The New York herald., 1874-11-24

be found that the leaders OF tne mormon Cnurch
were guilty Of participation In or connived az the
murder Of the immigrants they should undoubt-
edy be punished TO the fullest extent
The United States Marshal In Utah has au-
thority To empanel Jury for the trial OF Lee and
Will select competent and unpreJudiced men, such
as viii 90 justice 70 ali partieA There have un-
MANY OTHER MURDERS A
and outrages committed by Mormons In Utah
WITHIN the last twenty years that have never been
cumstances OF the
MURDER OF Mr. ROBINSON,
who was deliberately shot down in the streets Of
Salt Lake CITY about four years since. II was well
known by federal officers tnat the deed wae perpe-
trated BY MormOns; but no arrests have been
made, and, oil course, no one has been convict ed
or punished for the crime Indeed. II would have
been useless for she federal authorities TO have
made arrests for the reason, as We have already
stated. no MJrmon could be convicted by u Nor
II the testimony Of the Indians can be relied
upon II can De abundantiy proven that
LEE WAS THE LEADER
the ravishment OF three Young lsdles, q deed OF
horror that was snbiinated by the cutting OF the
Mormons. The manner in which the bodies OF
these unfortunate people were lett by the Nor
EATEN BY WOLVES AND COYOTES
has already been described. But 1t Is q fact that
should not be disregarded or lost sgnt OF when
circumstances OF the outchery takes place.
In regard to the report that Lee Will
MAKE A CONFESSION,
1t may be remarked that one Of hts wives posi-.
tive,y AYERS That Lee wlll say nothing that Will
convict or implicate the Prophet; thar he would
suffer death before doing so. Lee claims to be
relative OF the Lees oi Virginia, although Northern
born, but his bloody deeds bear no resemblance to
the CHARACTERISTICS OF that cnivaric Virginia family.
tbs TRIAL OF LEE AND OTHERS
will be prosecuted as soon as proper evidence can
may we'll be- Imagined IN this land Of the Latter Day
SAINTS. Moreover, some important witnesses are
out oi the Territory, and Will require time to pro.
cure their attendance. The relatives OF the butch
cred people, living in Arkansas ana Missouri will
give valuable testimony IN the case, and tney
ticable form, by afldayits or otherwise. and
forward 1t to the federal authorities In Utah.
DOOM OF MORMONDoA.
The crumblng institutions Of the Mormons tndi-
cafe tnat the period OF the downfall OF the SAINTS
Is at nand Their large Cooperative Mercantile
Hooper, Is the managing spead) is breaking up.
Their leaders, their bishops and other cnief people
are becoming decrept and senie. We very rarely
hear ola
OF Mormon household. The old men passing
away and no young ones to take their places II IS
natural THAT their union and strength as people
must give way and finally fall 10 pieces The
tenure OF their religious lanaucism Is lral, the
ranks Of the zealots being chiefly supplied from
European and other foreign sources, and not COM
ing rom natural sound, native growth the
great masses OF the Mormon people are honest, and
would gladly throw OF the CALLING yoke OF slavsh
servltude TO the few unprincpled men who. Tor
and aims, rule them. Another cause OF the decline
and iall Q, the so-called mormon emptreh exists
III the diverse and conflicting
CLAIMS TO ESTATES
and all other Properly, created BY the numerous
progeny reaching the age OF manhood and spring
ing rom the same paternal Stock A new genera
ton has grown up since MormOnism was founded
In the noun tains and wilde ernesses oil Utah, aud
where there are score more OF sons and heirs
in the same family reaching the age OF independ-
ence and selIresponsiDlllty almost simultaneously
there must necessarily exist more or less confu-
TACT we have daily evidence here In Utah. Many
OF the sons and daughters OF the first wives are
already
CLAIMING SUPREMACY
In the division OF property, leaving the onsprlng
OF the other wives unprovlded ior: IT may oe
here mentioned as matter of wonderment, how
people outside OF Utau and outside OF the Nor
mon Church can tolerate the entrance into their
best society OF the
THIRD OR FoURTH WIFI
OF Mormon saint, who herself cannot be re-
garded by the conventionaltles OF respectable
Eastern lie as exactly the peer OF the worthy
matrons and chaste maidens who adOrn me social
and domestic circles OF the East. But the state
OF things we have described clnnot be expected
long TO endure IN any community, no matter how
deeply rooted and inAexioie the power OF an I'M
]. Hence it may be confidently predicted that Nor
monism, with its ''twln relic oil barparlsm," !" TO
give the old phrase sd,NeIsy new re iaing'
will be swept from the American Continent within
the next decade.
THs DUTY OF CONGRESS.
II ts earnestly desired and expected that at the
approaching session OF Congress some decisive
measures will be taken toward the settlement of
this vexed Mormon question, and especially with
view TO the vIndication OF the laws OF the United
States and OF humanity generally in the Territory
now terroriZed over by the Mormon despotlsm.
The Prisoner Lees Life in Jail-The
Husband. Eighteen Wives and Sixty
two Children.
Correspondence OF the Salt Lake Tribune from
Beaver, Utah
John D. Lee is still the excitement OF Beaver.
When brought out OF jail yesterday to have his
picture taken he appeared cheerful and was quite
laxative. His vie Rachel is still with him. Her
fiery eyes show fight and she Is said to be skilled
In the use OF firearms. She sat with her husband
yesterday for their picture, and, as the photog-
rapher, Mr.. Sutterey, intends sending copies 10
California and the East, the public viii, no doubt,
ere long be gratihed with the pictures Of the In
teresting pair. Mrs. Lee Is rendered historic
by her long relationship with the mon
ster sne calls her husband. She was
Lees wife at the time OF the massacre, and
no doubt wore the clothing taken from the bodies
OF tie murdered women. she says she could kill,
II 1t were necessary, and Lee regarded her Q safe
companion among the Navajoes WGen Lee was
corraled at pangultch she was the first Of hts
friends TO seize q weapon, and says, II there had
been any fighting, she would have snot the United
states Marshal.
standpoint, IS an animal. His forehead IS vilIal-
nousy low and recedlng; no top head at ALL such
as q good, conscientious man IS supposed to have
wide between the ears, with an overoaianclng
weight In the cerebellum. His physique Is first
class, not large, but muscular and power.
1ul, afIording perfect health at the age OF
sixty-two. His lie, aside from the terrible mas
sacre Of which he was undoubtedly the leader and
commander, Is one OF strange interest, and out
side OF the Mormon Church has no parallel In
America. His polygamlc career was crowned
with eighteen wives and sixty-tw0 children, nifty
OF whom are still living. Two OF the wives were
sealed TO him by the Prophet Brigham since the
massacre. He expresses himself anxious to tell
what he knows about the massacre and to expose
the responsible parties In his own words ne
wants the saddle put on the right horse that ne
has worn 1t wronglully Ior seventeen years. Many
think that Brigham Young or George
A. Smith Is IN Tor 1t. Lee Is too old
bird for chan and. besides, Is exceed.
fngly superstitious and could not entertain
the idea of doing and saying anything that would
compromise the priesthood, to whom he looks for
salvation. Your correspondent Is convinced that
he Is limiting at Isaac q. Haight OF william H.
Dame. Haght has ned but Dame stands his
ground with az good grace as Is possible under the
clrcumstancea the brethren nght shy of the Ii.