The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-15
MORaON MURDERERS.
The MOUNTAIN MEADOW MAS
SACRE.
The Facts of that Drowning Infamy
of Mormonism.
An Interview with Col Dame, one
Of the Leaders.
COMING TO JUDO GMENr AT LAST.

1nE o. -, T,,IRTY-oSE-sOME OF THE
BUrCHRRs TO BIS TRIED AFTER sEVENIs rsi-S shS
yRARs-REvIEw OF THE CRIME AND sll sosE
REFERESoE To THR CRIMINALS ia =
Prophets PARrICIPAScY
The Beaver Lake correspondent Oh the
C,aicaro Times reviews the crowning cilu'e
Of Mormonism in connection with the GRIM
inals soon 10 be brought TO the oar OF 1ne
courts below for trial and Judgment. This
memorable Mountain Meadow massacre
committed Sept. I, 1857, more than IL years
AFRO. Much has been said and written COZ
earning It. aud e great deal more, Oy i&'' 10
mains unsaid and unwrltten, anu "-liSn -1 w ~
world will never know, unless soiio vi
those now charged with It's comm, ION ..
INN states evidence on trial and reveai the
shoeLinz truths. IN this hardly pr9paoie
event what Is now generally belleveu 10 %
the histOrV of the case, would DO Sou
"a facts bv living and unimpeac1aple efi
ence. Msior John ID. Lee, the man VINO
ed the slaughter. and vino is now in chains
awaiting trial, may possibly DO the
man who will reveal the true idc-s
snd law the blame where it more propehy
Reconsideration Young, the tneu
governor of the territory, ana the hSAu ~ ~
fhe church. his two cOunselors, heoeI -.
KimbalI and Geo. A. Smith; Danlel H.
Wells. s'IieutenRnt general com snulug
the NauyOo legion; and the S"ctFo
apostles" in whose hands MeJ' boo, VI.
Dame, Lieut.. Col. HsiSht, and tne otheI
participants we're mere -. ttet-
uoder instructions and inspired of 1noH
fsnaticaI zsai for the church Their ueFOsioh
10 or rather fear Of the church. remains I'M
changed. with the exception OF Lee, VINO nAs
been s.cut off," and Is branded oy an soOu
Mormons as an apOststs. MISUNDERSTANDING .'-llig
his apOstscv. the church has not entireiy
FORGOTTEN bin. but As a recognltiGn IOr MS
services which resulted in his presehs
trouble. has generally employed counsel 20
defend him. Were it not Tor lesr ol 'no
ssdestroyinc angels" who would pursue an
enemy of tue church to the ends OF the earth'
or dssth doubtless some of those who are
now
HIDING IN THE MOUNTAIN REcEssFs
from an avengiug justice would surrender
themselves to the authorities, confess their
guilt. and free their rerorse stricken con-
sciences of their terrible burdens. But IN
Mormondom there is a "higher law" than
the constitution, or the laws thereunder-N
ia that OF the Hblocd atonement," ana
member who betrays his terrible Oath5 anu
sacred vows never feels at rest, and sooner
or later his life ia forfeited to the vengeance
of the church, aud as punishment Tor MS
betrayal OF its secrets. Evidently, TINS
blOod-atohing doctrine was tounded Oh anu
suggested by the teachings OF the InurutIOus
throughout Italy in the dark days of super
stition and the B)rgias. Indirectly, II not
directly a woman was the cause OF LDe mus
sacre. Parley p. Pratt, one of the ~ eve
aposiIes. - was sent on mission 10 ArkansAs
soon atter the settlement of Salt Lake,
in Is47 and while there preaching his pecul
lar doctrines be converted Mrs eleanor
Mclean. who elOpsd vita him TO thlS city.
Becoming dissatisfied and mourning the
loss OF her children she finally persuaded
k.,A 49,. HfcfnnnFod nnT1a
Arkansas and briug toe INTO her. "Pres.dent'
Young Immediately ssnt the ''apos le' on
another mission To that state. He soon ab-
Quoted the three children from their sorrow
stricken father, and brought them 10 tholr
mother aud his wife at Salt Lake. his Wl'
and children stolen, and his homo forever
DESTROYED. the revengefdl father stsrtad IN
pursuit of the villain who ha ad DESTROYED MS
peace on earth and dishOnored his wife. he
met and killed Pratt a fsw years after, Whlie
in Arkansas, while on another mission, and
not far distant from the once peacefuI
HOME He HAD RUINED
and caused to bs deserted. On learning the
news, f5w weeks later, it was along 10 the
spring of 1857, it is said that Brigham Young
sprophesied" that the death OF his apostle
would be avenged in the ratio OF 100 lives
for one; aud many Mormons have been
heard to say that their religious faith would
exonerate the one who would kill the slay-
ers of their prophet, Joseph Smith, which
occurred at Nauvoo, ILL.,, June y, 1914. IN
the summer of 1857 two trains OF emlgrsuts
from Arkansas and Missouri arrived at ) Alt
Lake CITY, These were the first TO arrive IN
Utan after the killing of Apostle Pratt, and
theavengipg "prOphscy" or President Brig
ham Young. They were en- route TO C4li-
fornla. OF the l4S emigrants, 90 were men
and bows capable OF bearing arms. Among
she Arkansans wele several from the imme-
diate neighOUrhood of Mclean, and one,
it IS charged, who assisted IN the
killing OF Pratt. And the Missouri party ,
Is said, con aimed two OF the slayers OF Jc-
seph Smith, at NauvOO, one OF whom, on sew
eral occasions, boastiuIly exhibited the pis-
toll with when be did the shooting. This
CITY, lying directly on the southern and mos
inaccessible route 10 California, was the gem
eral headquarters for emigrant trains, WhsIe
they would halt 10 rest tneir STOCK, replenish
their supply of provisions, and frequently
winter in seasons OF extreme heavy snow
falls and impossible roads. But instead of
securing its usual hospitality and trade, the
emigrants were peremptorily ordered u
break uD camp and leave Sat Lake. Win
scarce ten days's provisions, themselves sore
and dsneartened, and their teams almost
exhausted, they meekly and OOediently re-
sumed their journey OF more than six nun
dred miles over the
wATERLEss PLAINS AND HOT, BURSING
DESERTS
Tne reasons given for this inhospitabie and
Larsh treatment were that Utah had Just de-
elared war against the United States. and
was practically under martial law; that
Albert Sydney JohnsJn was jus. entering
the terri.ory with an army for their subju-
CATION, and, consequently, c-tzen3 OF the
United States were considered aliens and
enemies. This was undoubtedly one If the
causes, but not the main one. for Joseph
Smith. the prophet and founder of the
church, and Pratt the apostle, haG been
slain by gentle hand=, becsuse OF their reu-
gion, and the prophecy" had been revealed
and the murderous fat already Issued.
This was unusually prosperous year in
Utah, and the grararies along the tnickIy