Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-09-18

The Mountaim Meadow Massacre.
HORRIBLE STORY OF BUTCHKRY BY THE
The following dispatches have been re-
ceived concerning the Lee trial, now In pro-
Labon Merrill testified - to the council
ment the destruction Of the train; It was nm
derstood that before IL should be done Brig
ham Young should be consulted, and q mes
purpose, and another 10 Pinta creek 10 draw
of the Indians and allow the train to pass
on until word came from Brigham Young to
the sSntssTy lorsy ,sa hours before the
that the massacre had taken place; Hasght,
Higbee and Klenger Smith were In the coun-
Gil, al Lee was not there.
senger sent to Brigham Young by Haight TO
whom he explained the object OF the mes
sege. Lee could hold the emigrants corraled
waiting his return. He rode night and day,
aud stayed two hours in Salt Lake aud re-
turned. Brigham's message was: go; don't
81 are horse flesh. Those men must BE- spared.
ON the sunday following and learned the
deed was done.
Samuel knights testimony went to show
that he was driving one OF the Wagons which
saw Lee blow q woman's brains out, beat
another TO death with his gun and murder
several others, and at the same time saw
indians make q rush on the women and
Samuel McMurdy testified that he drove
the other wagon after the emigrauts had
been decoy ed out by flag of truce, and the
whole column commenced moving up the
Meadows; heard the command to halt, and
looking round, saw Lee put his gun TO q
woman s head and fire. Sine fell. He heard
Lee beating q mans brains out with q gun.
Lee then came to the witness wagon and
shot all the wounded men with his pistol
ana dragged the bodies to the ground. o ally
the CHILDREN In the wagon were saved. This
witness whether art
In the killing, but on the former trial IL came
out that he was the man who, while In the
act OF firing on one of the wounded emf
grants, saio. 80 Lord receive their spirits,
for IL is for Thy sake we do these things"
Jacob Hamlln testified as TO q CONVERSE
ton between himself and Lee four day o
after the butchery, in which the defendant
justified himself By claiming that it was
necessary as q military measure. He stated
that Lee further told him that an Indian
chief who lived at 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
were too big. the Indian then shot one and
Lee threw the other down and cut her throat
That when Hamlin returned to his rancho he
OF two girls sbout the ages as 9rne
10 10 10 years, lying near together, with
their thrOats cut as described to him by
Lee; that one OF the children, who was a bout
eight years old, was at his house, and
claimed the two bodies were her sisters and
that their name was Dunlap.
The prosecution rested their case, and &c
the surprise OF all present In the court room
Lees attorney announced that they also
rested their case and would not Introduce
any witnesses, but give the case to the Jury
on the evidence already adducei by the
prosecution, and asked for a continuance OF
The case until Monday, 18th, TO give them
time TO prepare argument and Instructions
to the ury. The court adjourned until
Monday and instructed the witnesses TO re-
main, as other cases pertaining to the mas
sacre were to be disposed of.