Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-07-30

OUT - No passed the settlsmena; i pro
sumo in his honor; not unusual 70 dc
80; Colonel Dame, Adjutant on sams
staf. would inspect arms. I Travelled
with Geo. A. Smith $50 miles sosth "a
Santa Clara; In al his meetings did moi
hear the Arkansas smigrants referred to;
the ~smigrants asked III whsrs they could
stop and recruit stock. I heard they
were advised to do Il at Mountain Mead.
ows. as there was the most grass there
and on the California road. The Last
witness was ny brother; never eompar.
ed notes about the case or what We
would testify. Ny brother and I talked
tho case over o. We came here. Heard
the testimony here had implicated Geo.
A. Smith; was not uubpunsd; came
with . lot Of others; heard I was
autographed for with othsrs; Mr..
Smiths mission was TO instruct the
people; don't know that Il had any mill.
tary object; he had . family at parowan;
Smith and Dame oounssllsd together;
possibly hs counssllsd with tas Prssi.
dent; Haight didn't hear, as I remember.
any consultation about military Affairs;
wo saw Hisbes at Cedar; the militia "a
on parade at Parowan - Smith came
In town; had q muster at Warrington
and OF Harmony; don't remember that
We stayed at Lees house; all rscollsc-
ton about Harmony. whore Lee lived,
has now gone fro6, my memory. I
mover heard the omigrants mentioned
till We met them. Geo. A. Smith never
told me they had passed salt Lake.
Tho emigrants were profane; can't 70
member q single case where they svors;
don't know how many oaths they swors
OF camp. I did hear them say by
God" Can't remember the connection
in which that oath was used. Am o
Mormon. Remember that oath. a. II
grated on my ears. Rsmsmbsrno other
oath. but heard blasphsmous language
from them. Thought them Q rough
set Of fellows. Thought the smigrants
would poison the OK, as the question
asked abou! the probability Of the In
dams eating II was 90 unusual; took no
stops 10 warn the Indians about II; heard
the Duke train admit they had shot In.
dians, Jaw q wounded Indian; Q guard
shot him In the night as he was lurking
around tho trim. I understood that
tho Arkansas emigrants were divided
into three parts, but aitsrvard reunited
before reaching Mountain Meadows.
Elisha Hoops, sworn.-In 1857 went
with Geo. A. Smiths party northward
from Beaver; met the Arkansas emf.
grants at Corn Greek; talked with them;
they asked Goo. A. Smith where was
tho best camping place; Smith re-
ferred Thorn TO Hamblin. who told
them; saw dead oxen In the
emigrant camp; they had q German
Doctori saw him puncturo the oIon and
pour in somsthing FROM q vial; tho In
dams told me they gavo him two buck
skins for the OF; heard the omigrants
ask II tho Indians probably eat the OF.
Cross. EIamination-saw tho Doctor
do II from our wagon. Hamblin, Farms
worth, silAs Smith. Geo. A. Smith and
myself were in tho wagon; don't know
II they eat vi saw the Indians akin the
OK; thought they wanted the skin 70
make mocassins; Ralss wasn't In the
wagon when the OF was purchased;
didn't sw0er just now that wo were all
In tho wagon when II happened; (ths
reporters notes were here read showing
that he did). Something got loose, and
guess I got out and got In again; nothing
was said right there about poisoning the
OF. Thought, II poisoned, II was 70
kill coyotes, though I had told the emil.
grants the Indians would probably eat
II; yet didn't warn Indians not 70 cat Il.
Saw tho Indians give the Doctor the
buckskins for the OF. Talked with that
doctor before that; talked about water.
grass and tho country; talked with him
about cholera. He said camphor. corp
sicum and opium were good. Remsm.
Der that much Of the conversation.
Recess,
The examination Of these three wit.
nossss sIcites the deepest interest. The
first two aro Mormon oflcsrs; n q
Probate Judge, and the other clerk and
Legislator. The last witness lisa polyg.
mist, and recently had ar apsstate ar.
rested for marrying o woman, alleging
that the woman was sealed to him. The
almost universal sentiment and comment
here Is that tho defense 10 weak In
theory and conflicting. Defendants
counsel Is not In harmony rs To tho line
OF defense. Counselor suthsriand's
course impresses everybody that bis
sole aim Is to protect Brigham Young.
II Is positively asserted that nachssl.
Lees wife. has possession Of the written
order, from Salt Lake City, for the de-
struction OF the emigrants. Lees fani.
ly suddenly packed up and left town at
daybrsak yesterday. Emma, who as
saultod the jailsr. escaped arrest, and
has gone too. It Is beloved the defense
will close this week.