Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-09-18
MORMON
A Dastardly Outrage on Govern
ment Officials tn salt Lake City
Last Sunday Morning.

A DastardIy Outrage or Govern
las Sunday Morning.
Shortly before / O'Clock Sunday morn
ing q most malicious and vile outrage was
perpetrated in Salt Lake upon United
States Attorney Dickson, Assistant At
torney Vsrian and United States Commits.
sioner Mckay. The assault was unmis-
takably made by r%ovengeful Mormons,
who possess no other means half so
expressive of their ignorance and venom
as Is shown by the repeated use OF their
favorite and most convenient weapon.
The residences Of these gentlemen were
assaulted with hand grenades Of excrement.
The weapons used, says the Democrat,
consisted Of several two-quart glass jars
filled with human filth, most significant of
the Mormon hatred for the Federal Off
GERS. The contemplate towards visited
Mr.. Dickson's house, which stsnds.twenty-
five feet from First South street, and step
ping within the yard, with the promptings
Of q murderer, aimed two jars OF the
excremental filth at the window. in a line
with Mr.. Dickson's bed, which stood in
the corner and was occupied by him
alone during the absence OF his family.
One of the jars struck the window casing,
and the other some portion Of the sash,
which scattered the contents for many
feet about the window. The noise par
TALLY aroused Mr.. Dickson from sleep,
but not hearing any further disturbance,
he again fell asleep and did not know the
aim made at him by the ~low-handed villain
ntil in tho ranrn,nn ruhan ho xuant ant
side the house. Two new jars were found
on the lawn a few feet from the house,
which the towards neglected to use or
take away with them in their hurried
fight.
Mr.. Varisn lives just around the corner
to the west. in No. 2 Reggels' Row. The
house stands some forty feet from the
sidewalk, and has been occupied for some
days by Mrs. Vsrian and her children
alone. as Mr.. Varian is away in Idaho.
Mrs. Varisn says the first she heard was
the crash Of glass, and she thought
that burglars were trying to rifle the
house. She took q revolver at hand and
stepped 70 the rear window, when she
heard q buggy rattling at the front as the
parties drove away. Mrs. Varian went
down stairs and noticed that 1t was within
a few minutes after / o'clock. The odor
from the excremental filth filed the house
with q most disgusting smell, which called
for an examination into the cause. The
carpets, furniture and wall paper we're be-
smirched frightfully, and the broken glass
jars were scattered in small pieces about
the parlor. Four Of the jars, holding two
gallons Of the vilest matter, were thrown
into the house, two of them through the
front window and two through the transom
over the door.
Commissioner McKay's residence. at $50
East Second South street. was bombardec
almost simultaneously with that of the
others. Two of the jars we're successfully
fred through the psrlor windows 70 the
opposite side Of the large room. It IL
needless to say they did their work and
had the desired effect OF those who made
the assault. A third jar was smashed
against the front door and besmeared the
place literally. The fourth jar Of nasti-
ness was found unbroken in the yard.
Each OF the three door yards bore foot
marks where the grass was pressed down,
but no substantial Glue to the perpetrators
was left in their round Of assault for any
officials 10 follow them on.