, 1876-09-20
A Motion FOR the Discharge Of
Lee Oyerrtl1cd by Judge
Dpre1i,an.
Roports that the Robbers Have Es-
capped, and that They Are Still
Surrounded.
4 Tragedy OF Tic Most Remarkable De-
scr1ption neportcd from Ar
kansas.
Bloody Work Of Dastaraly Tramp
Near Springfield, nlasa.


MOUNTAIN NJ asA1jDNs
BEAVER, Utah, Sept. l3.-~ht tho Lee lr1'u
this morning. Mr. spic:r made d motion TINT
Lee he discharged, on the Erousll tint thu
statutes II 1867, under which he waa Indicted, |
i,a,l BEEN repealed by M avt Of the GoYcrnor
AMI Territorial Legislature. passed anil coming
Into utIrct March j, lo7t} lie read AcFrrat hc.-
tlurls Of the new penal code, citing numerous
authorities. Thr prosecution 'nac ro reply.
Judge Dosctnal, replying, said: ~ 10 not
think there Ii anything IN tic pfnt ratsc'I. All
hitting TINT the statute ot ts1! Is expressly re-
pcalc'!, thc authorities cited ars mt applicable
| tu the GAse.h ....
Mr. Denny hogan tic opcntng address
! fur the pruseeuti.in tslls muri1ng, anti eot-
| linuCd I'LL thu recess At 1:3o 7. ~, eo1'-
lning himself To thu acts of Lee IN incisilg the
Itl!ans tu attlck thu rRlsyrants beforc an ai'
hwer tu the message seat I" brigham Young WIS
ttols of the council at Cedar, showing that Lee
was the main leader In tue nlussacre from BIZ
j. G. Foster, Of pocllc, followed for the de-
fcnsc, as,d advanced the thcory that Lee parttc-
ipatcd in the nussacrc by an order froM high
were nut competent because they wefc actual
Thc general opinion Is tint tho JURY will
agree oil verdict VI guilty, Il: cAargcti III t!ic
SALT IfEE, Sept: 1o.-1n the Beaver Court
this m"rnns Mr: Diss1opP, BEGAN tlls c!osingl
witnesses having testified 70 eurh fncts as re
LATED to Lee, showing tl.at they were actual.
and souc willing, particpators y, tile massacre
sacrifice Lee, discardine linn, and leaving hint
fate consequent TN such evidence ns Ind bect,
introduced: lie denuuueed thc evidence of
johnson, Mesfurdy, anl hambll1l ~ untrue;
that these wtsnessvs were part Of conspiracy
to llung the accused; eonluring the Jury not 70
consent to this sac1Iilcc by their verdict, ~
orler to learss, the oainn' mud cloud q guilt
people because u tho ,nassacte, but to
!; throw aaide the evidence Of men whose
hands we're, tmbucd witt, blood; lie
eloscd BY reading proclamation OF nr'gtam T..
September, 1857, when Goycrlior Of thu Terri
tory, as to tue army supposed to be coming
from the East wi,h hostile intentions, nesgn,;
country at tho time, the enligrants having az.
| cruyuted tue Indians to sucn MI extent that
! nothing less than their destruction would ap-
] United states Attorney Howard, in his closing
speech, replying to Bislop, said b. Ind beGn sil.
gagged constantly the past three months sllt!'lt5
ths fasts and everything related "r .oIncsseA no.
e pose of trying j. u. Lee, because thc cyIdcl,ce
IcJ and pointed to linl rs the main tnst!gator
md 1ealer llc had given The Jury ui!answeIabls
documentary cyidenSs nravi,s tint ths autioLi. t 9
butchcry till after 1t wns committed; thnt LIE,
: in letter to Drighan, Young few weeks after,
l hud knowingly mtsrrprcscnted tbs actuai
: facts relative u the massacre, seeking to Keep
y him still In ignorance. He denounced the it-
1 ycctyc hurled by Bishop against the Testimony
g OF Ianb1n, A1cAlur.ty, nnd Johnson, ana dclctl
him or the world to dlsprnye or i'nitach their
Testimony. lie had llal all the assistance anT
United Status official could ask It, my cssc
g Nothing had bcrn kept back, aMd hc was dc
trrnllnct' to clear thu calcldar oi every intlsct
. ,ncnt aguinst any and every actna participate
D. t1fti itt end to nruSEctlt
Is auy one luret to the Meadow nj the tttne man.
!, OF whom werc unly young buys, anti knea
d nothing Of the y!le plan which Lee originate.
y mud carried out for the destruction of th
u cmigrants. -
n Howard finished his remarks Mt $3.50 ?. m.
er and the CURT adjourned till Tomorrow at 0
n Ill.,, wien Judge Buremnn will deliver hts charge
u aud tho case Will be given tn thu Jury.