Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-01

been received. Carthage and another
nelfhborlng town. WnrHlw, soon took
on the aspect NJ military camps; 1900
illaaourinuH. the former prosecutors Of
the "MurmunH," were reported 10 have
Joined the Waraaw forces. the Warsaw
Signal advocated tho massacre OF the
whole Mormon" community ON June
18th, no word having come from G1yer-
nor Ford, Mayor Smith called out the
Nauyou Legion 10 defend the city and
proclaimed it o. be- under martial law.
ON juno 2lHt, the long tnrdy Ford ar
riyod az Carthage. how little they had
60 hope from him. the "MormunH" az
once saw from his act In placing himself
40 the head uf tho troops hitherto an
ARMED mob, at Warsaw. His first
demand was that martial law at Maui
WOO should be abolished. and that the
mayor and city council should come 10
Warsaw TO be- tried for riot
\ too accurate knowledge Of what
might lo expected nt Carthage az first
made the Prophet hesitate. He took
the Wow that II was he who was aimed
at by tho mob. aud that N he was out Of
the way. peace might be restored 10 the
community hc loved so Well on the
22nd. Ia company with his brother Hy-
rum, John Taylor and willard Rich
ards, he CROSSED the Mississippi. on the
banks n which the city stood. with the
determination NJ seeking an asylum FOR
mountains. What the destiny OF the
great Mormon" community might
have been had his design been carried
out, and he Instead ~ Brigham Young
led II Into the western wilderness. o.
fascinating thpmc FOR speculation. but
II was not On De. His vito Emma, and
some other timoroua friends IN Nauvoo,
interrupted him with an appeal % re-
turn. and Induced him 20 reconsider his
design, lie returned TO meet his doom.
says Whltncy's history;
we are going back 20 be- hutchered,"
said Joseph, and resigned himself TO
his fate. having delivered up. at the
governors command, the arms OF the
Nnuvoo Legion, the Prophet and his
friends, u Ia number, on the evening
OF the Gath, set out Tor Carthage"
III was about midnight when they ar
rived there. though go late. the town
was alive ana stirring In anticipation
0f their arrival, They were Immediate
~ surrounded with troops who yelled
their cNultntlon nj having thcm In their
power, some ~ the roldlorH- notably
the Carthage Grcys-werc very abusive.
and threatened 20 shoot the Prophet
and his party, who were thus voluntar-
us sutrendorlug themselves. Governor
Ford paclned the wouid-be murdcrers,
ANA tho threatened massacre WAS post
ponod"
Next day the governor paruded the
prisoners before the troops upon the
public square, whore tho two principals
were introduced as Generals Joseph
ana Hyrum smith, At this the car
thnge Grpyg again became angry and
violent deCWlng too much honor was
being done the id Mormons," by
bestuwing upon them such titles Soon
afterwuri the Greya rcvoltol against
their commander. General Miner II.
Demng who. fearing his own assassin
alton. left Carthage, Again the rover
nor placatcd tho hostlles by assuring
Thorn that thoy should have "full salts
fatclou." while 10 the prisoners he
pledged his honor ana the faith OF the
State OF Illinois, that they should be
protected from violence, ana given
fair trial"
Before Justice Robert r. Smith. a