Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-06
BLOOD ATONEMENT.

mons are blOOuy l-OlIe IN
their religion n saDguinary one
The result has hen 4 combination
Of anus ment, eXaspeIation an,
disappointment. As 10 how thes'
feelings are distributed the loca
public are in position TO judge, on
the ground Of success or failure OF
the object sought to he attained. II
the attempt to fasten upon the Lat
ter-day Saints the Odium Of having
embra ced religion which directs
the death penalty upon arostates,
or those who disobey the Priesthood,
has been abortive, then it is easy to
locate the disappointment.
Had there been any such murder
Gus element in the Mormon re-
ligion, proofs Of its operation
would have been abundant. After
raking over every possible facility
the 'LiberaIs'' were rewarded for
their anti" Mormon zeal by sirik-
ing bonanza Of blood in the War /
dell-Green tragedy. An occasional |
touching up Of the plaintive narra- /
tive told by ''hon--t Wanden'' is APP
propriate to the times. Briefly it
was this:
He was crossing the plains in 1862
with "MormOn" immigrant CON-
psny Of about sixty wagons. a man
named William Green drove the
next wagon to that driven by War
dell. a short distance from Green 4:
River, William Green was taken
out Of his wagon by a number Of
''NlormOns'' and, because he had a
apostatized, a bloOd-atoner seized G
each ain, while another cut his :
throat. The body was robbed and
carried away, WardeIl and other
spectators Of this sanguinary spec Il
tacle being told to keep quiet, - and
SAY nothing aboutit.''
In answer - gu. 5tions WardeI
gave the names Of Fersons who, be- e
sides himself, had seen the assassin >,
alton. Among those were a number g.
ofpersons now deceased and some .,
stiL living. Among the latter were N
George Wardell, son Of the witness. :
and Joseph FoIlett. He also stated
that the hapless victim OF blood -
atonemeut was n resident Of Farm -
ingtJn, Davis County. Utah.
fn1iRs= a 1a-rr. -"
witnesses who were in the fmmi- :,
gran. company with which War. -
dell travelled who testified that no :,
such murder ever occurred. the two W.
named by WardeI gave .bi
evidence TO the same effect. Here 10,
or instance, is the evidence given ~,
~ "
GEORGE WARDELL:
4 am the son OF Martin D. WarleTl. =
e is in the court room; I came with SUI
i'm, in 1852 in Captain Danes cum eye
any. I am not a member Of any ana
hurchi do not believe in Mormon the.
m;" remember crossing Green qua
liver there was no man killed in opr stat
ain; father crossed the plains only s.
ice, If there had been man named nun
reen killed I would have known II. men
heard Of nothing OF the Kind: did Of II
,, u'.l '. Green : wagon, nor hear Of coct
"a chm, - ',,5 my i'',ue''s TagOni duct
orap,, N-ob=,sl,, =, -. ,--' wagon al niue
ID Len the Win :, ~ - 1o -liS IN prov
ice: never heard ,,tbo- - ~. bic
Y before; We ca me through lat, in
fall Of 1852 do not remember
Ly Williams, or George SNYDER no
III from our camp was killed; never
ard Of any man being killed on Tho Al
P across the palms. rel
Here IS the substance Of the STAT lal o.
mt made on tl,, - '7',''> Logs
; veteran not,
$50 In j
- u Z oi'I-f-II: Wet
1 was - last June; reside At w. ,,or,;
= Idaho; lived in Utah y wears. A. :
ne IN 1852, in Captain Danes com - - -,
y; there were about sixty wagons. :.
MON har g, .,,,,, - g., - 10 VI
company. vorl-oJ ~, ,,'' i. III attra,
pie Of years afterwards in SAIL pickle
Inty; wardeH had his NJ, - alton
dren on the plains: no man Of opr of a c
lpany was killed, nor was there Mr.
killing that I know Of: warIaII,s his W
Y about the killing is ep1,oI,. had :
q; nothing Of that nature tool to do
q; l never heard Of such a tbi,o o.o :
as wednesday, when I was caIIa,l -
MS city; there "as a woman killed -,
on. an ola - "'ei " the
uled in our camp; he was sick " COL
u we started; no one was lost from oil a 5
camp UNI thick.
number Of Witnesses were pro- co'ere
ID who testified that they had grave
led IN Pennington since 1s52 other
that Isaac Green We the only aroun'
Of the name of Green who ever within
IN that town, that the said Eye
n IS now living in Wellsyiue ing II
re County, AMI had been seen centre
he witnesses within a short human
ID. discern
e defense ofT;.r,.,I to ,,r,,y,..-,,- naked
n if sufficient time were given The
court said ii was unnecessary Eye, Il
e Wardell-Green murder womb human
nside-ed disprcrsd. skill,
the face Of these facts and the equalle
statement Of the court. the jewelle
"Liberal' and anti-s.NIor- done b,
organ, published in this city. face, it
issue Of Thursday, Nov. 18th could
ong, tedious columuand y baIr most SIX
'ial, labored to show tbot a. day.
iuation was 4 fact. induIc;nr a SIN
let Of sickening stuff about was chi
Of the humble car. was fou
T, Wardell, at the same time gold an,
ing journalistic mud at the extreme
sses whose testimony smashed express
Icked story of that venomous per was
d. We here quote from than al
uele in question: merce, 1
one who saw the witness on the ii''i ueill
aside from the fac. ,b.t - now. T
non, bound by oath 70 cc,.o,I hard S
even il true, would hesitate ringing
to believe. Follen's wildly in whic
ing hair and gIittering gray discover
ould mark him fanatic any primsva
"hiie 1.-THE quiet, thonghifnl, been pl
nanny bearing Of Wardell would turbed
Ia 10 mn :; a. one VINO was entitled bandry,
A'''eF mat nc was mad
., The e
;, i -.l,.-- 'ii'' me Judge who is n
= ~. " - On 'ile stand, : yet thenticit
- "a HO iui'het evidence became {