Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-05-25
NINA cold Hiu Daily News bias
BRIGHAM . GUILT.

Mr.. O'Ksllsy. the reporter Who went
TO Cuba for the New York H1uid, was
spprehenasd. and kept In . spaniaA pris-
on until the Unitsd States Government
forced his release. 10 nov In Salt Lake
City. investigating the circumstances Al
tending the Mountain Meadows massa-
Gre. lie has been in Utah . little over
a month. and In that tims he has done
more to clear up tbs mysteries surround.
ing that inhuman hatchery than al the
detectives employed by the Govsramsnt
for the last twenty years. II he 10 -
successful In the future - he has been
In the past, he will ultimately succeed
in bringing this terrible crime against
humanity and humanity's laws. directly
home to It's author and instigator. Brig
ham Young. thu hypocritical "ProPhes.
Seer and Rsvslator" OF the Church OF
Jesus Christ OF Latter Day Saints.
The last letter OF Mr.. O'Kslly Was
published In the Heraid OF Thursday.
May 18th. 1t is devoted principally 10
tL. recitation Of an interview with
..Idaho Bill" Who Is nov serving cut q
sentence in the Utah Pepitsntiary Tor an
attempt at stage robbery. This man
claims TO 10 u OF the children whose
lives were spared at Mountain Meadows
because they were thought to DO too
a To remember anything Of the
horrible scenes Of that massacre. His
claims or. sustained BY John ID. Lees
statement. aud by that Of his wife Caro-
line. to whom the boy was given alter
being taken from the smigrant train.
Iii. real name is Charles Thatcher, and
there can be no reasonable doubt that
n. is actually one Of the children OF the
,nicran,s who were murdered in the
Mountain Meadows massacre. lie bears
u,on his chin the mark Of . wound
made BY tho Indians in attempting to
drag him from q wagon. which was GER
tainly male upon some boy during the
,uassacre. lie MAS saved from death by
John ID. Lee. to whose house no vas
afterward taken.
Now this man gave TO Mr.. O'Kslly
the copy Of a letter from Brigham
Young to John d. Lee. the original OF
which, in Young's handwriting. be
claims to possess. But he refuses to
give IL up or tell where IL Is Deposited
until he is assured Of u pardon for the
crime for which he is nov suffering i'm
ptisonmsnt. and OF which he declares
himself wholly innocent. Following Ia
the copy Of the letter which he fur
ni.hed the H,usi correspondent
SALT LAKE CRY. date not rscolleeted
exactlyD
Washington aud got my answer. Itisi
xor.bl.. Now, brother Lee. shoulder
NONE Of thi. ON me. All the orders 1 have
given YOU and nv counsel about tho mas
sarrc, that have been done and will be
o Keep 10 yourself forever. And the
written l.tters Won have from me. detroys
them II YOU have not already done 80. II
h. nec..sary that everything shAli come on
10 o "a own shoulders. for Haight and
Dame and Higbee and Bishop Smith have
no nerve. You will thus merit . high po-
sition in the Church and . celestial crown
in the next world. and you shAll have
them. Fetch ~ many wives = you want
and I will seal them 10 you. All the laws.
brother Lee. that exist between heaven
and hell can and shall never touch you Tiny
Maine is kept In the background 90 that l
can work for you. I repeat that Dame.
IIaiyht, nigLee. Stewart and Bishop
smith have not the nerve 10 stand by any
thin: /; that I have found out posiuvsly.
Joseph smith always said you we're the
only true man Of the lot. De - i Tell you,
brother lee. hear that next Winter
you will 10 in tho Legislature.
This man Idaho Bill 10 a convict.
il Ia true. aud under ordinary circum-
stances his testimony would have no
-,o
~s'sn'' na' 'n n.
P'"a"'s tue ''s
mas "o'n'": !" !" !,As'
everything to gain by telling the truth.
No eahno. ''"iy
ih phsna'h 'oanss
S'n'p'y . 'oo' Io'
eau ! ana men o' MS eA'
er'nh'nai genius are seldom 'ou"
ranks OF Tools. lie Is piae'ns n'
srty In the scale win n''sna" 'ou
ihs' lie shpu'a'es Tor psiu'n GUY
when he has turned o'er the o',s'nA,
letter to District A''orney hs~Ai' ."'
that gentleman Is sa''snea 'na' "- b..
nine. As we ha's '@a, NO
u gain ny e'h"s
s'yth'ns 10 gam W """s
aud furnishing the e''a'n''
convict the great leader OF the MOUNTAIN
-, H., a. ,o;, nj. l.., victim.
Iah.n -. 20, all al which reason