The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-29
THE SALT LAKE AssAssINs.

THE SALT LAKE ASSASSINS.
PRIVATE LETTER FROM WITNESS OF TIN
PYaMy COURT OF INoUmY-How THE coNspr-
RAToRs FAILED TO SMOTHER THE TRUTH
MORMON PREPARATIONS FOE WAR.
From the Nashville Banner.1
Tho following extract from private letter will an.
swer In part queries the reliability OF the
HERALD's correspondent, stiilson. who recently
shot at and 1t in the City oil The Saints inform
ing the readers OF the New YORK HERALD ~ TO the
pious ianascs or the belgerent Brigham sx-widovss
OF the blue-eyed Eliza Ann
SALT LAKR Cry, June Is, 1871
DEAR ToA-Have just read your last mild
queries as 10 j. B. ssison, the HrRAIp,s correspoSd.
ent, a. ! SEQ that some Of your papers nove tried
son, has grasped the Mormon question just
right. and can assure you his letters are
that On the contrary he rather undersates the
iacts Mr. Stillson Is gentleman, with heart brave
as lions and as kind as womans Since his dam
aging reports appeared In the HERALD Brigham
Youngs agents have tried give out the i'm
are not worthy Of crcdence bus et me tell YOU there
is not a man here who knows anything OF the matter
but is satisfied that two attempts have been made TO
kill Stillson since his advent into Zion
have met this gentleman on several occasions; he
has been ut my house, and have been through tho
city with him. day and night, and have never sccn
anything or him that would lead any one but Sane.
titled fanatic OF the Latter Day sort question his
and quite recently heard leading capitalist In Utah
say:-"rhe Mormons foar Stson's truths more
than they DO os sss United ssSv States Army and
with him yet They will kin him. and he
should net run around alone" Those are tho words
OF an ex-Mormon, and II you wish TO confirm his
statements just drop limo to Judge Mck-,
whom you met at the Cincinnati Convention. Hc can
give you something ia general, and much In particu-
lar. Utah and StlSou.
You know after the attempted assassination there
was an investigation o. Mayor L,,'s presided
graph Of his talk :-"Mayor Little, ! address myself
70 you. not as TO q man, but TO yourself per-
OF Jesus Christ OF Latter Day Saints
10 Utan for the purpose Of reporting TO my pa
went strairht to tho iountain-head Brigham Young;
have gwen to the world my MISUNDERSTANDING to
tacKed and maligned in tho Mormon papers OF this
city; and within few blocks Of the Lion House, two
attempts have been made 10 take my HE. Let me say.
sir, that Notwithstanding tho murderous designs Of
those whom you may. perhaps, represent, shall 70
right on 70 investigate TO the very bottom those mat
ters which have brought me here sc.
While StilIson talking Mayor Little squirmed
ana twisted, his leaden complexion got leathery,
and his insignificant dimensions snrank to the very
definition OF nothingncss with manly micn and
piercing eye Siillson went to lay the law and
gospel TO his diapidated Honor.
Once or he tried u choke Stillson on, bat it
no go. After Sttilson came City Attorney kawns,
who introduced testimony TO show the impossi-
kill Stilison. But Rawns hZzled Tor while the Nor.
mon chambermaids swore that no one passed through
tho hall within u certain time, It was already proven
that Marshal Nelson Captain McCammon and Liouten-
ant Kimball and others did all visit StisOn's room
within that time. One or the girls finally admitted
that a tall man pass through the hail. and II
tbs tall man undoubtedly who cut at and stabbed
The situation hero Is like that around some OF tho
agencies. The government will commence do some
thing alter a few Killed ana more injured. When
Brigham s arrested-and he certainly will bc-ook
on q
help II; Uut he is rosvc, and is becoming more
desperate as his crimes come home TO roost Ho 10
replacing bishops oil tho by 0t o.
torious crminality, which shows the animus OF the
old blk. We have here military force OF say 100
men, tit for duty, whereas should have =, 0O0
When commences the government will Ind The
Mormons well prepared. Their activity In storing
gram, according to some prophecy concerning
famine soon come only provision against the
probabilities OF siege when they will have something
else to do than planting and reaDlng This storing Of
gram but tue secret preparation for day oil war
not famine
THE PUBLISHED TESTIMONY AS EDITED By THn
MoRMoNs STRENGTHENS The CORRESPOND
ENT's POSITION.
From the Salt Lake Tribunel
The testimony published yesterday taken in the
stson assassination case, the injured Journalist
has himself remarked, not very thorough, but It
completely vindicates him from tho base charge Of
sensatonaiism The object oil his traducers, among
show by testimony that stranger approached
the journalists the afternoon he says he was
attacked and that escaped from his room alter
the pretended attack was made
But the base conspiracy failed-broke down utterly
and the priesthood and thor dcbased scribes
sick OF the business they to have their share
in IL drop out OF sight Three weeks elapsed before
they durst produce the testimony docored up SUIT
themselves and they conscious they sorry
figure It that they are glad 10 lot II 60 without
mcnt.
Such array OF facts must bring conviction every
honest mind, and show that the attempt to break
down this journalist sprung from as base motive
prompted tho bastard assassin bullet and
knife They show further that the anointed criminals
whose lohg career OF crime this newspaper man IS in
vestigating with diligence and professional skill,
fear tho result of his labors; and as thcy have
argument with which to refute his statements tncir
ready Is to les But they failed in their
perndous attempt Mr. Stillson has proved invulner-
their assaults and the engnery they used
to destroy him has turned against themselves. We
need 60 costases over this perndy, because Il
has stalled upon our minds by repetition; only It
Affords another evidence Of Mormon strategy which
seeks destroy enemy by using him up bodily
blasting his character In this the victim still
lives with usefulness unimpared, TO plague his tor.
mentors