead argued the case for the petition
er, and claimed that as Hill had wife living at
the time OF his alleged marriage with Mr.. Brass
field, it was illegal and void, and that, as there
was no legal father, the mother was entitled to
the custody Of the minor children. Thus the
legality of Pclygamous marriages was made d.
rect issue in the case. Judge Snow appeared
against the petitioner and in the capacity of
Deputy Attorney General of the Territory, and
dlsi ed further tire to prepare the case of the
defendant, and the hearing was continued until
Monday evening, at clock. ~ ."
At that hour the house was crowded, the
friends of both parties being present in large
Numbers. After few preliminary remarks and
the filing Of some papers, by Judge Snow, the
hearing was again adjourned until Wednesday
morning. at 10 o'clock. The children in the
meantime had been committed 10 the custody of
the L. $. Marshal Hosmer, until further orders
Of tue Court and on Monday the writ from the
Probate Court was served on him, when he ap-
peared before Judge Smith and stated that he
held the children bv, order Of Judge McCurdy,
and declined to produce them in that Court,
when he was threatened with an attachment for
contempt, and warned that unless he epPoduced
the children he 'e0uid cmpri5oaed iF-Hs County
,JaiW
Tbus stood the several phases of the case at
the Adjournment of Judge McCurdys Court on
Monday evening The Courtad adjourned at about
l-2 o'clock, and on his way home, and while
10 company with the T. 5. Marshal Hosmer, Mr.
Brassfeld was shot and killed, adding another
to the long list Of victims Of Mormon Justice"
STATEMENT or MARSHAL HosNER. g.
About 1-Is clcck, on Monday evening, the
ID inst, was accompanying Mr.. Brassfeld
home to the eNatioual Hotel, from independence
Hall As we turned the corner By the small
building west Of the hotel, man who stood be-
tween the bay window and door of that building
advanced one step from the corner and fred at p
Mr. Brassfeld the shot taking effect in bis arm
and side; four buck shot entered the arm, one
striking the elbow joint and breaking the arm.
The fifth shot wi hich was much larger than tho
Others, entered his right side. When the gun
was fred Mr., Brass6eld fell, and said, so, my
God | am shot, He was carried into the In
ternational Hotel, where he fingered in agony
about 45 minutes and then exPired.-SaH LGks
VIedettk y '."
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