Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-08-02
MOUNTAIN nEADows sUrcHEal

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MOUNTAIN nEAD0ws sUrCHERY
Cisse or Tessinsny ssr Dsfssss-
DeDssitions OF Ysung ssd Smith
Rsled Oas-Ths JsPy - 10
Charged This Ansrssss.
BEAvEa. U. T.. August AIN the
Leo case this morning the defense offer.
ed tho depositons Of Brigham Young
and Geo. A. Smith. Ruled out for
causes heretofore given.
John MacFarlans. sworn.-Ira Allen
lives In Cache Valley; John Mungrum
lives at Parss. near the eastern frontier
Of Utah; Carl shurz lives In ssvier
county; Harrison Pierce lives In Pinto.
Defense rested.
Tho prosecution. offered nothing In
rsbuttal.
Counsel on each side presented re-
quests for instructions to the jury. The
witnesses were oil discharged. and those
in tho case Of Bishop Dame ordered to
return next Monday. The Court or.
dsred the jury removed from the Court
room while discussion on the instruc-
tons proceeded. An argument then
took place on the instructions asked for.
Recess.
George A. Smiths deposition sets
out his sickness and inability to attend
the trial. He had no military command
In 1867. and no position but that Of one
Of tho IL apostles. lie never attended
a council concerning the destruction Of
emigrants. and never knew or heard Of
the smigrants ill he met them at Corn
Greek about August 25. 1857. a. he was
going back north. In his pasaching In
South Utah he counseled saving grain
crops. They had been short for several
years and many people were in actual
want. Ho advised tho people to supply
the emigants and supply food for them
selves. but not 10 sell or themselves feed
grain to stock. He never heard OF the
massacre until after his return to Salt
Lake. Heard OF II first at Fort Bidger.
He denies that he was accessory 10 the
Mountain Meadows massacre. or direct
ly or indirectly aided or abetted IL.
Knows nothing Of the distribution Of
the emigrants' property. Brigham
Young swears he 75 years old, and he
could not without great risk now endure
the fatigue Of q journey to Beaver; was
Governor in 1867. and President Of the
Church. In June, 1867. tho U. s. Gov.
eminent stopped the mails for Utah.
and sent m army ostensibly to destroy
the Latter Day Saints. No u. 8. Judge
was here In 1857. Heard q rumor that
tho Arkansas emigrants had passed
through Salt Lake. Never gave m or.
dor for them to leave Salt Lake. Never
heard OF their bcin: ordered away. Ad.
vice was given citizens not to sell grain
to e~migrants for stock. but 10 supply
food for the emigrants. Crops had been
short for several years and 4 prospect
OF trouble with the U. 8. Army thon ut
hand was imminent. Citizens were
counselled not to feed grain to their "
stock. No person vas ever punished
for supplying food TO the emigrants so
far M ho knows. Nevor heard Of the
attack on tho emigrants till after II. and
then only by floating rumor two or three
months after Il. John d. Lee told him
tho Indians vero hostile and stirred mp
at the settlers and threatening them.
While he gave witness mn account OF tho
massacre he told him to stop. Didn't
wish my feelings borrowed up with .
recital OF the details. Klingen Smith
did not call on me with John. d. Lee.
Have no memory Of his ever speaking to
me about the massacr or cmigrant's prop
orty. Never gavo orders about TINT proper
ty or even heard Of its disposal. except
from rumor. Did not examine into tho
matter, because another Governor had
been appointed and was en- route to the
Territory. and because no United States
Judges were here. Soon after Governor
Cummings arrived offered to 60 with
him and Judge Cradlebaugh OF tho
Southern District. to investigate tho
matter and bring the offenders to just
ice, and to take sufficient aid along to
do il. About September 10. 1857. / re-
ccived a letter from either Knight or
Lee concerning the Arkansas emigrants;
cannot find II now. I answered II, i'd
dressed to Haight then President
at Cedar City. Utah. The substance
OF my letter was to let these smigrants
pass through and all other smigrants to
let them 60 through unmolestsd and to
try to allay the angry feelings Of tho In.
dians. The deposition Of Young is con.
sidsred here as very damaging to his
own case. showing that he had power to
sec that the emigrants did 60 through
unmolested. He received Hdght's let
ter about September 10Th. and the mas
sacro occurred September lith. Noun.
tain Meadows Is distant from Salt Lake
3l3 miles.
cAllEoR MA.