The New York herald., 1876-09-17
THE MOUNTAIN MEADOW MASSACRE.

SALT LAKE, Utah. Sept 10, 1870
Tho following special dispatches have been received
concerning the Lee trial. in progress at Beaver,
Utah
Seven witnesses testified for the prosecution to-day,
all new except Joel W. White, fixing murder on Lee
The case will probably 60 to tho jury tomorrow even
ing
rnE EvIDExcR
The first witness d. II. Wells, who testified that
Lee in 1851 occupied the position o. farmer to the
Indians Southern Utah, aud, perhaps. some place in
Iabon Merrill testified as 10 tho council held at
Cedar City which had under adviscment the destruc-
ton OF tho train; 1t understood that before it
should be done brigham Young should be consulted ;
q messenger sent to Salt Lake City for that pur
pose, another sent to Pinto Creek to draw of
the Indians and allow tho train to pass on till word
came from Brigham Young to the contrary; forty-
eight hours before tho messenger returned from Salt
Lake he heard tho had taken place; Haght,
Hgbco aud KIngcn smith were IN tho council and Lee
not there.
James Haslam tcstiicd he the messenger sent to
Brigham Young by Haight TO whom he explained the
object Of the message Leo could hold the emcrants
corrallcd waiting his return. He rode night and day
and stayed two hours in Salt Lake ana returned.
priCham's message was, .Go, don't spare horsenesh;
those men must bo spared lot them go In peace"
got back Cedar the Sunday following and learned
joel W. White testified almost exactly the for.
mer trial. relative taking the message TO Pinto Crook
and taking part in tho massacre.
NARROWING PARTICULARS.
Samuel knights testimony went to show that no
was driving OF the wagons which contained arms;
he rd the fred after the em,grants had been
deceived out; Lee blow woman's brains out, beat
another TO death with has gun and murder several
others and at the same time saw the Indians make
rush on the women and children, whom they slew.
Samuel McMurdy testified that he drove the oihcr
wagon after the emgrants had been dccoyed out by
flag of truce, and the whole column commenced NOV
ing up the meadow heard the command IA hat, and,
looking round, saw Lee put his gun TO woman's head
and fire; she fell; heard Lee beating mans brains
out with gun; Leo then witness's wagon aud
all the wounded men with his pisto! and dragged
the bodies to tho ground; only the children In the
he took part killing but the former trial It
out that he was the man who. while In the act Of
firing on OF the wounded emigrants, said 30
Lord their rts for II Is for thy sake wo do
CONCLUSIVE PROOFS AGAINST LKE
Nephi Johnson, who went To tho. meadows as an In
dian Interpreter testified that ho Lee shoot tho
woman referred to, and cut mans throat as he
dragged hIln from the wagon. This witness was ex-
trcmey careful tell nothing duplicating any but
Lee, and continually forgetting names and incidents
not relating wholly 10 the defendant HIS crossexam-
ination, which searching, showed that hc could
tell sucien to hang every man who took part in the
nussacre. All he said damaged Lee materially.
Jacob Iamn testified as TO conversation between
himself ahd Lee days after the butchery in which
the defendant justified himself by claiming that II was
necessary rs military measure.
The testimony OF all the new witnesses thus far
plainly indicates that they In conspiracy 10 sacr
hce Leo for the good Of the Church.
THE MURDER OY TWO GIRLS.
In the Beaver Court this morning Jacob Hamlln was
recalled He stated that Ice further told him that
Indian Chief VINO lived at CEDAR DrOuout TWO girh VINO
had been hiding IN tho brush to him u.cc, and asked
what he should do with them that they were Too pretty
to xiii Loe answered that he must shoot them, that
they big; the Indian then shot Que and Lee
threw the Other down and cut her throat;
that when HamIin returned TO his ranch he
went over the ground and found the bodies
Of two girls about the ago described from
thirteen to fifteen years. lying near together with
throas cut AS described TO him by Lee that one
OF the children who about eight years old, was nt
his house aud claimed the two bodies her sisters
and that their name Dunlap Haniin. on being
askod by tho defence II he had ever told this
TO any one replied that he had and moro too Ho
said that soon after the occurrence whom he remem-
bercd better than he did ho had told II to Presi-
dent Young and George A. Smith, and that President
Young told him that when the right time came,
could get Court o Justice to state IN being further
pressed Hamin said he had not the officers OF
any Court of Justice from that timc to this, but no
thought Just Tho right time to tell It,
Johnson, on beng recalled, stated that subsequent
10 tho massacre he sent 10 protect tha next
pany OF emigrans to the santa Clara River; that
his way no stopped at Harmony. where he saw John
d. Lee who proposed TO him TO get the cmisrans into
an AMBUSH destroy them by the Indians and got
their property also that he (Jobnson) replcd There
has been TOO much bIoodshcd by you already have
been instructed SEQ them safely through, and will
do 20 or die with them" that ho then abused him,
calling him ugly names that hc identified tho prisoner
the bar IN beng John d. Lee
CLOSE OF THE rRoskcuTioS-so KviDRScE FOR LEE.
The prosecution rested their case, and 10 the sur
prise Of all pesent in the court room, Lees attorneys
announced that thoy also rested their and would
Introduce any witnesses but give tho TO tho
jury tho evidence already adduced by tho prose-
Monday, the isth to give them time 10 prepare argu
and instruction to the jury The Court adjourned
until Monday at ten O'Clock, and instructed the wit
remain other cases pertaining TO tho mas
sacre were TO be dispos d OF
DOCUMENTARY EvIDEycE
Tho following documentary evidence has been filed
by the prosecution but not given 10 tho Jufy:A
letter from John u. Lee Brigham Young, dated No
vcnber ~, 1884, giving report OF tho massacre as an
Indian affair; letter from Brigham Young TO J. w.
Denver Commissioner OF Indian Affairs, dated Sep
tember IL 1851 letter from the Same 10 same dated
January IL, 1885; tho proclamation OF Governor Brig
ham Young, datod September To- 1851 aihdaviss or
brigham Young and George A. smith, dated July 80,
1857 and letter from Brigham Young 70 Bishop Dame,
dated september ~, 1851.