Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-24
TWO CENTS.


INFORMANT TESTIMONY OF A MORMON.
The trial OF John u. Lee, engaged
in the Mountain Meadow massacre, IS now in
pTogre,S in CeaNer, Utah. Philip Klngen
Smith testified yesterday for the Dro secution.
no0c pros. having been entered as 10 him.
Smltn asserts positively that the massacre
was discussed at a council of the Mormon
church. and was carried out in obedience to
orders rom headquarters. lie then detailed
tie ctrcuDlS "a. 1ceS OF the massacre and the
manner in which the emigrantS were inter
cepied. The emIgraGts became aware OF
threatened attack upon them and had forth
fed themselves, whereupOa O q OF the Nor
mons. an officer named .ee. went ont with a
white flag, and under a truce the horrible
hdtcheIicS FnOwn Ia the world took place
smith says: "Baisht sent for me, and said
ne mad been 10 ParOwan, and got ,drther or
ueIS nom Col W. Hame 10 deco the 1 nj
grants out and spare ONLY snail children
who could not tell the tale. Higbee gave or
derS 10 decoy them out the best way we
could this was aSTecd 10. and the command
was given 10 John ID. Lee to carry out the
Whole plan; they went to camp; Lee placed
all the soldiers IN "a hollow square and al
dressed them; they we're all white men. aud
about fifty in all the Indians were in a diff
ierent camp: either Bstcman or Lee were
out with white flag: man rom the emf
grants met them; Lee aud the man sat
down on the era = and had a talk: 1 do not
Know what they talked about, Lee Wenrwifh
the men into cutUenchmsufS: after some
hours they came OFT and the emigrantS came
UP with the wounded in wagons ahead. The
wounded were those that were hurt
IN tie three days previous fight"
Next came the women and next the men.
A the CmigrautS came up the men halted
ard the women ON foot with children and
Wounded went in ahead with JpO. u. Lee.
The Ssldie~S ha1 to be all ready To shoot at
he word. When Tie word halt came the
soldiers hrCd. ! red once; don't know il /
Killed the men. They were rot all K He'd the
nfSt shot: saw the women a eTW lis deal
with their thrO3tS cut: saw a. canoe nm 10
Them man Kill a young girl. The meh were
lnalch. q IN doHbie file FIRST. then in single
Die. with soldiers alongside. Heard the
tIiiSG"NIS con. fatnl3tIug on their safety
rom lie t"GiaDS. At last John VI. Highep
came and ordered my Sglah To fire Lee
IKE TIC rest raj firearms No emigTa % = e.
capped. saw soldiers on horses 70 take c1
The = Ing those who ran: saw man run.
Blll stewart on horse go a.-eT one anl I;t
hIm; saw ne wounded man beg FOR his lif-.
but II Gber cut his tErp 2. The man sail II
would ret 90 ;hIS 10 YOU. H.. bee ne KNEW
him: adler he fired | was told 20 za;ner IN
the chl ldTen a. / went. saw large woman
running toward the men crying. my nus
band my husband" a soldier shot her I'm tin,
back; she fell dead As I went on; found the
wagons with 80 wounded: all were out on
The groUnd and their threats cut: went ON.
found Tie oh loren; Pot them in the con
and took them 10 Hamblin's houSe; saw
10 more; the soldiers dispersed then;
Two children were wounded, one died AZ
Ham bilnS. think had To leave Ii: there were
many soldier from CcdntiCs south whom |
Gid not know; next day ] and McCurtv and
Wills took The children TO Celia. city. leay-
ing one at Pinto creek; on the road met
freight train OF wagons; men living here in
Be3ver now were on IL: went 10 Oh Ms
Hopkins and told her had the children. she
got places for hem; l took one girl baby
nome and my WIFE sucked IL: a forwards
gave IL Ia BiTkbccly, ne having no children:
they were well treated, believe; GOT good
places for hem there were bat few chill fren:
witness nth others subsequently, collected
the property of the masSSacred EN- iGrantS
and placed IL in the church tithing house by
order OF Haight; Lee told witness he ha re-
ported all the facts 10 Brigham Young i'm the
presence OF Lee and Charley HnpkIAS
Iouy said: Have charge OF that prOy cry IN
the tithirg office; turne' IL over 10 John ID.
Lee; what you know of this. say nOlhing OF
II; don't talk of il even;' the property wa
subsequently sold at anction by l. and
others; some cattle went TO Hooper. delegate
To Congress: at The time of the mas az re the
Indians were assigned 10 kill Tire women and
children; I've saw one Jack cut little boys
throat; 70 effort was made ID restrain ITEM
Court here adjourned. Gr"st eXcit neut
prevailed. Smiths testimony IS updeT TODD
20 he the same as Lee suppressed conf =
sion.