Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-08
MOB WAR IN MISSOURI
Tho UCrolked River" Baiile'-lhe
saints Flight Into Far West
smuso CRY, ArriIi5 1904

srutxa Cry, Aprill5 1904
Eiior Dcscrct Mems
Reading the letters Of Cheney An'
BIgltr-1id time friends and c'mi'l,'
-caussi me TO reflect uron ine pa'''
and 1 now present Few facts, ' you
deem them worthy a place ia you.
valuable raptr ,,.
1 was the son Of ianac and MARY 'A''
vert Alfred. born BOO Bedford county
Tenn. February 81, 1922 There were
two Of us, and although my 'io'n''
wss horn Hrtit hrs rsuu taII Wl
tb.gltrsL $50 moved With rul parent.
Boo 1879 90 the state 1l NILSSON
vpHfsfhrari of tUu"MufmIu' t''
In ISL The btar,u 20 we N5 xxx.
were HyWm smith nni '.n. '''.
doca. Ihcy preached once gnu 49,
600 90 uHHt Boz Locating l".
stake of Hun, which Fa '' .l .
uNtv Jpmanlrmu OIlyr lIItfH can't
along ln 1852 aud O. large prom. OF ~.
Church was raised OPP, called lNt
River bnucu.n All tnr Aiif.u liNll'l.
In that locality and other relatives wv
rieudH l0IngI tho now religion 'ih
twin brother aud J Wei' uAiHs-' 'N
the early spring 0i 1885, ,....
Tho falling 0i tlu Stars Whien ore
curfui ON tho night the Haiuu Won.
driven out 1f Jackson county, vi"
witnessed Boo ruf locality iu 90 lf
HrlUnIUr, aud many believed .lu r.t
ui i4u world was 90 hnal, h'I N"
soon learned chat that ullht mHf.'I
tho fIsht OF thc Saints tom m"N
violence.
Wourstsaw Che Prophet 900 i..i. aa
UZIIuis camUn passed through NnE
branch. Tuuy camUod thgfo n sr,E
recruiting aud orgHu|lrEi and Uucir
James Alfred joined tuuu Win Ton
men from our branch, our people
having already disposed 90 iurir .nfm.
moved up Into C.ny county on
bought land in 1885, but wuro nI.
Permitted tu stay ihIfD long aud ir.
moved with tho Church iuio tall wen
county nod again ruf.h1frd IAnIi
where We haTJd 90 1.-Two in pace
whore there would br "uJuc t1 modest
or make nffalI," us there were llt low
Hsitirrs m that row county.
A. soon Hs tho surrounding country
witnessed our success 900 opening uu
the now lands tue mob spirit again CO.
vived and We were threatened ou
every side. la orIHr 90 DO nu.c o.
ttand the siege which appeared DO
ovlinblf, % contrary was funt INTO
Davis county under Captiin BuchHn.
an, 90 bring a horse mill into Far Wet
10 grind our corn, 1 won't with my
tathuI's team 10 as8l't Boz hauling tho
mill. Alter our return tn Far WuFi I
Put Up OF Father M0flry's, NOT having
time TO 20 home, eight miles uut, before
night hadJust TED my team aud was
eating supper when father came lat.
town with a report that tua mob was
making n raid upon the scattered uoiiIe.
meult on tho head OF log creek. hn
told mo 20 hitch up nud go home
that night 30 we couli move into Fac
West the next day hui ho would ride
homo ~ soon ns possible 90 guard hlH
family. 10 was dark when i carried
and us 4 crossed tho square Apostle
David pat,en was Boo hl8HAI1lu raising
his mtn TO 10 out 90 protect our people.
Having hal scarcely any sleep llr two
nights, 1 could not keep awake la the
wagon, so 1 walked ty the eide % my
oxen, and there 4 oven slept na i
walked, nt the same tlmu not know.
Ing what moment 4 might bo in tho
hands u tho mob, / gOt hgms OF
O'Clock anu found all safe. Father
kept on the alert, and at break Of day
hu heard tho guns ~ the "Cr0UkuI
River BATTLE" 10 being only nyo miles
FROM our home. That morning We
moved into Far West, and witnessed
the approach OF the army, the capture
Of the Prophet and others, tho burIuu.
der VI arms, ETC., olC.
History has u that joseph H0lbr0ok
came boz about midnight with tue ucvH
Of the raid. Hu might, but 4 know
'lg foregoing 90 be- true.
RTuTgE n. AIIUIu.