Year: 1877




~. d. Lees Confession, in Phoebe Record.j
Rosmos Anderson was a Danish
man, who had come TO Utah with his
family to receive the benefits arising
from an association with the "Latter
Day Saints He had married widow
lady somewhat older than himself, and
she had a daughter that was fully
grown at the time of the reformation.
The girl was very anxious to be
SEALED TO HER STEP FATHER,
And Anderson was equally anxious to
take her for a second wife, but as she
was fine looking girl, Kliugen Smith
desired her to marry hirD, and she re-
fused. At one of the meetings during
the reformation Anderson and his step
daughter confessed that they had com
Initled adultery, believing when they
did so that Brigham Young would al
low them to marry, when he learned
the facts. Their confession being full
they were rebaptized and received into
full membership. They were then
placed under covenant that If they
again committed adultery, Anderson
should suffer death. Soon after this,
a charge was laid against Anderson be-
fore the Council accusing him of


ADULTERY WITH HIS STEP DAUGHTER.
The Council was composed of King
en- Smith and his two counselors; it
was the Bishops Council. Without
giving Anderson any chance to defend
himself or make statement, the
Council voted that Anderson must die
for violating his covenants. Klingen
Smith went TO Anderson and notified
him that the orders were that he must
die by having his throat cut, so that the
RUNNING OF HIS BLOOD


being firm believer in the doctrines
and teachings of the Mormon Church,
made no objection, but asked for half
day to prepare for death. His re-
quest was granted. His wife was or
dered to prepare suit of clean cloth
ing, in which to have her husband
buried, and was informed that he was
to be killed for his sins, she being di-
rected to tell those who should Inquire
after her husband that he had


GONE TO CALIFORNIA.


Klingen Smith, James Haslan, Dan
iel Mcfarland and John w. Higbee
dug grave in the field near Cedar
City, and that night about II O'Clock
went to Anderson's house and ordered
him to make ready to obey the Coun-
Gil. Anderson got up. dressed himself,
bid his family goodbye, and without
word of remonStrance accompanied
those that he believed were carrying
out the will of the almighty God"
They went to the place where the grave
was prepared; Anderson knelt upon
the side of the grave and prayed.
Smith and his company then cut An
derson's throat from ear to ear and
held him so that


HIS BLOOD WOULD RUN IN THE GRAVE.
As soon as he was dead they dressed
him in his clean clothes, threw him
into the grave and buried him. They
then carried his bloody clothing back
to his family, gave them to his wife to
wash, when she was again instructed
to say that her husband was in Cali
fornia. She obeyed their orders. No
move of that kind was made at Cedar
City unless it was done by order of the
Council or of the High Council. was
at once informed OF Anderson's death,
because at that time | possessed the
confidence of all the people, who would
talk to me confidentially and give me
the particulars of all crimes commit
ted by order of the Church. Ander-
son was killed just before the Mount
ain Meadow massacre. The killing of
Anderson was then considered


RELIGIOUS DUTY


And just act. 1t was justified by all
of the people, for they were bound by
the same covenants, and the least word
of objection TO thus treating the man
who had broken his covenant would
have brought the same fate upon the
person who was so foolish as to raise
| his voice against any act committed by