The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-11-03

The Sentence Of Hawkins by CHIEF
Justice M'kc0n.

The Sentence Of Hawkins by Chi,
Justice M'kcan.
SALT LAKE, Oct. u.s. Chief Justi
Mexican this morning passed semtcn,
upon Thomas Hawkins. tic pol,g mi,
as follows: Thomas Hawkins, a
: sorry for You. very sorry. Yom NAV n,
think so now, but I shall try to mak
YOU think so by the mercy whicl, I sl.a
!. show you. You came from England I
!. this country with the wife OF YOU
. youth. For many years you MAS a kin
husband and Kind father. At Length
r. however. the great evil spirit Of poly
gamy tempted and possessed YOU. The
happiness departed from your house
: hold, and now. BY the complaint Of you
faithful wife. and the verdict Of a Law
g abiding jury. you stand nj the bar a con
, virtcd criminal. Tho law gives me a l,rg,
:. discretion IN passing sentence npon YOU
! might both fine and imprisom Won. or
I might fine you only. or imprison.
might imrrison you twenty wears and
line you one thousand dollars, ca,
mot imprison YOU less than three wears
nor fine YOU less than three hundred
dollars. Ii is right that you should he
fined, among other reasons. To hclp dc.
Tray the expenses Of ~ f0rcing the laws.
but my experience has been such that
were ! 10 fine You only | am satisfied
the fine would be pail out of other
iunds than yours, and thus YOU 90 free.
absolutely free. from all punishment.
ana then those men who mislcd the pco-
PIC would make you and thousands of
othcrs believe that God had sent the
money to pay the fine; That God had
prevented tho court from srmd;m: YOU
70 prison; that by a miracle O had
heeu rescued from the authorities OF the
United States. must look Ia il that
my Judgment gives ut ail or comfort to
such men. must look To it that NV
Judgment he not so severe ms TO seem
vIndlc'ivr. and not 50 light rs 10 seem
To trine with justice. This community
ought to begin 10 learn that God does
intcrrose to rescue criminals from
the consequences of their crimes. hut on
INC contrary. lie S orders the affairs Of;
IT'S universe that. ome ~ later, crime
stands face to face with Justice and inst
the Master wills. l will say here.
mi now, that whenever your good be-
and the public good shall Justify
ne ~ doing so. l will gladly recon-
that you he parAoned. The Judy
nenf OF the court Is that YOU be fined I
i've hundred dollars and that Won be /
Imprisoned at hard labor for tho term Of |
liree years.
Contrary TO all expectation. there was 6
title or nO'cXcitcincnt in the court room. !
he attendance was large. hut generally !
u maintained proper decorum. The /
nitcd States Marshal aud IDENTITIES .
verc fully prepared for any emergency. n
Office OF appeal @ the Supreme Court y
'as given by prisoners counsel. n
lSccomd dispatch.l il
HREsT OF MAYOR WELLS. HOSEA A. STOUT
AND WM. BELDEN.
SALT LAKE, Oct. 2e.--DanI. II. Wells. IL
.ayOr OF tho city. Hosea A. Stout. for. p
cr'y Attorney General OF the Terri y
ry' and WIN. JIclden. Of Kimball.s u
OtcI. ON Party Canon. were urrrsIeU "
hour since by United States Marsha. 81
lt'cck: upon - Indictment Of the "a
Jury chargm & them with muir. n
r. Tom Fitch made an application to u;
INIT them TO bail. which will he ar p'
'ed Monday. The prisoners were tn
accd III a carriage and taken to Camp VI
ouglas. a slight excitement prevailed ~
the Maishals Office the accused were II
ere waiting Tor n conveyance to ca,np. ~
me policemen saying that they should III
Il 60 to prison if they did not wish to M
}. ana one or two women calling ont 81
the officers to take them II they dared &C
would tight them with a vengeance. IN
lic officers. however, were firm. W.
q nothing serious happened. The nj ss
crime consists in tho killing OF %,
chard Yates and u man named Buck. III
reral years z {. cl'
a warrant was ont for the arrest Of W
son Hide. one Of the twelve Apostles. ~
the same charge, but he ciu,lci the or
pntIes who were sent to arrest him. or
was pursued to the southern part 9"
the Territory. ar
MURDERED. '
A man named Bennett was found th,
on State road, about eight Oy
les from the city. this morning, with nm
'r bullets in his body. Ion
Third dispatch.1 le"
RRANTs FOR THE ARREST OF BRIGHAM Wv
AND HIS SON JOSEPH A. on All.
'IiARGE OF MURDER. ~"
SALT LAKE. Oct. %. Warrants are e.,
for the arrest Of Brigham Young nm,
! his . Joseph A. Young. OIL charge
murder. in having ordered the killing
Richard Yates. The indictments on of
So murder eases arc understood Ia he ma
Imdcd on the testimony of Bill Hick- an
~. who was Onrr, as is termed by Or,
G'mtiIcs, u Dante. or Second agent SEES
Inc Mormon authorities. Yates Wis. an,
The Mormon camp during the re- the
lion OF 1857. Ostensibly to sell now. w.
:. The M0rmons regarded him rs a vii
aisd some weeks after arrested him wa,
pinceu MN III tho custody Of HEX am,
u. Mt Salt Lake. Daniel Wells thcn o,.