Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1885-12-12
TROUBLE IN UTAH.

Mot.nonS In Salt Lake City Threaten r
Serious Outbre.k-The Cause-In Rec
sponse to Call for Aid, the United
States Dispatches several Companies Of
Regulars to the Scene.
OMAHA, Dec. T. General Howard on
Friday night received from General Scho-
field a dispatch that caused the greatest
activity in military circles here, sud much
speculation as to what il might al mean.
The dispatch was at once sent tie fttt aud
at three O'clock p. NJ. SATURDAY Battery ! Of
the Fifth Artillery composed ol hity utq
whit wenty horses, four cannon, ca ssop- srd
baggage WAS loaded into special tam aud
| departed fer Fort Fred Steele, oH tie l'H.HH
Pacific Railroad, in Wyoming Tcutly,
between the north fork OF the Platte River
| and RawIns Sprrgs.
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. THE movement
OF troops to Salt Lake continues with the
greatest dispatch, and in addition 10 those
| which left here Saturday Others re
| now being taken in similar de'achnirnts
from all convenient points of the de-
parlInent Three companies left Fort
| sydney yesterday morning by special,
and detachment from Fort LeayenwOrlh
! is reported to have left for Fort Steele over
| the Kansas branch ol the Union Pacific.
| Meanwhile the greatest secrecy is pujoned
upon all attaches, as well as the principal
officers of the railroads and the army. In
| spite of all the secrecy, however,
| it is learned that the troops have b zen
called to Salt Lake City to quell dlstulo.
auceS there. Batteries b and G of the
| Fifth Artillery have gone to Salt Lake tily,
and troops from the various posts of the
Platte department have been ordered to fol.
low The entire garrison Of Fort Omaha is
ready to 20 West at moments notice
1T is known that the excitement IS due 10
the shooting ol Il Mormon by United States
| Marshal one of the officers who mas been
| conspicuous IN the pun shmeut of puly ga
| mists was Deputy Marshal COLIN Eyert
attempt has been made to put him out vi
the way by mprisonmeHt but the att npt,
| had failed. Finally it was determined that
| he should be as>ass mated, aud Il yuuOu.
churchman named McMurrIu was assgGcd
to the work Al 80 oclock Colin met Nc
| Muirin ana three men. They undertook tC
| provoke a cause for killing Collin, but the
| deputy refused to quarrel with them
When he was about to start home
| they took a position, under cover, in III
alley adjoining the hotel Sum ,ug their n
| Overcoat pocket on start ny home AS ht
| was passing the alley the assassns spran.
out, and fearing to create arm by firing
| pistol McMurrin tcilCd hnm with club lht
| officer ut once regalncd his feet, and
| drawing his gun, began fus ade q
cose quarters. McMurin received tHC
wounds in the breast and abdomen, and
though more than a dozen shots were hle
Colin was not hit beyond having hs coat
| sleeve punctured bl the bullets and his IN
Shot off his head. McMurr II tel with the re
mark that he was killed His wound did no
prove fatal, aud he is rapidly recovering
| A crowd at once coll ctpd, and Colljl
hastened to surrender to the Federal authori
ties. He was placed in the pentcutarl TO
| sute keeping, and when thi, became know
the fur, Of the MOnn0ns attaiucd de.pera
ton, The salt Lake Hriu'd at once ISSUED q,
extra edition ca' ing upon the church Il
| avenGe the murder OF the saint, and uset
| every means of ncting mob violence Al
| attempt was mad" to take h m from the ia1
| but the mob found the author ties well pre-
pared for their RECEIPT on. The MormOns the
tried to get tolln tried before the City Mai
| shn but failed,
George Carr, passenger who arrived
yesterday morning from Salt Lake City
gives this version OF the situation:
The Mormons are apparently determined Il
! aVenge the shooting Of MCMurrn ana the OF
teers OF the Government are greHtl, alarmed
The peril of the Geutilcs at Salt Lake
! grcHler than any one can know VINO hH
never been there. There are only HbOu
two thousand ab,e.bud ed Gentes i'll SH
Lake ana the contiguous territory VIII
would oppose Mormon uprising, and apaina
whom II would be directed. On the uthe
hand, the MOrmuus have in the NuuSo
Legion 10000 soldiers, drilled ami we
| equipped for service, scclctcl in the cnc'OS
ure OF the Endowment House. The have.
is thought. at least twent, field pieces, clua
| if not superior, to those of the Government a