, 1877-10-05
A MORMON MURDERER.
Intilctfng n Dnnito Chcf-11c Promises "a
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Intilcting 1)nnito Chicf-I1c Promises u
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SALT LAKE CiTY, Sept. 9.-OrIn Porter Rock
well, The notorious Mornuon murderer aud at,
credited chief Of tic DnnItes, was indicted yes
tcrs!uy by tho Grand Jury Of the First judicial
District, Of tho Territory, now IN scssIon ct
Provo, for ills participation in :sat Ia generally
kssawn as tbs Attken taassAere, whtsh OCCURRED
iu the central part OF tho TERRITORY, hundred
ini'rs south of this city, IN 1858. lloekwcll was
arrested In ttl* city to-day hy thy United States
safe Keeping. lie wns III state OF lntuxtcutlol,
when urrestctl, and talked loudly Of writing Ills
confessions, us Bill Hickman, hls former asso-
ciato in cri,nc, had done.
bishop isotert I. Burton. the Major General
Of the Naasoo Legion, who was arrested so,se
months ago Tor the murder Ut Josorh Morris,
tho rival proullet Ut Brigham YuliHg, Ia lStj22,
and DR.. Jcter Clinton, who "as also arrested
about the same time on the Charge ot murder
hare hotA been Released from custody On SIS ,0W
mud 5000 bail respectively.
The arrest Of Rockwell Is regarded llcro ns M
important step OH tho part ol tlie officers Of tle
sttfon oil tue Durt ui tic Grand .1ury 10 bring
this notorious crfln!nui to nLswcr fur bis bloody
deeds. lIu has been tho rculy toof ot tic Nor.
mon leaders frulH almost thu Foundation, oi
kltlF LtUTcH 10 eHFfY ull tHGtr vengeance Afli1aI
tller cneu,ics. lfo WIS accused as far back as
1910 Of hayisg tnulc an attempt to assassiuatc
tior. LllburN ". Eoggs, Of Missouri, but tho
Governor e4caped will nEs llfe, thuugl II he was
vrry seriously wountlet and nryer wholly recov-
cred. 1t Ii matter Ut co,nl,Ut! belief here
TINT 1t WIS Rockwell, with his ussovtates, wllu
murdered Secretary Alinon W. Dabbttt aud bis
companions ut Ash Hollow, Oil tho Plains, III
1s17. A lew days after tho Inurdcr VI Mr.. Uao-
btt small party Of apostate Morsnont, lnaving
this city for tho States, were also murdered.
I Lat Rockwell wills sent on tho plains to "put
them out Ut tue way': Is mot doubted llere That
10 was tho chief Ut the party wl,o killed tito
Altkcna unal tAeir assuc1alcs while on thelr way
to California everybody believes; hu,
what eyIucnce thu Ura1,d Jury was III
possession Ut on whicl, to intlct hlm Il
Jet unknown. Iie Ia generally believed to have
strous hope that ho VIII carry out, Ills promise
tuday, a'nl publish Ills confession. fIe Is y
inah of sn,atl stature, but very WlEy, ami now
about 70 years Ut age. llo has never followed
auy scttlGl cuutsa ut lit, ana 4ls livcl ulott
Oh horseback than ut hunt. or late yCars ls
has owned large AroyGs af llur8es, aud lias &c
ct1luui4tcI quite an amount OF ulul,ey. Fur thu
last seven uF eight years llo ha8 given hulscli
UP ~ almost constant intO1lcat[un, to ur1wt
til0 reprulehcs Of coincidence. It Ii beluVGtl. II
was lle who Interrupted fIce-prcsitlcnt Colfaa
Ia the aui4xt Ut lis speech at the Townsend
House, anll then E,adu Thu astounding stute
ucnt to tl.2t public meeting that "ho atl neYcl
killed anybody wllD dlinft want to l0 killed, ol
deserved to hG killed, anyloWtn