Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-18

Joel w. White testified almost exactly as on
the former trial relative to taking the message
to Pinto creek and taking part III the niasSa
ere.
that he was drying Que of The wagons which
Contained arms; heard The first gun fired AFTER
the emigrants had teen decoyed OUT saw Lee
blow wUman's braius out, beat another with
his gun and murder several others, and at
the same time saw the Ii daus MAKE rush on
the women and children whom they slew.
Samuel McMurdy testified that hc drove the
other wagon after the elulgrants had been de
coyed out by flag Of truce, aud the whole Col
umn commenced III wing up the meadow; heard
iae command to halt, aud looking rouud saw
| Lee put his gun TO Womans head and IRE;
she fell; he heard Ice beating mans brains
| out with u RuD, Lce then came to witness
wagon aud shot all the wounded mcn with his
pistol and dragged the bodies to the ground;
| only the children 10 the wagon were saved.
| This witnrs, refused 10 tell whether he took
| part iu tue killing, but on the former trial 1t
came out that h. Was the man who, while In
| the act OF firing on Que OF the wounded emf
grants, said 20, Lord, receive their spirits,
| Tor it Is for Thy sake We do these things.
| Ncphi Johnson who went to the Meadows
| as an Indian Interpreter, testified that be saw
| Lee shoot the Wuman referred to, and cut
mans throat as he dragred him from the wag-
| on. This witness Was extremely careful to tell
nothing impcsling any one but Ice, aud was
continually forgetting names and Incidents not
rrlaling wholly 10 the defendant. His cross
examinations which was ST rchlng, showed that
| he could ;ell >uficlrnt 10 hang every man who
took part 10 the massacre. All he said dam
aged Lee materially. Jacob Hanlln testified
as TO IA conversation bet"eei himself and Lee
four days after the bu:chery, i'll which the de-
teodant justified himself by claiming that it
wa necessary rs miilTary measure.
SALT LAKE, Sept lG.-lu the Beaver Court
th, III ru.ug jacob Hamlin was recalled He
stated that Lee further told him that an Indian
chief VITO lived at Cedar brought two girls who
hal been hiding in the brush to him Lee, land
askcd what he should do with them; that they
were too pretty to kill Lee answered that he
must 81 DOT tem; that they were too big. The
l.Iian then shot one and Lee threw I'D" other
riowt, and cur her throat; that when Hamn
returned TO his raDche he went over the ground
aud ou I'd the bodies ol TWO girls about the
ages de.cribcd from thirteen to fifteen years,
Iy.ug near together with their throats cut as
described 10 him by Lee that one of the child
reu. who was about eight years old, was at his
house aud claimed that The two bodies were
her sis ers aud that their name Dunlap.
Hamip, on being asked by the dcteucc if he
had ever told this to any one, replied that he
had, and more, TOO. He said that soon after
the occurrence. when he remembered better
han he did now, he had told it to President
Jung and George y. Smith, and that Prcs-
dent Young told him that when the right time
came we could yet a curt Of josllce to state it
in Ing further pressed llamn said he
had oot seen the officers of auy court oil JUS
ticc from that time to this, but he thought now
Was just the right time to tell 1t.
Johnson, On being recalled, stated that sub
slqu ~ to the massacre he was sent TO protect
th: Lgyt company OF emtgrGnts 10 the Santa
Clara river; thai on his way he stopped at
Harmony, where he saw John ID. Lee. who
proposed to hir.i 10 get the cnigranls into an
ambush 70 destroy thcm b. IniaDs, aud SO get
their properly; also. that he (Johuson) replied,
There has been 10 much blood shed for you
already lave been instructed to sec them
safely through, and will do so or die with
Them that he tneu abused him, calling hun
ugiy names; that he identified the prisoner at
the bar a. being John ID Lee.
The prosecution rested their case, and to the
surprise of ali present 10 the court room, Lee 5
attorney announced that they also rested their
case and would DOT introduce any witnesses
already adduccd hy the Ir ,secution, and asked
for a coutiuuaucc Of the case uniil Monday the
18th, to give them time to prepare argument
and Instructions to the jury.
Tee court adjourned uuti! Monday and in
stracied the witnesses to remain, as other cases
pertaining to the massacre were to be dis
posed Of.
The following documentary evidence has been
filed by the prosecution, but was not given to
the jury 4 letter from John d. Lee 10 Brig
ham Young dated Nov. 20, 1857, giving u
report of the massacre as an Indian affair;
letter from J. w. Denver, COMMISSIONS Of
Iudian Affairs, dated September II, 1885,
letter from the same to same, dated January
l6. 1858; the proclamation Of Gov. Brigham
Young, dated September 10, 1857; atidavlts
of Brigham Young and Geo. a. Smilh, dated
July 80, 1857, aod a letter trem Brigham
Young to Bishop Dame, dated September IA,