, 1875-08-08
MOUNTAIN MEADOW.
The Excttemeut In the Rocky Noun
tain REGION

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BEAv1, Utah, July 25.-There is Stir In the
Rocky Mountains now, you can just bet Utah
is boiling ns never saw it before On the part
of Saint and GENTLE there is mingllng Of rage,
fear. hope, and rejoicing for the truths revealed.
When this trial began, it WAS evident that the
Mormon Witnesses had determined to make d
clean breast Of it. AMI that If they did, the re-
suit wouli be an unparalleled sensation. con-
fees, with all nv researches into the matter, I
never knew it was half 60 bad. bloody. and hor-
r1ble. We who have written histories Of Utah
have been charged with layiog On the coloring
rresty heavy, but our blackest colors do not
begin to equal the reality. Said one witness to
the writer .'Beadle did not tell half the truth
be could not know half OF it." Even Mrs. G. '.
Waite's narration, written in 1865. though p!en-
titully spiced With horrors, falls short Of the
reality no woman's imagination OF c1ima could
come up to what those men we're capable OF
doing. And let it be remembered too. that this
story told in court is not Gentle story, or, as
Brigham Young would gay. - damned GENTLE
ie'' Every one Of tie wi:nesses are Mormons,
and moet Of Them in good standing to-day. And
it il ce.fect;y safe to say that. With the strong
Mormon Influences surrounding than, aud the
Church notorlously exerting all its power to
suppress Is much Of the story as possible less
rather than more than ble truth has been elicit
ed.
It iB singular to note the expression the ex-
citemeut takes. When the first days. testimony
was concluded, all the rage and excitement here
wero on the part OF the Gentiles; the Saints
seemed as calm as a May morning. But in lit
tie whlle came return reports from Salt Lake
City Of the fierce anger there. some over-enthu-
siastio Gentiles going 80 far as to propose War
OF determination, or at any rate hanging Brigham
aud al other beads Of the Church. Then the
Pacific Coast papers began to arrive, their col
denunciations Of Brigham Young and the lending
Mormons. The sta'dcst Journals seemed to
grow Wild Ono advocated reign OF martial
law until every Mormon murderer was
executed. Another called Tor the
immediate arrest Of Brigham on q bench war-
another complained that the civil law was too
slow, saying that the streets Of Salt Lake
should be ornamented with the heads OF the
Mormon leaders," When the feeling wns real
lied here it struck d,s1nay into many 1t seems
that the aix Mormon papers in Utah have literal
iv bowed before the blast, and either are afraid
to say anything, lest they maze The matter
worse, or really can't find anything to say Be-
vond few commonpiaces about waiting for
more facts" or deprecat1ug any illusions to
mob, they are silent. A late copy OF the Deseret
Neaos institutes blasphemous parallel between
Brigham Young and Christ, suggesting that as the
Jews ost their national existence for orucifyiug
Christ, 90 NAV the Americans for charging the
guilt Of murder On Briahant
For two days there we're Thousands Of ugly ru-
mors here. One wag that it the Jury acquitted
Lee in the face Of such positive testimony, the
miners would take and hang him and part Of the
Jury in two hours after Then it was threaten
ed that all the Mornons from the adjacent coun-
try would gather and rescue Lee by force and
arms. Then wilder rumor came that the Call
fo1nians and people of Southern Nevada we're 60
enraeeu they would come IN force and devastate
all those settlements from which the militia
came to assist at the massacre. OF course this
whs all bosh; and much Of the popular aud
newspaper comments nothing but nonsense.
But underneath all the froth there does l1ea uni
velsal determination OF all the people on this
coast' that IN some wav OF other Justice must be
doue. Even the stald old Sacramento Record
Union WATTS the Mormons that the release OF
the guilty will be the one step too ar,-one that
California will Lot bear unmoved. 1t then adds:
" There are on this coast pentr Of old emigrants
who would be oniT too willing to avenge Noun
tain Meadows in their own way"
WE'LL all this has had one good effect, anyhow.
1t has, think determined the Mormon leaders
to lot the verdict 90 according TO the evidence.
The LAWYERS for the defense evidently think go.
George T. Bates. the senior counsel, openly
SAYS the case is hopeless that no evidence they
have will mitigate the case. and that Lee is
doomed man. Bishop, the attorney from Pioche,
for the defense. was uttellY unnamed on listen
ing 70 the testimony IN Court. It made him sick
at heart. The strongest man for the defense is
the Hon. J. G. Sutherland. formerly Ut Saginaw
Mich. He is = small. soft-yoiced aud lnpre-
tending man. seemingly more Judge than an
advocnte Che was Judge in Mich,gau}, but ho
a1aaGs gets in his work well, never fails on .
technically, and always takes ali possible al
vautages Of one. think the defense are now
merely fighting mainly to save Dame, Colonel
and Bishop. There are Witnesses abundant to
prove sn alibi in his case; and as TO
the military order issued bv him, there
are dozen 1ays to eyado the responsibility Of
that. Now note one fact: Leo is in custody,
but not in good standing IN the Church; Dame
10 in custody too. but ranks high rs a Mormon,
Isaac G. Ha,ght and John II. higbee are out OF
the Jurisdiction, beyond the reach OF the United
States MarHha's snd still not cue on from the
Church Now observe how closely Mormon
sentiment. a. far as It finds EXPRESSION, taIlies
with these facts. Haisht and H19bse are thew
aas, the head demons, the guilty men who
Flanned and directed the whole msseacra: Ice
Ii slightly guilty, sled into It by the others"
whlie Dame il entirely innocent Next yc.r
perhaps. Lee will DO dead or 1T liberty. and
Haighs and HiRbee in jail; then Leo will be The
head devil of tho whole affair, and the others
the innoceats who were "forced H." am mol
radical enough to want al the Saints punished
for the crimes OF few, but do get cut Of
patience With them for sheir persistent stteneta