The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-05-01

gan, a sou % the William Morgan, OF Batavia,
y. y, whose alleged disclosures o, the mys-
teries Of ma sonry mas given 10 HE name the
! taint Of infarnv throughout the world. Al
these people we're T. swear, Sc The prisoners
informed their counsei. that they were in Nau-
VOC at the time OF the Murder, 3nd upon that
representation Z contnuaRce was obtained for
the convenience ~ al partles untli the ljth OF
June.
AZ iength the knriously iooked-for day Of
trial came and hoth rsrties, armed az all
po.ats, enterd upon the contest. BY strong
chain OF cifcums,sntiaI evidence the prisoners
were identified a. he ox-hunters. who could
not show that thev had ever lost an OK: they
were traced from the shore C. EauvoO up the
river n a boat or tire night Ol the murder:
and frDrn Devils Crceb, on their return. or the
following morning The spot OF blood was
proven Hpon Stei nen's shirt the fatal cap
identified to be lie property OF William the
latters pistol was shown 70 agree with the ball
that entered Le!cy. nody and ali ,his. backed
by the assertion Of Leiey, on his death-bed,
and the testimony O; the widows 2s 10 the ter
rible afiray. made case So Strong. tiiat dis
couragement settled upon tbc defending coun-
SCI before they opened. and 10 hope was LETT
them. except in the remote chance that per-
haps some Juror in he panel might have been
successfully diseased by ;he operations that
were afoot through the irregular emissaries OF
the accused. Despite the gloomy aspect Of al
fars, however. the counsel for the prisoners
entered vigorously upon their tash. But Il elr
witnesses. though wiling. continually stun
bed. and though they swore absolutely 10 the
same main tact that hey had seen the hodges
IL Nauyoo a. The time when the rndr0er was in
preparation. they rut them n so many parts
Of tine towr. and were 20 unfortunate IN point
Of time. that tine downright character o. their
oaths was Ge;o'' rather than benefit and
the falsiry OF .lc.r pau vas apparent % every
mind Z court he couu-e D1re NJ a9a.nst
these l.Iruiues rs well as POSSIBLE. bat tie
following iucQer-. winch SIC e&lrac, rom Lon-
Iey'- book. ut.erl d.Geauene5 ,aem, ard
MADE ,len iarsy 20 the conclusion of tie case.
IS la Hoeges wire cf Amos whom We Lave
noticed IN TeyoG- chapter. vgs in attendance
e. a witness. under the coercion o. hor savage
husband b1, VIXEN the h,ur cprroached for
Ler 10 ta6e her .tan-. her courage and her con-
seen slnl, vnLer the awfsi zine a-si-re5
% Ler. ,e.gujuE s.c re:s she remained q,
home, and d1ricg tie 2bsence o. ner husband.
sen. to- ore o. he prisoner. co0nse H-uuey
thus lsser.ues -le scene:
As r4e couLse entered ;Lo room. tie m
happy woman bl-s, ,n,o Je2r.. ana ,.o.a.mcd-
d" lust 20 70 corrt:'
So r you can swear the roys were Lone on
tie night q: ,ue L. .uraer. yorr tesrror7 viii Je
very material au3 cannot be dis er-ed with.
Can you swear ths,
hey were GU ;is; night
DO yor i.now wnere they were :"
They left home in compacy with Tor
Brown, and said ,ley were gonc over u Iowa.
'' When did they retwn "
Early tie mex norninc
Wins. did they say :"
-" That they had been unsuccessful
md nothing about the murder
they said tnat ,hey had a desperate fcht.
and we're G.raid thatthey mad lilled somebody"
" nat il ther business :"
Eobtins s The only ore } I.uov %.
Who are enssged with them
All the' fathers family. aud the leaders in
the Mormon hulcL encourage them n il. and
share the spoils with them
e OF know all tll-. or il mereir a rumor:'
kuow i, ana am now brought here 20
swear them clear. They have always been
ilud 70 me, and yet J csnnot svear M sou. to
eternal IerthtiOn. and DESTROY ali my holes Of
happiness bo-h here and Hereafter. TO save
theIn. dust % toc9p'
% don fnow yet.
e2nno' wi. not 90 IT; "ahnH' s"ea- Tor
en- end j "il no' swear aBains' 'ne'i'
.s Conversation "iss'patea the last Acpes
ot TAG 't'e'ce' ana the lawyer afier rFoml7ing
t.c p.'' woman 10 excuse ana shed her from
re anse1 o. her iAs.'an''' rs' 'rhea 70 colf0 10
see 'Le case LoNh'e' nli@'f'D'. 70 Tue emu anu
20 con 'u''e "-'H 'o.uc' W III --A5@-,'s'
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4nat resource "Ss Ios1ue' oHc % uls a'hi'
Erwn iiodses pent al Hs ehor's' lie went
around among the MOrrnOnS, more Ike mad