The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-07-29


llis way lip party were Stated ni
lhelr Journey, lul had proceeded hul
. low STEPS Whenl all having been 49,
ranged beforehand ly the ifrlrlrrrli
MOrmpns, the Indians were lrl lnnsi
win their sralpiug kniYts, and 90,
hNrinpn men piled their rifles viii
such murlrlpus effect that la q hriel
space NJ llme The whole PARTY NJ nur
hundred aud lhiflY-fpur men, women
and children las ninOkinglnlheir blood
upon The plain, sous NJ the women boz
fore death having been mrced IA dpsirr
u through other brutal harhArlllrs, II
II Thought That very few NJ the chill
lrtn, Who we're too yNung ~ dn any
thing hut prallle ~ They dahblpd their
lands ln their mothers blnul, were
kept aud are to-day LIVING la the Nor
mon city unconscious nf the nWnll
alghl upnn which their bnhY eyes
looked yearly twenty years ugn, The
murderels parted the goods nt The irayr
Oilers among themselves, and lrll back
into their old hnuulHnHn resumed their
prleslly robes aud high religious flinr,
lions some probably receiving promo
ton ana new hnu0H for the work NJ
Mountain Meadows, The bodies uf
the Inflated emlgranls were left upon
the plaln, 10 be The prey Oi tiat srny-
enger of The American desert, the
coyote, until many yearH afterwards,
the United States Government sent
her commissioner Lieutenant (uunl.|
son, out ~ Investigate the Clruumr
stance Ut the massacre lie, however
could accomplish uOthluM ana con
lentcd himself with collecting the
bones NJ the long neglected dead aud
honpng them together aud hurylng
them, Brigham Young was Goyrruor
NJ that time, aud could have, II ia
by "tho Gontllean OF hla city,
brought every one Of the murdcrers Ia
Justice II he had 40 chosen, II h even
whispered TINT he took active part ln
the massacre, but the better opinion
seems 10 ho that lac 0uly connlvOd az |
II, aud shielded the murderera for all |
these long years that have elapsed,
Various Efforts have been made 10y |
the United States authorities to bring |
the matter before the courts,
hut owing 10 the peculiar surroundings
NJ Mormon grand jurles none OF these
forts have boon successful. Now,
however, under what " known ~ tho
Poland I'LL for the relief of Utah, puss-
pd year ngO last June, the Nor
mon probate judge aud the clerk of
HE United States Court On Gentilc),
have the power TO draw alternate Jury
men 10 I'LL The panels OF grand aud
petit jurles. Under this bill John u.
Lee, one of the "BIshopsn Of the
,hurch, was arrested last fall, and has
since been indicted as one Of the lead
,rs of the mumcrous band of M0rmons
In this Mountain Meadows massacre.
Indeed, II Is believed by the District
Attorney that he can show that Lee
vas the bearer of the flag of truce un-
Ter the protection of whose white aud
sacred folds this whole party met their
loody death. Others are indicted con-
ointly with him, but upon the arrest
# Lee they took fright and fled TO the
treat hiding place Of the west-Cali-
ornia Their counsel have applied TO
he United States District Judge
Borcman) to have them admitted TO
,uil, but this he declined 10 do unless
hey appeared personally before the
'ourt, which Is to be held NJ Beaver
,ity, some three hundred miles south
II Salt Lake City. The court Is held
here because Mountain Meadows Is In
he jurisdiction of that Judge. IL Is
hought, also that before the trial ends
1t Is Just at this moment in It's pre-
iminnry stages Daniel Wells, the
Iayor of Salt Lake City and the sec
nd President Of the Mormon
hurch, rs well as George A.
smith, the first President Of the
hurch and second only to Brigham
,oung, will be brought into the dock.
Wells is connected with the murder
ecause It is thought that the deed was
ommitted 10y the crack military or
anizaton known rs the "Nauvoo Lee
ion,r of which he Is the commander,
nd was mt the time of the emeute be-
yeen the government and the Nor
IONS in Buchanan's time, when See
atary Floyd sent General A. Sydney
out with an expedition.
ONE one hundred and thirtY-fve wit
esses have been put upon the sub
pnas, some ofwhom have taken flight
, California. The last dispatch from
ne scene shows that the United States
larshal, General Maxwell, has given
riders that if any more of the sum-
loned witnesses try to escape they
lall be held even at the risk of life.
The best legal talent is engaged both
| the prosecution and hthe defense.
/. n. Baskin, the prominent Gentle
Iwyer of Salt Lake City, and
tie contestant for the seat of
annon as delegate to Congress is asso-
ated with the United States District
ttorney, Carey, and the Deputy Dis
let Attorney, d. p. Whedon, from
alt Lake. The Mormons have en-
aged Judge Spicer and Judge Hoge, of
nit Lake, and d. II. Bishop, Of Phoebe,
nd expect to have the assistance of
judges Sutherland and Bates, of Salt
AXE City, the leading lawyers of that
fine bar.
The Mormons, as rule, claim that
MS whole thing has been exaggerated,
nd that even if not so, the Mormons
bould ne allowed to punish their peo-
lie themselves, without interference
v the General Government. But If
ne of them who took part in the mas
,cre is spoken to about it, the CHASTITY
allor of his face and the agitation OF
is manner, even after all these years
! nine cases out of ten will betray his
uilt to a strewd observer.
The above is in substance the state
lent of the resident of Salt Lake who
as, within few days, left there and
ONE to this city on business, and is
Interesting at this particular juncture.
AEEICIAL. DIRECTORY.