South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-03-30

John d. Lee. who IN n ~ time
many oolcss in tho Moguoa chuguh. uas
shot % death Friday 6 Nuuntain Mead.
ovs. Utah Territory, IT IL leading part
which Ne took In The terrible massacre
twenty years go or oser . hundred Gun.
igrants passing quietly through the
Mormon settlements on their way to
California by tie Mormons an6 their
Indian allies. Ofthe totnl number. one
|hnndrcsi and twenty, only seventeen ia.
FAINT children were spared. Lee declares
in the confession made by him aiter his
conviction and sentence 10 death that
the bloody deed was done under orders
from the Mormon authorities; that he
Enormously opposed It bat Was forced to
join L.; that he reported the facts cub.
seq.ently in person to Brigham Young,
who justified the act. On Friday morn.
ing last At IL o'clock precisely. Lee was
brought out upon the scene Of the mas.
sacre at Mountain Meadows before the
executing party and seated on Ills coffin,
about twenty feet from the shooters.
After the order OF the Court was rca,i
to him and the company present by
Marshal Nelson. Lee made speech,
bitterly denouncing brigham Young and
calling himself scapegoat for the sins
OF others. he hoped God would he mer.
cifuI. He denied that he was guilty OF
bloo,lshed 10 The last and maintained
that his mission 10 Mountain Meadows
was one OF mercy. and that he did all
lie could TO save the emiSrarts.
Alter the speech Parson Stokes (Nfeth
odist made prayer commenting the
soul oil the condemned man to God I'm
me'iiately after this han lkcrchicr " rs
placed over Lees eyes. lie RAISED Iris
hands and paced them on the top. Of his
head, sitting firm, Marshal Nelson piv
ing the word fire y and Eve guns fred
balls penetrating the bo,ly in the region
oil The heart. Lee fell square back upon
his eoilin.dead. Death was instantaneous.
The body was placed in the coffin and
the crowd dispersed. There were about
sevcnty-tive persons all told on the
ground. Not child or relative was
there. The best order prevailed. Lees
last words to Marshal Nelson were .nim
at my heart" a'lla
TWEED TO BE RELEASED. The New
York Times says il is now definitely an.
nounced that Boss Tweed will shortly
be released from custody and leave
Ludlow-streetjail Mr.. Chas. OConor'
offices in behalf Of the people. and Mr..
John u. Townsend's efforts, as the At
torney OF Tweed, have now eliminated
IN settlement OF tire peoples Claims
against the ex Boss, and he will proba.
bly, he released in n few days. 1t il
stated that The proper deeds. papers. &c,
have been drawn up, and are only a.
waiting signature. Tweea's property
and interest in property have been
gradually cleared from the membranes
mortgages, deeds Of conveyance, Sc.
which we're placed on them by means
OF various transfers. &c, and as.
signments have been drawn up
OF Tweed's Interest in various claims
now pending against tile city, though
brought in the names OF other persons.
and comprising claims for street cleaning
and other work. The interest i'm these
claims. together with the discntangled
property. is. by tho terms OF the settle.
meiit, to he turned over to the people.
The whole artiotint Of property TO lie
transferred by Tweed To the people will
not probably exceed S25O,OO0, and this.
it is claimed. is ali that Tweed now
really has.
kERosENE LAMPs.-The long list OF
fires originating in lamp explosions
suggests the necessity Of precautions
against q danger Which has become too
familiar. More lives have been dos.
troycd by 1t than by railroad accidents
and explosions combined during the last
year. The average casualties OF every
year from this source are greater than
from some battles. The destruction Of
property from Kerosene during the last
year IS greater than from all the storms
that have visited the land. The list of
deaths and injuries from this cause alone
In our own city is not inconsideral,lc. In
New York, few nights ago, by the ex.
plosion OF a lamp tenemcn, was set
on fire and two children were burned to
death. In Brooklyn, New York, on the
same night, the explosion OF lamp re
suited in the destruction OF three houses.
The question is whether there is any
guaranty possible for the safety OF peo.
pie VINO use this fluid. All sorts oftests
have been resolved upon and applied.
inspectors are employed and paid by
the public. Yet some life is lost by
lamp explosions nearly every day
Unless the greatest care is taken by
purchasers and inspectors in regard to
the oil which is bought and sold, and Lo
the kind OF lamps used. as we'll as con.
slant prudence and caution in their use.
property and life must Ge constantly
menaced by Kerosene, which has nth
erto proved more fatal than burglars.
lightning and tempest. B1h. Sun.
~ A few days ago the sexton OF one
of our cemeteries was removing some
bodies from one lot TO another, when
removing the slide from over the glass
in one Of The collins, lie saw that .he
corp'e. that OF a female. lay upon one
slde, the eyes wide open. and the mouth
< one hand pressed against the glas {, rs
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