Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-29
UTAH.
Brigham Young Indicted for Murder
Sentence of the Polygamist Hawkins.
More Arrests A Mob of Women.
Tragedy of 1857.


SALT LAKE, Oct. 2S.-Warants are out
for the arrest of Brigham Young and his
son j. A. Young, on the charge of murder
in having ordered the killing of Richard
Yates. The indictments on the murder
cases are understood to be founded on the
testimony of Bill Hickman, who was once
termed by the Gentiles DANTE or secret
| agent OF the Mormon authorities. Yates
visited the Mormon camp during the rebel
lion of 1857 Ostensibly to sell powder. The
Mormons regarded him as spy, and some
weeks after arrested him and placed him in
| the custody of Hickman at Salt Lake.
| ID. Wells then commanded the Mormon
| troops, and Hosea Stout was the Judge Ad-
vOcate. On the way to Salt Lake he killed
Yates, as he says, by an order from Brigham
Young and Joseph A. Young, and at the
instigation of Wells and Stout. Hickman
is also confined now at Camp Douglas. He
went with the officers to Echo Canon, and
after pointing the spot where he had buried
Yates assisted in disinterring the remains.
An AduIterer Sentenced.
Chief Justice Mexican this morning pass
ed sentence upon Thos. Hawkins, the po-
lyganist, as follows:
'Thomas Hawkins, am sorry for you,
but l shall try to make you think so by the
mercy which 1 shall show you. You came
from England to this country with the wife
of your youth. For many years you were
a kind husband and kind father. At length,
however, the evil spirit of polygamy tempt
ed and possessed you. Then happiness de-
parted from your household, and now, by
the complaint of your faithful wife and the
verdict of a law-abiding jury, you stand at
this bar convicted criminal The law
gives me large discretion in passing SEN
tence upon you. might both fine and i'm
prison you, or | might fine you only, or
imprison. / might imprison you
twenty years, and fine you $1,000. can
not inpr son you less than three years nor
fine you less than 800. 1t is right that you
should be fined, among other reasons, to
help to detray the expenses of enforcing the
laws; but my experience in such cases has
been such that, were | to fine you only,
am satisfied the fine would be paid out of
other funds than yours, and thus you go
free, absolutely free, from all punishment
and then those men who misled the people
would make you and thousands of others
believe that God had sent them only to pay
the fine; that God had prevented the send
ing you to prison that by a miracle You
had been rescued from the authorities of
the United States. | must look to
it that my judgment gives no
aid and comfort to such men. |
must look to it that my judgment be not so
severe as to seem vindictive, and not so !
light as to seem to trifle with justice. This
community ought to begin TO learn that
God does not interpoSe TO rescue criminals
from the consequences of their crimes, but
on the contrary, that He so orders the af-
fairs of His universe, that sooner or later
crime stands face to face with Justice and
justice the master. | will say here and
now, that whenever your good behavior
and the public good shall justify me in
doing so, will gladly recommend that you
be pardOned.
''The judgment of the court is that you
be fined five hundred dollars, 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 courtroom.
The attendance was large, but generally all
maintained proper decorum. The United
States Marshal and deputies were fully pre-
pared for any emergency.
Notice Of appeal to the Supreme Court
was given by the prisoners counsel.
More Arrests-An AmazOnian Scene. |
SALT LAKE, Oct. 2S.-Second Dispatch. |
Daniel III. Wells, Mayor of the city, |
Hosea A. Stout, formerly Attorney General !
of the Territory, and VIM. Belden, of |
kimball'S Hotel, arrested an hour since by |
United States Marshal Patrick upon an in /
dictment of the grand jury, charging them !
with the murder of Tom Fitch, made ap- |
plication 20 be admitted to bail, which will |
be heard on Monday. The prisoners were |
placed in a carriage and taken to Camp !
Douglas.
\ slight excitement prevailed at the Mar |
shal's office while the accused were there, |
waiting for a conveyance to the camp, some
policemen saying they should not go to
prison If they did not wish to go. and one
or two women calling out to the officers to
take them if they dared, and they would
fight them with vengeance, etc. The Off
GERS, however, were firm, and nothing seri-
Gus happened. The alleged crime consists
in the killing of Richard Yates and a man
named Buck, several years ago.
A warrant was out for the arrest of Or
son Hyde one of the twelve apostles on
the same charge, but he eluded the depll-
ties who were sent to arrest him. He was
pursued to the Southern Territory.
\ man uamed Bennett was found muir
dered on the Safe road about eight miles
from the city this morning, with four bull
let's in his body.
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