The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-09-18
Mountain Meadow Massacre
Trial Of Lee, the Mormon, as
one Of the Principals.
Narrowing Details--Lee Ger
tain to be Convicted.

SALT LAKE, September l6.-The fol-
lowing special dispatches have been re-
eeived concerning the Lee trial now in
progress at Beaver, Utah;
BEAVER, UTAH, Sept. l6.
"Seven witnessestestifedf for the prose.
cution to-day, all new, except Joel w.
White, fixing the murder on Lee. The
case will probably go to tls jury to-mor-
row evening, and
Conviction IN n Dead Certainty.
The first witness in the Lee case was
| ID. III. Wells, who testified that Lee, in
1857, occupied the position of farmer to
the Indians IN southern Utah, and per-
haps the same place in the militia. l..
Morrill, testified as to the council held at
Cedar City, which had under advise
ment the destruction of the train. and II
was understood that before it should be
done
Brigham Young should be Consulted
A messenger went to Salt Lake for that
purpose, and another TO Pinto creek to
! draw of the Indians and allow the train
| to pass on till word came from Brigham
| Young to the contrary. Forty-eight
hours before the messenger returned from
| Salt Lake he heard the massacre had
taken place. Haight. Higbee, and King
ensmth were in the council, but Lee WAS
not there.
James Aslum testified that he WAS the
messenger sent to Brigham Young by
Haight, to whom he explained the object
of the message. He said Lee could hold
the emigrants coralled, waiting his re
turn. He
Rode Night and Day.
stayed two hours in Salt Lake and re-
turned. Brighsm's message was, "Goi
don't spare horse flesh. Those men
must be spared. Let them goi peace"
Got back to Cedar on Sunday following
and learned the deed was done.
Joel w. Whtc,testilied almost as atl,he
former trial, relative to taking message
TO Pinto Greek, and taking part i'll the
massacre.
Samuel Knights testimony went to
show that he was driving one OF the
wagons; he heard the first gun fired after
the emigrants had been decOyed Out; saw
Lee
Blow "a NUman's Braius ont
and beat man TO death with n gun, and
murder several Others at the same time
the Indians made dash on the women
and children, whom they slew.
Samuel McMurdy testified tnat he
drove the other wagon; after the eml
grants had been decOyed out by flag OF
| truce, and the whole column had com.
menced moving up the meadows, he or
dered the command to halt and, looking
around, saw Lee put up his gun to II
woman's head and fire. He heard him
Beating n Mans Brains Out
with gun. Lee then came To the
witness wagon and shot all the wounded
men with his pistol and dragged the
bodies TO the ground; only the children
in the wagons we're saved. The witness
refused TO tell whether he took part in
the killing, but on the former trial 1t
came out that he was the man who, while
in the act of firing on one ot the wounded
emigrants, said: "Ol Lord, receive their
spirits, for it is for their sakes wedo these
things
Nephi johnson, who went to the Mea-
dows as Indian interpreter, testiticd-Hc
SAW Lee shoot the wo man referred to, and
Cut Mans Throat
As he dragged HIM from the wagon.
This witness was extremely careful t.
tell nothing duplicating any one except
Lee, witness being most constant IN for
getfulness OF names and incidents not
relating wholly to defendant. His cross
examination, which was scathing, showed
that he could tell sufficient to hang every
man who took part IN the massacre. All
he said damaged Lee greatly.
Lee Thought it Necessary.
Jacob Hamilton testified as TO con-
versatIon between himself and Lee, q few
nights after the butchery, in which the
defendant justified himself by claiming
that it was necessary as military mas
sacre.
Lee TO be Sacrificed for the Good OF
the Church.
The testimony OF all the new witnesses
/ thus tar plainly indicates that they are
| in conspiracy to sacrifice Lee for the
good of the church.
Cross T. Kahn inatiOn.
In the Beaver court this morning
Jacob Hamilton was recalled and stated
that Lee further told him that an Indian
chief who lived ut Cedar brought two
girls. who had been hiding in the brush,
| To him Lee and asked what he should
! do with them; that they were too pretty
to kill. Lee replied that he must shoot
them; that they were too big. The In
dian then shot one and Lee threw the
other down and cut her throat; that when
Hamblin returned 10 his rancho be went
over the ground and found the bodies Of
two girl. about the age described, from IL
10 Is, lying near together with
Throats Cut
as described to him by her, that one of
the children who was about eight years
old was at his house, and who claimed
the two bodies a her sisters, and that
their names were Dunlap. Hsmlin on be-
| ing asked by the defense if hs had ever
told this TO anyone, replied that ne had,
and more too; that soon after the occur
renee he remembered that he had told
It TO President Young and George smith,
and that ioung told him when the right
time come, and we could get a court Of
| Justice, to 60 and tell it; and on being
further pressed, said be had not seen the
effects Of any court of justice from that
time TO this, but thought now was ust
the right time to tell it. Johnson on
being recalled stated subsequently to
the massacre that he was sent 70 protect
the next company Of emigrsnts to
Santa Clara, and that on his way he
stopped at hsrmooy' where he ss"
John D. Lee, who proposed 70 him to
Gettbe Emigranis into Ambush.
and to destroy them By the Indians and
so get their property. Also that b.
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