Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-12
YES. THE CASE rs CLEAR.

| The Tribune is stil ICED in prov
| ing that apostates and false friends in
| Nauvoo plotted against the Prophet and
became. TO some extent. responsible for
his destruction. But nobody has disput-
cd that proposition That is a pretty
well established historical fact.
The original assertion of the paper
was that Church members blackened
their faces and murdered the Prophet
and Patriarch at Carthage, and that
assertion II utterly fails to establish.
It only tries to crawl away from
It, IL can do nothing else, for
the evidence. even as quoted by the
Tribune. Is all the other way.
Fer instance. the leaders Of the Nau-
VOC conspirators were William and
Wilson Law. Austin A. Cowles. Fran
els and Chauncey Higbee Robert Fos-
ter and his brother. two Hicks brothers,
and two merchants Finche and Rollin-
son. II the contention of the Tribune
were true. these men not only plotted
the destruction OF the Prophet. but
went to Carthage and carried out their
murderous plan themselves. IN that
case we ought 20 find their names
among those who were prosecuted for
the murder, or among the names Of
others mat are on record as leaders IN
that sad tragedy.
sixty names were presented to the
grand jury and nine men were indict-
ed. They were Levi williams, Mark
Aldrich, Jacob C.. Davis William n.
Grover Thomas c. sharp, John Wills.
William Voorhees,. William Gallagher
and one Allen. As viii be seen, not one
Of the Nauyoo conspirators named in
the article quoted by the Tribune ap-
pears among those who were indicted
FOR the crime. And that fact alone
marks the attempt OF The sheet as am
other OF It's numerous and miserable
failures in tho field OF history.
Il Is easy Ia follow tho various stems
by which they carried out their plot
and melted the murder at Carthage.
First they bought press and started "a
new spapor which uas so indecent as
10 excite public Indignation and sun
preston by action of the city council
Then they set ilro 10 their buildings ana
Red to Carthage with tho story that
"unhallowed hands had boon laid upon
the liberty of the press" and that their
own lives were threatened and their
property destroyed. Then Indignation
meetings were held al Warsaw and
Carthage and the resolutions wcor
Carthage and resolutions were passed
committing the people 10 "a poll
leaders. The citizens wero called upon
90 arm themselves Mobs gathered Ia
many places.
These are AN well known facts. ana
Il is equally well known that Governor
Ford was aware of what was going on.
Frank Worren one of The officers OF
the Carthage Gtcys ON guard az the
prison, toli Dan Jones, D. friend Of the
Prophet.
We have had too much trouble 10
bring old Joe here 20 let him ever es-
cape alive, and unless sou want 10 die
Win him, you had better leave before
aundown'
This officer representing the Car
thage Groys, knew whereof he wac
speaking
George q. cannon writes
Tile people of Carthage and Warsaw
had been the aggrd ssois n every in-
stance theN had formed themselves
into muoHI had threatened Inc lives ~
mo aaintsi aud mad committed foul ana
bloody murder ana now refused 10 aus
tain tho governor la enforcing ihe law
ANA upholding The constitution. This