The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-17


Meadows massacres / told him had lie didn't ask
me tho particulars about them; he only said. You'd
better savc them M aud take good not 10 loss
them Next, Two told you. didn't the letter
In connection with Leo because didn't believe no
could do any .ood. he promised TO- aud because
knew he aullty and ought be execulei'
.sBut Why have you never spoken 10 Mr Howard or
Marshal Nelson abont IT,"
1910 tell you the truth, didn't have much OF an
opinion Of Howard Tor good long while This wasn't
Tor the reason that he helped TO &c. me into this
scrapc, although Pm innocent as you are Of what
they sent me here Tor; II because thought he
was dealing too gently with John D. Lee. Leo had all
SORTS OF privileges here; no could down with.
out irons while W taken oct in handouts and for
two weeks they kept back here III i cage No sir
| didn't 90 much Howard uut heard that John
d. Leo shot. Then | got a opnlor OF MIN
and Nelson. StiIl he never seemed 10 take much in
tcrcst IN inquirins about wla; knew or whether I
knew anything not. iii send bun shor, written
statement about The massacre, but heard
anything from and suppose lie admit think it was
OF much account II didn 4 have either Of the letters
In that have given you You arc tho only man. Mr..
-. that knows anything about this last letter that
have got ~ Brigham Youns's own handwriting"
wHgeE Is THE LETTER?
swhcre is that letter Bil? Is II within reach,
where can be permitted to gee 1t ana satisfy myself
that you are no. mistaken aud that II is not a Tor.
geryS'.
at Is ~ Southern Utah. or you won't ask
say exactly where II is until can understand
what good IL will do me. I'm in here for years.
anu that letter is the cny thing by God that I've got
10 help me IN al this world. I've got To take care OF
myself, and ami sure WA CHI side might the bcS
with -
Just before babe adicu Id tho Bill he said:-"In
tell you another tle ,hipg that you put into the
paper II you want To. year or two ago when
down SOUTH used to run about Now Years with QUE
OF Aaighl's daughters named Ella She about
sixteen or seventeen years old once, when got 10
taking about Mountain Meadows, she said 10 nc,
B, If ever pa gets snubbed tncy'l letters
that he's got thatii show up Brigham Young mighty
quick.''
BILLS WRITTEN STORY.
Tho following is u copy OF I,aho Blls written state
ment to which no refers above and which sent to
District Attorney Howard last February. need not
add that Mr.. Howard, TO whom havc exhibited copies
OF the letters alleged by Bill be possession,
VIII lose no timo in testing his vcracy:-
FEBRUARY 49, 1871
'The train spit up Union Fort, eleven miles south
OF Salt Lake City. Father took charge OF tho tram
and started to move Caliiornia The first camp
was Lcni; second, Provo; third springvie-campcd
there one or Two days; fourth, Pondtown; nth, salt
Creek; sixth, l.cvan; seventh. scver-there campcd
a day or two-eighih. Round Valley; ninth, Cedar
Springs; tenth, Fillmore; eleventh, Corn Greek;
twelfth, Dry Camp in bog Valley; thirteenth, Cove
Greek; fourteenth, Pine Greek: fifteenth. Indian
Greek; sixteenth, Beaver; seventeenth, Bnckhorn
springs; eighteenth, Parowan; nine,ccnth, Cedar
CITY, and bought hour: twentieth. Iron springs;
twenty nrst. Antelope springs; twenty-second, Dry
Camp; twenty-third, Mountain Meadows; campcd
about hundred yards southeast OF tue Springs-wero
driven into camp by the Indians
''Campcd there SIX or seven days Tho indians ard
the Mornons killing the stock and wounding tbs
cmigrants The lag OF truce came aud father sur
rendered. giving up tho arms. and then John u. Lee
in and sat down. Father WIS buryng a
woman that snot The that was
Higbce. lie told Lee that Hight SAID hurry up
That the Indians were mad and 50 was
he. Then father had tho arms put Into wagon, AMI
four wounded men and a boy and girl were put mo
the sano wagon aud the children all into another
wagon. Then father had the families Ill fall INTO
ranks, When HsDcc ordered tho -ons Z, move out
OF the corral and the families 10 follow. When all
got Of the corral the teams way aud tho
families wont The sht snd thu lett. Josu r.
Lee followed behind our wagon and when VIC got over
ltto ridge VIC heard the bring Of guns, ana, fcw
minutes afierward, tho Indians ana low Mormons
around aud took the wounded out oil the
wagon aud Killed them, but JOAN D. Leo did not XIII
anybody He begged them spare our lives Jake
Hamblin McMurdy aud Mcknight took a hand in the
killing Leo cried, saying, 'For Gods sake spare tho
children
s.Tncn they took children to H,mbn's rancho and
stopped all night They took TO Cedar the next
day, and Groves took TO Lees. Caroline Loo
took care | was there months when Hanb.
lin came took and asked If knew who
killed the whites told him that the Indians did IT.
Tor Mrs LEO said for me to tell them or they would
Kill mo-
.'rhe next who camo was Amasa Lyman. lie
wanted TO know OF me who killed the cmigrants told
him that the Indians di. lie asked John D. Leo 10
some letters that he had aud Ice showed them to
him. Lyman read them ana handed them back 10 Lee,
telling him TO save them rs some day they woula do
him somc good Mrs Lee then called me away. and
told me to 60 back and listen to every word that they
said, and 10 come AMI tell her | did SO. and heard
Lyman say TO Lee that day he ant all the rest
would have TO answer tor what they had done; that
brigham was to blame, aud SO George a. smith;
that he Ly nam sorry Tor H. and that would
the Church Then went Mrs Lee and told nor
what they said She told every dly that tho Nor.
mons Killed my father aud mother, but | must not tell
any one Or the Mormops would XIII me. II any OF ina
murdcrcrs came around she would tell who thcy
were. Stewart came ard qnarrc.cd with Ice, and sho
told me he hcpcd 10 XII tho emlgrsnts.
"Now want time 10 straigntsn myself out, for out.
sidcrs VIII say that II IS pay to get out OF
prison. but It is not 80. | am telling the truth.
have got the worst OF 1t cvGr since have been ar
rested. have HAD show to build myself up.
They have told Colonel Nelson a thousand lies wbile
! have only iold HIM Two one Of them was last
spring, at Beaver. aud the other last fall Ii was
about Fem when you ,clegraphed to - to know
# had been down that way.
''fhc Mormons were glad 10 that was arrested
Now, want time 10 prove up what say. | am aoue
hcrc-wiihout friends, with the exception OF ono
sister have not told you halt that can about tho
Mountain Meadows massacre. Mrs. Lee drilled me 10
recoliect everything | think have given you tho
camps right have travelled them often since Tor
the purpose OF catching Higbec for no Is the ono VINO
killed Iathcr trIci In lall IN him