The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-07-22

cattle to be turned loose in the street,
kno"ing that there was law providing
for The impounding of estrays, which, il
unclaimed after certain time, went TO the
Church.
MURDER WILL OUT"
One of the murderers, a schoolmaster
named Spencer, under remorse OF con-
science, wrote letter confrSsing all and
giving many details and facts duplicating
others. Soon after this confession many
left the country. and others have been
skulking in the mountain receSses. MA
jor Lee" and - Lieutenant Colonel w. Fl.
Dame" who We're commanding on the
field at the time of the massacre, are the
only ores under arrest awaiting trial,
though ten or twelve others are unGer in-
dictment but bevOnd the reach of arrest.
The Church authorities and Mormons
generally regret this unfortunate occur
renee, and say the savage Indians did iI.
But the cii cumstantial evidence points too
strongly in another direction: The pos
session of The stock, jewclry, clothes, etc..
by the Mormons; the appearance of Lee
and Dame on the grounds (which Lee
admitsl; the unscalped victims, which is
contrary to indian warfare; and the
further fact that the MOrmOns and Indians
were known allies, their chief, "Old
KanOth," being at that time bishop in
the Mormon Church."
A few months afterwards a detachment
of United States soldiers gathered up the
bleached bones of The murdered emigrants
and gave them Christian burial on the
spot where they were slain, and erected
thereon a monument OF loose stones or
feet high, surmounted by cross, bear
a -
will repay, saith the Lord" While div
ing by this lonely sepulchre one day with
his secretary Brigham Young ordered the
inscription torn 90 Hn and substituted /:
g ''Veng eance is mine, and have had it,
Brigham Young" Owing TO the peculiar
jury system OF that Territory The perpe-
traitors in this most heinous crime were
never indicted until last October, over
seventeen years after its commission, and
this is owing to the Poland bill of 1872.
The case has been postponed for Two
terms, owing to the absence of important
witnesses for the prosecution, and also
with a view of arreSting several Others
under indictment and placing all on trial
at once.
THE PRISONERS.
Lee is a native of Missouri, aged sixty
two, has had fourteen wives, but now only
has three. For the last ten years he has
been living in log fort in the swamp be-
low his farm, evidently expecting and
fearing arrest. When surprised at his farm
he hid in a chicken-cOOp, where he was
arrested. He lis confined at Camp Cameron,
near Beaver, in the northern portion OF
Utah, in the county where the crime was
committed. He, of course, says he is in
nOcent, and that he was at the Meadows
that day only to protect the emigrants
from being harmed by the Indians.
Lieutenant-C Colonel Dame" is a New
Hampshire farmer, fifty-four years of age,
has only one wife, but is amOnOmaniac on
the subject of MOrmOnism. Seems to be
mud and inoffensive, and would shrink
from the commission of such crime, un'
less babe do so by church authorities
when he would hesitate at nothmg-hOw
ever atrOciOus-believiDg it to be his re
/ ligiOus duty. He is confined in the peni
tentiary at this city, and will be carried tC
Beaver next week, where the trial will
take place. The case excites general in
terest because of the flendishness of It's ma