, 1877-04-12
CRIME. .

MOUNTAIN MEADOW
BAtr LAlE. April 11.-Tho following card will
appear IA tho Tribune Tomorrow:
Edt!ors Tribune: The affidavit Of Ed Gilman,
made for q compensation. which can 10 proved,
regarding Lco's confession, ts job put up By tho
Mormous and shys.er in thcir tntorcse The
man Gilman was not tho guard Of Loe at Beaver;
WAS not within zoo n1Its OF Lee when In prson
here, but Was guard employed - arc othcrs at
tho peniscntiarJ In Salt LAke City, With no op-
postnnlty or right to talk With tho psiaoner, and
neser did talk with him to tho knowledge Of thu
officers. Gilman WAS discharged from tho rcn-
itentIarJ for conveying lelturs to md from tho
prisoucfs After hs discharge be WAS used to bEcak
ill., aiasvt wa % taken III PRIVATELY and hs abssoaded
beforo It was known tl.at il hai been taken. Ths
whoie con!sasion of Lee T. n9w II tho oiico.s, s,
b. used In duo time TOR the ends Of justicc.
ullman, is = notorious lar, has been I'm.
nssissa s af5H n aersy fsS aa sFS vi" % :1s
who would ,ako h!s oatt, OF wor1.
Leo, on the nrat tfa!, attempted 70 palm oH
BY the prosecution. ilo mado the same attumpt
nftss his sSp,cto1 bat va tod plainly md he
nlon{ - would bo aeeeptabe In court - to the
liz then Ind petition e Gotten up By hs famiiy,
which was slgaed by a!0rmons: principal, at paa.
sewIteh, sn presented 70 tio1 Emosy. bat sst gu.
!, hsa been told u Me"h.i Nelson and Disitist.
document a. would justify lnteresencs and ho ao-
csp.sd tl.s situation: 1ie hsd TIE Htnasst feelings
sn g sps na.ef e TT o'asf
II viii b. found to contain morn And equally dam.
tain Meadow massacre. 1t il without chanRc,
alteration or mutllat'on; bears date nnl signature
ir hls handwriting. and VIZ tarnlsh material for
lH f6N n jnBl 0f
q lack Mormon lawyer % base au aaldavt upon,
We understand tho stnston, and shall pursuo It
has not been sold. altered, suppressed. or in any
other manner rat to an n,pfoncr use. but il IN tho
anda r. hs o.,'eets Tor t further sad. We e hops.
tics WHO arc Interested In our action.
United states Attorney.
-Wn.ttAx NkLs0N,
w..u,xorox AMI, Hntfd y sfa,s. naSi;aa.; Maf.ha
sssensns tSsi t. iii lmsR ono s Of Rue.S1 saa9S:
has nled et tho Attorney 0eneral. otlice On an.
s {, ~ esess ass
promising rcprlcse. and that several impo1t&at
iaets Ut tie cunfeasIon duplicating brigham Young
were omitted, IL denled by tho Attorney General.
NOT SO.
| Iowa CIrv, h., April 11.-A very complete
investigation proves that tho alleged outrage sha
Chicago, Hook Island i paehc Railroad upon Mrs.
George Watson, 20 widely tolegrsphed. was Il
| agment Q! tho lady's disordesed imagination. Il
will bo remembered taat shu charged thai on tho
4th Inst, while on nIght train between Dason.
port and Iowa City, dx men bcsst hor, represent.
Ing that she was insane and In heIr keeping, there
by gaining and keeping control Of her, gasgtng and
restraining her from leaving tho 1t everJ sta.
tlon, etc. It II DOW known that she nas seized Al
Davenport with hystesirs or soma noErous disorder
| for which no one dse was scsponaihs, aud wal
bent upnn hurting hsns1f Of her fellow
Nlaspel and Dayts wu she prevented from lhtuw.
Ing herself from tho ur. Thu Company, With mos.
Wiling alactity, eutand upon tho inFtst,gaiiun, and
fellow passengers, nav widely sesttofed over ths
country and ~ the farmer ltaten,ent In tbesc ds
| patches unInstly !m1raehed the diligence Ut IL
servants and thu atmInistrsslau Of lts lns, It i.
due 10 truth and Jnshre thAt It should have tht
bencft Of tho pnblsatoa Vt The seaults Of thl,
paipstAklng search fx tbs facts.