Show y THE BURTON TRIAL continuation of he alie ion what they call their heavy gnus after cecers on friday dan sinio mile took again for further cross I waa among alio first iff enter alio foil cant mention any names of persons that near rno when wo entered I at a member of the company ali oa kiev cry since dead cant remember hi lii inci of my messmates mess mates fc don t r who stood auxt me we forend in lino I was in the firby line can nn Ilow unda man named gomney as wo formed in line cant think of firke namo was an officer think lie had over ft fortion lor tion chint say heswood he stood saw him in alio fort mc mastor was thero at alie aline rot st I o was standing in line kosal wasi at the head of tho line ho wa wai i at near the building so was I dont remember where mcmaster ater ans remember seeing him near tho licad of alie column witness said hadid biot eltink the was not lie de ired not to be fur alier about it lie became lingered at alie repetition of a question by judge sutherland of alie defence nid declined to answer but w proceeded as before I saw crat alio bicad of the olumn dont remember I arst I saw there have said very little about it part of the imo since then I have farmed have klimo been in the real estate ind in newspapers I hive been auli estly a newspaper correspondent flie became avi abed again and after a few moments as allowed to step down thoi WILLIAMS then took alio stand I liia at south weber when the Morri ite camp was attacked by men they camo on the day of juno and staid till the he K ur rendered on sunday I was there during the three days of lie shooting choo ting the bugle coiled us to the bowery where the leading men were excepting morris in n short time a cannon bull came in and killed two women and injured a girl after that we dispersed we were afterwards ordered to defend ourselves but having no gun I could not do KO the firing continued till sunday evening about sundown A nag was raised in alie alio arms were slacked up and the soldiers came in gen burton had of the command with stoddard burton akad morris to give himself up who replied that lie had given himself up to the lord and burton then commenced firing at liina five or six times and morris fell mrs bowman was about a rod away and when fell he called burton a bloodthirsty some thing and ho said no woman call him that and live and lie shot her I got excited and ran awny I did not see lier fall it was clobert T bertou that shot both I cnut renumber him now but I knew him at alio time did not see sirs bowmans body afterwards cross examination A flag was raised on a kind cje stick and carried by an old know his name burton and were on horseback dont know of any others their men came on contina behind burton perhaps fifty there were two or stacks of gun at least two stacks it to me all alio in less space alian one quarter of this court room burton spoke to morris hima self morris was standing there on the instant that burton arrived and burton asked him to give himself up morris fell in alie place where he stood very near a tree believe was more firing but not at that place stoddard cr burton see him do any firing lie WAS talking cook at the time bur ton was firing mrs not far from burton alic was among the ou the southwest of bur slie spoke to him hoiris was between him and her when ho pulled his pistol this was before I got wired and run for my lif see mrs bowman fall sc her afterward to juror see the ball hit her haw lie d and burton were somewhat alike witness could not alio color of their horses JACOB jonsson was then sworn in june I was with lie Morri sites on the fiver I was herding stock southeasterly from the camp when I first tho attacking party romo eight ten or twelve men rodo up on horseback among them they told mo thai they had paper eliat I must take into camp and I objected they compelled ino to do their bidding told me it was a proclamation to banks morris ami others to dur themselves in I banded it to john ranks a leading man in alie saw camp him go into morris house with tho paper shortly a bugle was blown to gather the people under I think this paper was outlier read or w being rad r ad when a cannon ball fell into the bowery among the people A general scattering ensued getaway 03 fast as could siw few under farnic but cannot say liow many were under ann could not estimate on the third day the surrendered the first I saw was i mr brown bring out a largo white flag on a pole waving it dont know that it was planted anywhere burtone Bur tonn men camo in brorn alio and took of alio arm s saw burton fand another party rido up on think a conversation took place between morris and burton heard shooting and saw tho maw mr burton and I lienk saw burton tit n woman khe beamed to tho act of taking leold of liia and mid you bloodthirsty hound or dog ho said no woman shall call mo that and live and fired ut her blie staggered and fell sho w us called mrs bowman but I was not acquainted with her I was taken prisoner croatt I met these men alio to about two miles from dont know any of theio who with stoddard daid know ann ut the ainu had libin in the morr nito biad for him utter sue aliu main body t blat thins thoy beni with me to thu first bletl und buit lio hul a largo number of men with him dont ru ino into alio lano leading to the fort I int bunks gave him alie noto and think I then went to the bowery there were people around tho bowery I told banks where got ho dont recollect any reply think lie tori Jl it then vf ait to aso morris I BAW thrift soilo W A r r ules after tha buglo was bloam the people generally oame together in the bowery morria banks cook and jno parsons were in there they opened tho meeting by singing and prayer something and lead but dont know chrtt it was my impression is that it was alio note remarks were made dont remember the substance of the remarks nor who made them think lie was reading alo paper when tho cannon ball camo through A continuous firing followed alio llio dring of tho cannon bull tho people dispersed and I they beio told to luko curo of tho buglo blew after lien the I that it meant mor faiko nimg to tic lend bliem cloch Sr iveral came through andoor ln door of my moth ern my and another person got out of a window on alio south side of the houe I did not know that a lag diw to bo raided when I it it was west of alio schoolhouse carried in n westerly di brown when I lerat UY jburton lio M aa coming in tho Morn sites laid down armst think cant hay how many anus d down bur buri i ton I think biad a dark horse dont know what kindola homo stoddard rode think thero was another dont know who it was mr burton baid to some one in the crowd cannot state aliat ho said think there was consider ablo confusion itt bartons burtons Bur tons men stood baill tho moving was among the women ami children dont remember any other conversation except eliat between burton and alio woman morris said something about those alio would follow him in lito or death to do so the next thing I essiw and heard was burton and i shooting morris was not far from burton four or fiyo dont know who lio shot at SAW alio effect of the chot at woman the fourth or fifth cliot was fired at the woman think the woman ivas a little to the west of mor ri she was nearer burlon than was morris I think there was a general movement of the tes in response to morris words did noti ee morris can t say why I did not see him unless it was because people ivero between us I think there were eight or ten other on see anyone else shoot but burton and sto deard did i eo them shoot saw blood on mry bowmans fico dont know where the blood came from I think from sixty to eighty men used to drill think biad control of alie companies think there were twelve men to each company dian didn t know how many companies there were see either morris or banks after they wore allot I was taken away a few seconds after mrs bowman fell I afterwards lived I went to his house a few days after this staid him for about three month talked with him about alie air bisot u great deal MRS CORDON waa sworn I recollect the in did not belong to them I waa there during alie troubles I wad a doctress and was asked to go there by bishop bests brollier brot lier I went there on sunday I haw flag but I dared not go in until alio flag was raised then all the cormons mormons went in saw binton bin ton boino in on horseback when alie stacked their anna near a big arco by alie schoolhouse lie asked where is alio his hors owai jumping up and down I saw morris looking up at burton ila pray now commenced burton biad a navy revolver in his hand cant say who did tha shooting I could not wear that burton shot the pistol but liodis morris seemed to to kneel down then came a danish woman after whom I ran to keep her back but there was a crowd and when I came to her she had hold of morah head and said my god is it alie prophet I bieard n noise in glicr throat and took lier away and knew ache could not inc while I was this woman I heard another ahot and alie people said another woman is dead i aw a woman lying whose face was all bloody as though mashed a rock she was close to morris I did not hear her name alio first woman was moderately tall alio second woman wu heavy ct about alio shoulders and than tho other brosi examination I came to tins country in 1853 spoke english when I came hero I coald under stand english in 1802 when I iward it |