New-York tribune., 1871-10-20
THE MORMON MURDERS.

THE MORMON MURDERS.
TESTIMONY AND AFFIDAvrTs on WHICH THE Ara
RESTS ARE hADE-srARrLNa STORIES OF
ASSASSINATION. "a o., ..
IYRoM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIsrEEI
SALT LAKE, Oct. 12.-The direct Issue s an
nounced-" The great crime HhteA he auAoTtHes sr5
looking 1p is murder" To such plain statamept Of
charges the Mormon press Is silent H the grave. Not
word has been said, hint been gwen OF IT. but
their readers the contrary, are editoralH entert
tanned about matters Of earthly interest 70 Utah to<
day. Is this silence acknowledgement OF their ina
bty to defend their leadersi Such the conclusion Of
intelligent personsi ..' .....
These murders must be investigated and the guilty
must be punished On the sOth ult the First District
Court at Provo so miles south of this the Hon. o.
F. Strickland presiding Before the termination OF thS
session Of the Court there 1t highly probable that the
murders which were committed In that district some
years ago win be investigated. year ago indictments
were found against the Mayor, A. F. Macdonald and
Aaron Johnson, the Bishop Of SpFingvile, and soma
other MormOns; but rumor spoke OF WarrAnM
they Immediately concealed themselves and IRON tha1
time have beyond the reach Of the o. Marshal On
his deputies.
Upon the originals of the following adaya and
fessions the United States DstricAtorney about 70
cause the arrest of the persons named II It takss ina
whole United states army within the Territory TO 40
complain 1t.
CONFESSION OF ABRAHAM DURFRE-
Territory Of Utah. Second Judicial Dste Pyoso cit
Utah CO~ny.-AbrahAm Durfee' &C., now this nra day
April A. D. lsSs comes before Judge CraaeDAngh and
| makes the following confession, VIZ; .'
am 81 years old. have resided tn sprngvlle, Utah
County o. t. since the Spring OF 1851 was notified Of
q council by WlOer J. Earl In tho mouth OF january
1885, he told hs wanted me TO come to the Hahopa
that ana .aa mat
ner oS there at the ROOM Il was IA the uppes
room I'm the Bishop's dweline housein Btshcp Aaron
John.ons house The Btshop was there, A. r. nsDonad
wllber J. Earl. Abraham Durfee, Andrss NnnA,
and Lorenzo Johnson William sina Ana -Sslane,
IcriD Roundy wers there and there were number Of
NV ~p0se nssng IA be called for Tere were mat
ters talked Of concerning people going away Some In
dyd9as were mentioned Sy the RsSSp he eS atsS ta
.rs ne nso wess SSTSa s the Indian Farm Who were
sSss ne sse wsn IS sS would sSe be- s
tbere word that thew were going to steal some horses
ana sash Ss pesson there wsr to watch Generally
| for tor persons going away.
FLAMING MURDER.
There was another meeting in the neighbOrhood of
'oOs ner.on to attend that meeting that wec,,nS wa,
held in the same place in the room was some three
weeks before the Parishes and Potter were killed The
same persons were st this meeting that wers at the rst
@ nave sPOSen PS o. ,d yb was @ on,s %eeInEi
toned at this meeting s about rns T ph tnsy
were gong 70 iSaSe t1e t aue h1shop .hS
thero weae sIc S dS t .at al Sh, r InsS
toned etnet y tne bisnoP or oon,h rSeot
ect wnon-to nave some one 10 ma out wnen the PaR
TIshes were going to start They nomnsted persons %
| learn when the Parishes were going 10 eaVe.
| Ny name abraham Durfee) was mentioned, and
then the Bishop decided that both Potter and myself
should try to learn when the Parrsnes were going ia
leave the Territory Inc bsnoP sao ne aia NOT wlsa
any one TO decline wnen ne was caed upon. tnen tod
tne ssaop Ina 70 Sa ams uo cont ,acst I ~ @ pne
other matters but can't recollect what Il was saw
Potter several times during the course Of the week fol-
lowing talked with Parrish t9at week and several
that weekand did some work for him. PaTrishs horses
not spoken Of at the meeting which have men,
| toned.
In the course OF that week Parshs horses were TAKEN
me they had taken all his horses and he wished me
We went from there TO Mr. John stewartg the Justice
St te ts &C., S. a., sUS S uu' eorS H @ an nu rSn.
Parrish and went back to Parrshs house. and Potter
up to Parrshs and Potter took the papers-I
the warrant tnen faIrsn ano fctser sSreo Ior Provo
nnat - sVoyS M 81 81 . s' t so p oas
sons Ssre after the horses but returned withc1t tSe
nt thnh vas A. tbis third meetin9 Potter od ne
that he returned from the meeting after he returned from
Provo He told the meeting that he had found enc
Of the horses asked him what vas said about the tatns
81 & toe o b sSs Wss Buoof II q
An order that Parrishs son had traded q Bulloek
and that he (the Bishop wanted those horses paoad
where they bslop 0ed N answer the demand mat eyen
inR at that meeting Wilber J. Earl ana A. MeDonsld
receive those horses ths was told me by Potter. Par