Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-11-14
WHOLE NO. 1873 s

LnOse OF wealth. anu sCanulnS, hao
nothing to say against the Church,
but ia many cases gave it or
less support. Such people had no
cause for fear. Other Gentiles were
fierce in their denunciations, and some
times provoked quarrels but unless
they needed the contents of a warning
letter their tongues were soon silenced.
One day in 1867 man named
William Foster Buckley, resident of
Birmingham, England, arrived at Salt
Lake in quest of his sister, girl OF
nineteen, who ran away from home
and joined party Of Mormon converts
ready to sail for America. On her
arrival at Salt Lake she married
Mormon named J. Y. Thomas, living
about fourteen miles from the CITY,
She was bis fourth wife and was by
TO means contented with her lot.-
She ran away from him two Or three
times, and vas once punished by
being shut up in the cellar for two
weeks and fed on bread and water.-
No one knew OF Buckley's presence
in the West until he had reached Salt
Lake and began making inquiries
about his sister He found out where
she was and rode out to the house,
and, when he learned from her own
lips how she was situated, his hot
English blood fired up to the boiling
point. He returned to the city to have
an interview with the Prophet. AT
this interview he was plainly given
to understand that his sister must re.
main where she was, and that Salt
Lake City would not be safe place
for HIM after twenty-four hours more.
Buckley purchased two horses, ad-
ditional fire arms, and at eleven o'clock
at night set out for the ranch, his Oh
ject being to rescue his sister from
the house and ride away with her,
Spies had been watching all his move
ments. When he left the city three
Avenging Angels, one of whom was
this affair, Case said: ale fought
like tiger. AS soon as he knew we
were after him he dismounted, let his
horses 90, took cover behind the
rocks, and we did not get the drop on
> him till one of our Angels had been
killed and another wounded. We
left his corpse in the road and it was
generally believed that he had been
= killed by robbers Or Indians.
Buckley's sister knew enough OF
Mormonism to suspect who had MUIR
dered her brother, and the tragedy
preyed upon her mind till she became
a luuatic, and one day DESTROYED her
!, own life.
i In the summer Of 1868 one OF the
u wives of Mormon named johnson,
ranchman, fled from his home on
horseback, leaving the place early IN
the morning. Word was sent to the
- =, CITY. and Case and five other "Angels
were detailed to overtake the fugitive
- and bring her back. The woman
had made considerable trouble tor the
Church one way and another, and it
was the intention to put her out Of the
~ way after she had been recaptured.-
:. y. The "Angels" found her just at dark
~ in the camp of four hunters, where
. she had taken refuge about noon. A
y demand was made for her, but the
=, hunters refused to give her up, having
. '. promised her that she should be taken
. ~. to one of the forts iu Colorado. Argu'
" mepts and threats were of no avail,
and the Avengers drew off and began
'e an attack on the hunters. They soon
III discovered, however, that they had
~ more than they could handle. Two
u OF them were killed and third wound
IL IL ed, aud when they drew off and dis
le patched a messenger for reinforce
" men,s the hunters broke camp ant
e, made safe escape.-[Detroit Cor
~ Cincinnati Enquirer.