Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-01
MRS, LUCY WALKER W KIMBALL.

I line, and without warning comnnencesf
firing upon men, women ind childrcn.
/ The first ball lodged in my fathers
right arm. He fired back, but could
not re-loadj his gun. He then ran
down the bank of 'the creek, and Just
ahead of him one Of the brethren was
shot down. Father stepped behind
some leaning lumber and tho mob
passed on. Returning to the shop he
found the lifelcss body, OF son of
Warren Smith. with his brains beaten
out. Another member Of the family,
with his thigh torn entirely away, lay
there tmortally wounded. A little fur
Their on ;aged man. Father Mcbride,
lay Weltering sin his own gore. The
murderers had mnngled the old mans
| body with an told srythe A young
woman was found behind log, where
she had fallen faintlng with n wound
In her hand and several bullet holes
Through her dress. Good clothing and
boots were stripped from others In q
most brutal manner while the victims
were in the agonies ofldeath. My IA
ther aided the suffering and helped
, bury the dead as best he could with
his wounded arm, which through neg
ilect he came near losing. The country
was I'm such n state of excitement that
he had tto hide from place to place
non ball which ,caused lameness for
u
me on his knee and tell war stories:
| how ibravely they fought for Liberty
or Death, which was the Nvatchword.
William Holmes, my grandfather on
my mothers side, was born Jan. Is, ITO.
| In Massachusetts. My mother was an
only daughter. ,and there was great
grief In tho family when she received
the gospel and came west. She died
at Eauvoo. Jan. IS. 1912. She left 10
,motherlcss fchildren. During the sick
ness and after the sad death the
Prophet Joseph and his wife Emma
wers very kind to us. The Prophet
said: If YOU remain here. Brother
! walker. you will soon follow your wife
You must have n change of climate
| and scene. You have just such q family
as I could love. My house shall BIO
their home. I Will adopt them as my
own children.
PROPHET JOSEPH.
after the prophets arrest and ac-
quittal at Springfield. he was actively
making arrangements to go beyond
| the Rocky mountains. He said: r
have the promise life for five years
If ! llsten,to the voice Of the spirit
Emma and some Of his brethren be-
sought him to return, and he said :If
my life is worth nothing to you 1t is,
worth nothing to me- lie knew 1t
was In tho program that he must sacri-
| flee his life for the principles God had {,
revealed through him. Death had no
terrors for him, although, life was dear.
I have often heard him say he ex-
pectcd to seal his testimony with his
blood He anticipated great joy in
meeting his parents and friends be-
You'd the grave, He believed that as
soon as the Spirit left, the body wv.
We're shaking hands with and greet
ing our friends. 5, @
"He often referred to tho feelings
that should exist between husband and
wife. He said men must beware how
they threat their wives They 81 were
given them for n holy purpose. Flo
said many would awake iin.the morning
OF the resurrection sadly flisappoInt-,
! have neither wives nor children. for
they surely would be taken from thc,n
and given to those who should prove
worthy.atfny y 8: Z. 4,
1.-THE first day OF May.f184s, II con-
scented to become the prophets wife.
and was sealed to him FOR tim a ana
all eternity ut his own house by Elder
William Clayton, AZ HI; b m n, I. Z, Z,
WIFE or PR EST. KIM Rl.L.T !.
s"Since 1855 i have been the Wife Of 7
| President Heber c. Kimball by whom
| ] have had nine children five sons ma
| fourf daughters, MS follows:3 RpcheiF
| dead, Willard H. fdead) Don H.3(liv
lting), Jonhua II dead, Lydia II; 4Kiin-s
| ball Lowry uiylpg), Anna s. Kimbnll
Knox (living), Eliza K. tWoolley (leadj,
llFranklin II. (deaD .t Washington ii, 4
lliving), II ishnee dless for me to say
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