The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-11-15
Mormon Massacres.
Especial Correspondence of the Enquirer
Dotnbar 1877

Referring again to the adventures of Case, the
Michigander who was for several years an ''Avcng
ing Angel in the employ of the Mormon Church,
am certain that he could have pointed ont every
living man engaged IN the Mountain Meadow mas
sacre At the time | saw him this horror had not
been called up anew by the press, and there was
no popular cry for vengeance, but he referred TO
the occurrence as if perfectly familiar with all the
details, That bloody butehery was
NOT THE ONLY ONE
openly referred to or dimly hinted at by this ex.
Avenger When the Saints realized that their Sc
clusion to be broken up BY railroad travel and
rush OF immigration they were terribly enraged.
Before the [ MON Pacific Railroad was within three
hundred miles OF the seat of Mormonism hundreds
of miners, spectators and would-be settlers had
made their appearance around Salt Lake They
We're no doubt source Of annoyance to the Saints,
and perhaps there may have been instances where
these strangers helped themselves to food and
property which did not belong to them. Com
plants were numerous, and presently the aveng
ing angels had their hands full
NO ARRESTS WERE MADE
Had any of the alleged trespassers or thieves
been arrested they could have been convicted on
Mormon testimony, but with so many Gentes
around it would have been risky work to admins
ter such punishment as the High Tribunal desired
to intict. fine or short Imprisonment would
have been the result in each case Therefore no
arrests were made.
We had better way than that said Case.
"W hen you arrest man and send him to jail lie
lives to bother You again When you put bullet
through his head and let the buzzards pick his
bones he makes no further trouble !"
Thus, while all complaints coming from Saints
We're tiled and attended to, no prisoners we're
brought in for trial One day when it had been
reported that party Of fourteen immigrants who
had come down the valley from Ogden and W ere
then twelve miles south east OF the city had stolen
ht,rE b.l,t S,.5r 4
of twenty Mormons started in pursait. Case was
one of the number
OvERHAULEp
The little band of strangers was overhauled Just
before sundOwn. They were then to the west Ct
Levi near the hills of the big mountain range
and were making ready to go into camp There
We're three wagons, drawn by horses, five men,
four OF whom were married, four women. and the
balance of the fourteen were children No surprise
and they were courteouSly welcomed as they rode
into camp, An investigation was at once begun,
and it was soon shown that one Of the immi grants
had traded horses with the Saint, giving him SO
to boot. He had been shrcwd enough to take
tuleyS receipt for the money, and no fair mind
could say that the transaction had not been straight
and honest Indeed, the Saint had cheated the
Immigrant He had lied 10 him about the condition
of the animal. which had already fallen lame
But Saint had filed a complaint tn Avengers
yoniJ not dn for tben IN rntnrn and ,n,,,'rt tho
honest tants in thn rasn Tbny witbdrdu, FROM.
ramp for consultation ma thc resnlt was that
thrn of tha Ava strannsrs ,ro ;,,tr,od +hat +b,,
must 90 tn salt LAKE, and mako oath to thcir iids
OF thc STORY OF the morse trade Strong IN Their
d b ,,r,aa t', W. .t'I ~ u,
1ntt ~ MINI 1hn nan' MA ,ri,nl ~ t ,,,n', Wv
uon,nna - Iaro nrn..nt,nont at H. ,'i,,l,
harr,r az ,bnI- ,-o,t ti+t,rl,- ~ 4 ,+.ta 800; = =
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s(,rost +bat ~ o,,+iro a+, i" +h
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coLD-BLooDEb MURDER
Riding along the foot hills to the north and Civ
ing their prisoners no hint of what was to come,
the MormonS put couple Of miles between them
ers toucther and rddled the noor mon Win hul
;rt V"' III :" Wy. i,o''
and one Of the men had 10 less than eight bullets
shot into his back
,,.,, .,,,,.>, .,.,-,..-
Although struck by four balls ana kuocked OF
ms morse one "l lhe thfee men Sprahg up afttt a
lew seconds ana trled to escape by hight. lie mad
no weapons except butcher KNIFE, and when he
found that ne cond not get INTO the NUS ne turned
at pay II was theh ilSnt' OUT the STARS were OUT
ana ms white face ana CLASSY eyes could be plainly