, 1875-07-24
A CORY HORROR i
Opening Testimony in the
Mountain Meadow Mas |
sacre Case,
The Story Of an Eyewitness
Of That Coid-Bl CODED
Slaughter.
How The Enigrants Wtre Dtteytd
10 Their Destruction by a
Flag Of Truce.
Men and Women, Young and
Old, Shot Down With.
out Mercy.
The Bodies Dlsinterred and Mangled
by Welvcs.
Brigham Young, when Informed.
Advises the Strictest
Secrecy.
Courtroom Incidents .- The
Prisoners Demeanor.
A DARING Bank Robbery at Winthrop,
Maine.
How tho White.Eyed Boy Planned an
Escape from Prison.
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Courtroom Incidents .~- The
Prisoners Demeanor.
4 Daring Bank Robbery at Winthrop,
Maine.
How tho White.Eyed Boy Planned an
Escape from Prison.
Record Of Minor Crimes.
THE MOUNTAIN MEADOW MASSACRE.

THE MAINTAIN MEAn0W MACSArRE
uonn1B1E nEcr7A,-
BEAvzn, Utah, July IA. . o'clock tho t1rst
nttness In the Mouptain Meadow case. Robert
Kevoe. was called iIo csuo to Utah III DC.
tobor. 1ss7 through Mountain Mo,dor, Saw
9o.s .o' s,,ss ] -, % I""" .,,.' ..:,s'
s"o plios VI oooies u "oineo aiio ohla1ou' P'lsa
promsscuou"lJ, about sixty Or oesonty; the
Children from 2 months old to u years,
Tho smaller wcre torn by voiyoB and
o,ors aorn ~ ,hs ho7;n. ,v3ra .bc.
,hs;. .1,.o.,. ~. .a",a Nv" - D,.h, '
sot'o m n.o sne'. 'hfossa CUT 'o.no wore s'aoooa'
AL wors torn ~ "ol'es s1cops ono "osnan'
s;llttle Way Oh, whtcl, apposred ~ II asleep.
Thsse w.' IA. sall-sols & in M the 'st. sids: Thsy
po p.. as.o ~ n.s ".... M ass. s1 ea % nt's -,
oh51. seven OF us ~" II, 1neFs was p,'o Oh
mems bodies further on dldn'e go to ECO thom.
There mas no clothing On the bodies, except the
Log of one pock on \ man. Mona Of them wore
'o'4i''1' -
AsAhEt BENNETT CALLED:
Was At tho MoadoTs IN Dscsmbor. 1857. Ba~
tho bones there. Il was \ husr1bie sight. There
ioa,s ~ ,.;r 1ra j., t,,roa rha .s;,s.o,,
io4's .aesoos " "a11 u3'' t a. D4a 4au oa"uiot
wore III 70 Ii Joass olo' sanc OF sle sKulso naa
tho hesh dried on. Tho bodiea had been ooversd
up. aud tho wolves had evidently dug them up.
phuip KHnqen Smith, Of San Be,nardiuo,
~, .su.s. ;r1,. ....,.,t;.. .,....a .,,'
eat.7 e4aeo: tno p,e'Soqsi1n ,l H., ea'"too nouo
proeeqn as TO htheeH. lie hseo IN uedef Clty
In 1857. The Meadows wsro Is mt1os south
Of Cedar on tho c.hfoso'. ii sA...t road u. H.
HAsrd ~ thu a,niarants cnmina. psonio
1e1a forbaasu tn trat's with th"mo n 1 XII
n.d .hont n ssw n Inv ar ti'sn, At Ccd.r
Thts ri Tss on Fridav' e. ma svore' and Hirhaa
'A0" ''o'4,i nrAnn n,,wnns 1n oy rnouu,x
,r a,,a.v r. a. Tia c,,.ta,n T., h.vo rn.at-
inas IN s ~ X prc.iSsnt sni Gonnc;1 Ms,,on % snd
fsonncit. ri Ind IIiat, Con,,o,. i ras = lshon'
IL matter q ssms ap WITH .,... a't;n,.isn ;;f
Morrill, Morrill, L Allen, ., Willis myself, i.,ti .aa
onnns.d Justification. did, ifai"I,t ,unpad uo
XXI I'roea IN thn 1usetinr .sTsi WHIT ronh,
hn ths consaousncss n anch an 1T. Than
W.,,t't e% ~ so.S Tho fn1,s',s vo1 n ,o.t.o.
,'a'h esn hInnJ.v fiiohso iT.,"ht Wh,ta snS
mar and Iii ri nxsr ths s.mO snhient auain1
nnno.sd ti,air tlostruction. IL 1iisivht relcnt
Sftd " and tnId wEita suj to 90 shnsd md toil
W. 9% so ~ IN tho ro.d 20 mot . +. i,ee'
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