Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-07-31

BEAVER. U. T.. July 3i.-witness
Farnsworth resumes for tho defense:
Was nine years o bishop; know how tho
church disciplines It's members.
Question Won o bishop In 1857
dare TO refuse to commit murderf
Ruled incompetent.
Question-How does the Church dis.
ciplins its members for d~isobedience9
The prosecution alleged that the laws
Of the Church contain q doctrine OF
blood atonement, and that examining
into that matter would open the door In
rebuttal to establish tho nets Of tho
Church In tho murder Of tho Parish
family. the murder Of Gunnison. tho
killing OF Robinson. the emitting OF tho
throat OF the negro Tom Cutting; also
the throat OF Potts at C~oalville. and tho
murder OF Gatos.
Tho Court ruled out the question.
Tho written record OF tho laws Of the
Church was the hest evidence.
Question - What was tho relative
strength Of tho whites and Indians In
Southern Utah In 1857.
Ruled irrelevant.
Cross.oraminaiion-About q year ngo
I had q conversation with Smith. and he
for the frst time said no had no knowl.
edge Of the Arkansas emigrnnts being In
the Territory until the day he and l met
them at Corn Greek; didn't swear yes
tsrday that Smith told me 30 at the time
we met. 1.-THE reporters notes were re.
fsrrsd TO, and showed that he said Smith
told him 80, but gave no datc.l Saw o
man with tho Indians at tho dead OK at
Corn Creek when we loft tho emigrants
there; saw NO buckskins there; have
talked With witness Hoops about that;
think the man was an omigrant; can't
say how long I saw him; can't say II was
second.
Counsel asked the Court commit the
witness for contempt, for trifing.
Can't say how long I looked at thcm;
when I saw him the emigrant train Ind
not broke camp; wal yet in tho corral.
There was great sensation here In
Court, M witness Hoops had sworn 1t
was after the camp had broken that the
Dutch Doctor fingered behind an OK Ms
tho train moved of; also that tho OK
was inside the corral. and was not seen
till tho camp broke. Witness drew q
diagram showing the position OF tho OK
and the migrant camp. locating the OK
20 rods from tho emigrant camp.
Witness saw no dead OK In their o Z
raj; heard nothing Of q Dutch Doctor
there; heard nothing about the cholera
there; Il was customary among tho ln-
dams to avenge q wrong by m white
party upon tho first or any other white
party they met; there were many tribes
10 the Territory. but all speak tho same
tongue, with dialects; there were not
less than ten thousand Indians In the
Territory In 1857; the Terrific
ry was then larger than 1t Is
now; among Mormons the same
rule Of vengeance does not prevail; no
peopls holds q man 10 moro strict nc
~countability than the Mornons; no pso-
pie arc more strict in p~unishisg for the
violation Of law. They do not believe
In shedding blood, and do not kill for
adultery. :.
Jno. Hamilton. sworn.-In 1857 lived
six miles south Of Cedar, In Fort Hamil-
ton. Heard Of tho massacre; after II
saw Indians by my place; they had
bloody clothes Of women, household
goods. saddles and stock. They shot
some Of the stock there; I was afraid;
ihsy were hostile and in war paint; they
committed no outrage on me. or neigh
bors; the Indians wsro peaseable with
Us - long ~ we fed them or gave them
work.
John Hamilton, Jr., sworn. In 1867