New-York tribune., 1877-06-11
MORMON AND GENTLE.
THE ATTACK UPON MR.. sTILLsoN.

THE ATTACK UPON MR.. STILLSON.
sKEPTICAL COMMENTS AND THEIR CAUSE.-THE
CASH ANALYZED-wHAT THE UTAH OFFICIALS
SAY.
rFROM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRTBUNEl
SALT LAKE, June People here find it
hard make up their minds about the truth OF MT j. b.
stsons OF attempts his life He says he was
driving into last Saturday night about IL o'clock,
when a shot was fired at him by man whom he plainly
saw standing by a street it being bright
moonlight. He reined up his horses, turned around
and drove back to the spot, but the man was gone
He had no weapons. II would seem that the
natural impulse would have been to drive on aud not
to rnger there and give the assassin another shot
determined assassin would have remained when he saw
the team stopping and finished his work Dir stlson did
not speak OF this incident until second ATTACK was
made upon him. but told very few of his closest mt
IT, enoinng secrecy upon them, because as
he said no harm had him. and he did not want
appear 10 the newspapers in sensational lghN sun
il successful attempt snOuld ne made 10 Kill MN ne
wished his friends 70 have some cew to guide them.
The second attempt, as ne describes It, was made
while he was sitting alone in his hird floor south
west corner Of the Walker Housed writing IN ns shirt
sleeves about 3 p. IN. Of Thursday. rap at the door
arrested his attention He said Come m, ana arose
and turned 10 receive his visitor who was tall we'll
dressed man. with the hearing Of gentleman He held
MS lat and paper in his left hand his right beng thrust
in the bosom Of his butoned coat >" Mr. stisonf he
said Yes. sir" Correspondent OF The Ae"- lorh
Herald ?" bow in Then here Is ali afhdaVt
that NAV interest you Sir" said the stranger extending
the paper toward MIR Sson. The room Is very small
with bed table bureau &c. IN such close quarters 'h1t
when the door opened and the man had
st,pped in the men were within striking distance OF
each other. As StillsOn reached TO tahe 'he
paper the man suddenly withdrew MS rlsht
hand from the breast of his coat and advancing MS rg
foot a single step said Take that, you handsome -
fha in of na IL
hard enough to knock him down. The assailant imme
datey left the ROOM and IN or about the mousse
either saw him enter leave. Ono might enter ana
leave the house without beng noticed most ef the ser
wants being off duty at that hour of the day MI 0tsoh
saws he was stunned few seconds by The blow anu
the fall; that upon arising lie sOt revolver lrom
his lower bureau drawer where 1t ay wrapped
I'M new spaper and stepped 10 the door but saw no one
lie rang the bell, and upon the bei-DY alelrnE S,t
for the proprietor Of the house and Tor Ee Olel states
Mar bal. 10 eacn oI whom n tOd the -u's ~ 80,
GS3c6 1orT9' @ ' fotber " With hi- waistcoai
silk handkerchief which loosely thrust I'D me same
place nave perforated by a kne. Inc uleoIl, ,s
that after passing through these It struch tne
bucNe of his suspender, which is oent as by
blow, and thus nnally turned ts'uc'
Al the ,aine time the blow left mark on MS per
son accoplpanicd he SAYS Oy some soreness. IL mas
occurred to me tnat II blow was direct ana nara
enough knock him down. The knife ought To ha'e -e
into Him spite OF these distractions. II the blade wa,
turned aside by them in any drccoi-aud II oIy eou
have the the blow was delivered 10 the le OF
dowuward-it should have done more cuunS oi tne
waistcoat and shirts Also, II j. sranse h"I vi , i.
son raised alarm. Nobody saw person on OF ipt %
the premises to the description he gives o Ills
a. fae story was circulated on Thursday night very
few believed L. You know Mr. Stiilson IN ORR
better DO. OF his ability should ne ihclneu 10
make no question OF ms Jndsihenl lFta1t Sis
When he first here he was disposed 10 near ~ sus,
Trj5,ne cigue" as il is called here and has not
since seemed desrous Of extending hls ac1dalntihoe.
yas not perha6s, the best way to acquire
full knowledge OF tde c"hl't,nh , u, VI .,'~nii' IN
and rather Affects the picturesque III ult % W"{ w. ', ,
one. Which all might be well enough Out ~ uds uol
served 20 give him extra weight 80 ar rs apptaahce
goes. On Thursday night scarceIF 'as I
ne had been attacked at all on FRIDAY moIuh- me
lets and Of having made the cuts himself for sensational
effect The Mayor ana city Attorney be-hi an M ll'est
Yesterday afternoon Mr. otsOn submitted nimseu ana
his credentials to AZ Informal eAanil aton Deofe uee
Inr OF perhaps 100 citizens presided by the Mayor
a notary being present and administering ah Oalh 10 lle
witnesses. 1t is needless 10 say that h3thLS "ts tnJ
ted 10 sustain Mr. SulisOl or 10 lmptach NM if lou
MS story and answered all questions goodh3,ueny;
showing the cards. wastc0at DUcAe, anu hdhdhefeHei
To the crowd vino critically examined thchL LIS
physician here says that while be drks he does moi 90
TO excess. and the quantity ana qialy OF is "SA
he has done since here proves tnat No hard uIlhhcI
could have done 10. Well toward the close OF MS exam
otian tIe feeling seemed 10 turn iu his favor and
the meeting adjourned GOOD many mere believed
his story than did when II met was tod tne mayor
aid no no longer doubted tnat Mr. stlsOn had been
sailed as he said STILL II is acknowledged on al hands
TO a very strange circumstance. II II occurred a. ne
s9vS And Is prrhaps the consideration thet for niIn
to have wckcdly and fooshy coruved It, all for effect
would seem be strange, thd hnailN Juih. tho
scale III his favor. Ii believed generally At least
among non-MoTmOns, that. considering the gen
eral features OF the situation, the story Is
more likely to be true than false. II II hard
10 conceive that in Mr SsOH's position and with
his presumed reputation cOud aHoiu 10 oIiBihale q
safe burglary conspiracy" all by himself that could
not possibly result in any good TO hun, and that by tie
way would make fool of MIN IN the eyes o the less
creiulOus part OF the pubc-a scheme that he would
have To lie and fsey through 10 the end No one
charges attack the Church 1t thought the Church
would not venture such measure at THIS Juhcture
The very msiness OF the story and OF the occurrence
a. told by him. is It's having been made up FOR II
n obviOus that he might cha gcd that II occurred
on dark night somewhere on the street, or lie might
have put a pOcketbOOk his pocket sufficient 10 stop
any blow and in fine t OF assassination NJ
All compared with expert III that line OF Dusl-
uess might have cOntriged.