The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-11-02
Sentence of HaWkins---Reported Flight of
Briuham YounQ,

Saturday Chief Justice Mexican passed
sentence upon Thomas Hawkins, the poly
gamist as follows:
| am sorry for you. very sorry. You may
not think so now, but l shall try to make you
think so BY the mercy which I shall show you.
You came from England to this country with
the wife of your youth; for many years YOU
We're Il kind husband and kind father. At
length, however. the civil spirit of polygamy
tempted and possessed you. Then happiness
departed from YOUR household. and now, by
the complaint CT your faithful wife and the ver-
dict OF a law-abiding jury, you stand at this bar
as convicted criminal. The law gives me
large discretionary power in passing sentence
upon you. ! might both fine and imprison, or
l might fine or imprison you | might imprlson
you twenty years and fine You $4,000. can
not imprison you for less than three years nor
fine you less than $1,000. 1t is right that you
should be fined among other reasons to help
iefray the expenses Of enforcing the laws. But
my experience in Utah has been such that
We're | TO fine you only, am satisfied the fine
would be paid out of other funds than yours,
and thus you would go free, absolutely free,
| from all punishment, and then those men who
mslead the people would make thousands of
others believe that God had sent money to pay
the fine that God prevented the Court from
sending you to prison; that by miracle YOU
had been rescued from the authorities of the
United States. I must look to it that my iude
ment gives no aid and comfort to such men. |
must look to it that my judgment be not so
severe as to seem indicative and not so light as
! to seem to tritle with Justice. This community
must begin to learn that God does not interposp
| to rescue criminals from the consequences of
! their crimes. hut. on the contrary, he 50 orders
| the affairs of His universe that sooner or later
crime stands face to face with justice, and justice
is the master. | will say here and now that
| whenever YOUR good behavior and the public
good shall iuStif me in doing so, will gladly
recommend that you be pardoned The iudg-
ment of the Court is that you be fined 5000 and
| that you be imprisoned at hard labor for the
| term of three years.
Contrary to all expectations, there was
! little or no excitement in the Court room
The attendance was large but generally
all maintained proper decorum. The
! United States Marshal and detectives were
fully prepared for any emergency. No
tice OF an appeal to the Supreme Court
was given by the prisoners counsel.
Daniel II. Wells, Mayor of the city.
| Hosea Stout, formerly Attorney General of
| the Territory. and VIM. Belden and Farley
Cannon We're arrested Saturday by the
United States Marshal upon an indictment
of the grand jury charging them with
murder. Tom Fitch made application tc
admit them to bail, which application is to
be heard Monday morning. The prison
ers We're placed in a carriage and taken tC
| Camp Douglas. Some slight excitement
| prevailed at the Marshals office while the
accused were there waiting for convey
ance to the camp. Some policeman said
! they should not 90 to prison il they did
not wish to, and one or two women called
to the officers to take them if they dared,
and they would fight them with q ven
! geance, etc. The officers, however We're
firm and nothing serious happened. The
! alleged crime consists in the killing OF
Richard Yates and man named Buck
several years ago. A warrant was out
for the arrest of Orson Hyde. one of the
twelve Apostles, upon the Same charge.
but he eluded the deputies who were sent
TO arrest him. He was pursued to the
southern part of the territory. Warrants
are also out for the arrest of Brigham
Young and his son Joseph A., on charge
of having ordered the same murder
Indictments on all these murder eases
are understood to be founded upon the
testimony Of Bill Hickman, who was once
what is called Dante or secret agent of
the Mormon authorities. Yates visited
| the Mormon camp during the rebellion,
ostcnsibly to sell powder The Mormons
regarded him as a spy and he was first ar
rested and afterward killed.
1t is reported that Brigham Young left
Tuesday evening for the South. Saturday
he was said to have been 120 miles south
and his course is still onward. 1t is not
known to what point he is bound; many
think he intends to leave the country
Delegate Hooper has gone to Washington
to see the President, and endeavor to
effect some basis for compromise by
which the United States authorities here,
judicial and executive, will be restrained
or removed. Orson Hyde has also disap-
peared.