Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-06
BRIGHAM'S DEADSA;>r
Inc work of the Mormon Fhor
proseiytes All Through the Pr,
atlanta Constitution

the killing of the Mormop slJaseto
was engaged in an attempt to 90. VINO
COLONY for Salt Lake City, has a b,s up a
back of it. history
For several years the section =,
country adjacent to where this lin VI
was done has been infested with MaEs
mon apostles that have spread ,ho: :'
Infamous doctrine right and left A. he.
two years ago two of these nr;ss,S o "
elders came into Floyd conntv an vi
spent some time about Floyd snr;a anu
and in Lower CHATTANOOGA iI,ss
were audacious and aggressive, and II.
vaded household after household 70,
the purpose of preaching their nolr
gamic creed. They made many r coy
verts, and, it is said, carried awsy WV
colony OF fifteen or twenty persons
many of them reputable and well.to'Jn
people. One man that we hammer ~
know of made up his mind to 90 anS
determined to sell his farm. His wife
declared that she wonld go with him
They offered the place at 81 900 whom
1t was clearly worth 81 800, and sod
we telleve, at even greater sacrifice
than this.
1t appears that sort ofheadqu arters
for these travelling elders is estahl;sbaJ
On or near Lookout mountain. Hero
they have sort of settlement from
whence the elders issue for their
tramps through the rural districts 70
which all the converts, male and
female, are sent until crowd oftwentv
or thirty is collected, when thew are
sent on to Salt Lake City. 1t is said
that several squads, amounting to
several hundred in all, have been
drained from the Tennessee and North
Georgia and Carolina country within
the past six or eight years.
Of course the greatest indignation has
been felt by the country people at the
work Of these men, Daring, plausible
and full OF argument and persuasion,
they undermined the most stable char.
acters and carried grief and consterna.
ton into many household. A sturdy
farmer once said to US: II woGld shoot
a man just as quick for talking polyg.
amy to my wife or daughter as | would
if he tried to seduce her." This feeling
has been shared by many, and it is real.
ly wonder that there has not been
trouble before. The arguments used
by these apostles of Brigham have no.
been, as might be supposed, on the line
of sensuality or lust. They have rather
been pleased to talk about the fertile
valleys of Utah, the lavish fruits and the
luxurious crops, the fine city of Salt
Lake, in which every Mormoa had part
ownership-in short, the pretty pastoral
life wherei n the richest valley of earth,
with little work and a powerful and con.
tented life, was offered to all comers.
This picture won the fancy of many a
poor farmer who had scratched for
years in the scanty soil of our hills at
home, and could hardly keep body and
soul together, and CT many woman,
young and old.
There have oeen many threats made
against these itinerants which they have
not tried to turn away by soft answers
Inspired by a sort of fanaticism, they
have been without personal fear, and
have been careless of threats or posi-
BILE convert, nothing could turn them TO
one side until they had exhausted all
persuasion or made full capture.
1t must not be understood, however,
that we have recited the above for the
purpose of excusing the killing Oh
Standing, in Catoosa county the other
day. That killing seems to have been
almost without excuse. The MOB Of
ten or twelve men had no right to hst
these men for the purpose OF whipping
them, and it will be hard to makeI
appear that there was any real need o.
killing one man who had snstched up
pistol and demanded the surrender
of twelve or fifteen armed men. ne
could have been disarmed Without De-
ing shot through the head. The kilA3gg
was done outside of the law and shouu
be punishad ed. ,,h
Gov. Colquitt received dispatch
from a gentleman at Catoosa oprInnss,
Yesterday announcing that the Kiillls
was "a cold blooded murder" ana ASK.
ing that a reward be offered Tor Tue
perpetrators. 1t is said that the nalies
of the crowd who halted the Mormon.
can be easily obtained. The goveinv'
has no: yet received full enough pai,
ticulars to Justify him in taking ac'lCn
in this matter, but ne will probably ons'
a reward as soon as he gets accurate ~ ~
formation as to the nature OF me An,
ing, the locality, etc. We undelsIln nf
that the remains of the dead elder ig',
yesterday for Salt Lake City; IL Is a.sY
said that there were several converts
or almost converts, starting to the poSt
gamic faith when the shooting looA
place, and the spell of the arguiii'H'
was broken.