The Tipton advertiser., 1874-12-03
UNEARTHED AT LAST.
John ID. Lee, Of Mountain Mead.
Ow Fame, I'm CustOdy-Thc Hus-
hand or Eighteen Wives and
Father Of Sixty Children.

BEAVER, UTAH, Nov. 10, 1874.
Your special reporter arrived here
from Salt Lake City yesterday, after
experiencing all the discomforts and
privations peculiar to stage riding in
an uneven country. And after being
iolted and shaken, and making innu-
merable apparent narrow escapes
from accidents, it was a great relief
to reach this quiet village, (which is at
present the focus on which all Utah
ewes are now concentrating, for it is
here that the notorious Colonel John
d. Lee, the leader in the Mountain
Meadow massacre, is confined. The
feeling here, as may be imagined, is
intense. It is difficult, in fact it is
impossible, for "Gentile" to ascer-
tain precisely how the 'Saints' really
feel over the arrest of one Of their
leaders, and the consequences to
themselves and their church of this
arrest and the investigation and ex-
pose which must follow. 1t is mat
ter beyond dispute that there are in
this immediate neighborhood many of
the rank and file Of that band Of dis
guised murders, who, under the com
mand of John ID. Lee, twenty years
ago, butchered in cold blood all the
men and women, and all but two of
the children of passing emigrant
train. Some of those men are here,
and while the probable consequences
Of legal investigation serve to dis
may them,the countenances of all the
Mormons show one of two express
sions-dismay at the danger threat
cned their beloved church and the
lives of some of their brethren, and
hatred of the government that has at
last reached out its powerful arm to
punish the most dastardly assassins
this country has produced.
While such is the feeling of the
Mormons, the Gentiles do not mani
fest their satisfaction in any demon
strative or unbecoming manner. They
simply show the grim pleasure they
take in the seizure OF a violater of the
law, and express hope that the
whole history Of the Mountain Mead
ow murder may now be disclosed.
From a personal interview with
United States Deputy Marshal VIM.
Stokes, and Mr.. Dye, who witnessed
the affair, am enabled to give you
the particulars of Lees arrest. Last
Saturday the Marshal having receiv
ed information that Lee was at Pang-
witch, a small Mormon settlement on
the Sewer river, thirty-five miles
southeast of here - sent one of his
posse, Frank Fish, to reconnoiter, and
Fish having ascertained that Lee was
then at Pangwitch, on Sunday night
Stokes, with Fish, Thos. Winn, R. S.
Rogers, David Evans. and Thomas
Lelevre, drew near Pangwitch and
secreted themselves under hill for
the night. The whole posse entered
the town just after daybreak on Mon
day morning. But early as they were
and secretly as their movements had
been conducted, information Of their
presence had reached Lee, and sus-
pecting their business he had con-
cealed himself. After thoroughly
searching the house where-the Grim
inal was supposed to be, the officer d.
rected their attention to the outbuild-
ings, and their labors were soon re-
warded by finding Lee in chicken
coop, loosely covered with straw
Stokes, who was the first to discover
his man, advanced to the coop, pistol
IN hand, and covering Lee with his
weapon from hole in the roof of the
coop, ordered him to come out. There
being no reply to this demand, Winn
was ordered to enter the assassin's
hiding place and disarm him. Stokes
informing Lee that he would 'shoot
his head off, if he moved. AS the
muzzle of the officers pistol was not
more than two feet from Lees head,
the latter saw that is was not vain
threat, ,and that he was in the enemy's
tolls SO before Winn had time to
obey the order of his chief, Lee said,
"I'll come out" and Immediately
emerged, with pistol in his hand.
While Stokes was parleying with
Lee one of the numerous wives of the
latter, Rachel, covered Stokes with a
shot gun-a double -barreled one
and threated to fire. She, in her turn,
was covered by the revolver Of Fish,
and as Lee came out she was disarm-
ed. No further resistance than this
was offered by Lees relatives or nu-
merous friends.
When Lee found himself in the
"hands of the Philistines"he evident
| ly made up his mind to make the best
| Of his misfortune, for he pleasantly
and cordially invited the officers tt
breakfast with him, which invitation
they gratefully accepted.
Lee displayed an immense amoun
Of sang .fs,Oid when resistance wa
useless. He spent some time writing
i ns,t directiOns for the management o