Show THE BURTON TRIAL the first of the casca against defendant testimony veins on thursday a the opening ot tho trial of general K F tho case bof the prosecution waa cd by deputy stacee actor ney jas II 11 beatty district actor i ricy vun ako boing present iio stated that alic proceeding of alio oi o would be interest in every of the and that trial should be given to j tho on account of alie atino since ho of alio lio urged apon the juror alio necessity of overlooking ever looking alio statement in minor connected will tho but the awin facts lio would lie said on ho alirio band alie bench overlooking alio morri ite fort who unde the command of alio defendant alio were summoned la ender by a noto carried into their camp by a boy in noto 30 minutia wore giren to thorn to surrender alio together to consider alio mutter and while engaged in consult tiona tion a cannon wad anred killing two ivonen and tearing on the clain of another the buttle wag not detailed but on sunday evening the morris ditc itc rah a ling and aubren dered draft of the village and was then shown the jiny which delayed where lie arms of the ies were tacked aal the place where they were gatli cred together two men entered the fort on horseback at the head of the militia and morris stepped aside telling all who would follow him through life and death to step towards him after the crowd following hun lie was hot t and upon boino disrespectful remarks of mrs bowman slie too was murdered the prosecution intended to prove that beneral burton without provola tie killed this woman in eion tho prosecution are firmly convinced of alio llio guilt of the defendant fen dant but only ask from the jury a judgment warranted by the evidence at the request of alie defense the loual order was made excluding all witnesses except tho one alio was giving testimony the prosecution then began submitting by calling to the stan jamee who was sworn his testimony abridged was part of alio year I lived in weber county saw joseph morris who was alie leader of a beet known the mossite Mom site numbering about they lived in a square fort alie buildings made of timber being cloo and they formed alie only protection the fort was about six times as large us alie court room I was a morns ite also my wife bella bowman the mrs bowman mentioned in the indictment was mv wife believe it was bhe who was did not see her after she was killed but BOW her juet in june we had some trouble think it was friday morning about a number of were seen on the highest tench patho south afterwards a boy about 14 cwass old into alio camp think to john ing a note tho note was looked at by a number of persons myself bixl othera at thia point danzilo Van that ho had copy of that note and would read it alie Morr leaders to or to send away their women and children and all peaceable who would find protection in the quarters of tho posse an aneser wis h au signed 11 W Lii wrence slie riff per burton deputies tho baylo was and the people in the bowery A mur wad speaking when cannon ball struck alie bowery killing two women thais was per leaps 30 minutes after the arrival of alio note joe morne old alio people to look out for themselves to ret a out of the way the firing was continuous but i could not alio Morri seized their arms on the anoon about alie white flag was run urn afterwards saw tho men ironi the bench inside the fort where they enned a ainu koon after I saw ii ing from a manon man on horseback I wae not very cloe at alio time I haw two or three men on ril sturton being one of them I WM efton utter taken with a number of etheri ot heri aind alien learned hat my wife killed tin croan was commenced the witness testifying no occupation wua followed by the people the time was in etc there were about sixty who luid fil caimi and alicy frequently drilled owing day alion the expected to come hiis celebrated by aion in which alie explain of alio organization canica of their I hamod willum jonee he had been publicly re bilked for lii kome tinier und had left tina fort after stealing wagon load of nour lie hiis bent for lie lived a few mih uway and brought lock tand put in jail never heard that ho wa to killed did not know liow ho WIM to be punished have wen u few cimei did not remember whether lie brought for jones or not after a the examination vaa proceeded by judge candias lan dias inov mr bistod dard not intimately dont remember eeling librn before tho trouble remember alio bringing of a into the camp for bomi return I did not alie paper fully knew it win the court relative to jone being brought into court bank who u poke giai intimated there waa no justice for any ono not mider bag ham young they did not give up jone the u diw on alio ground id I think wa destroyed I remember lot smith coining prior to that finith wa an dont remember any other excepting a tax collector a scotchman know him well but cant recall lil name dont to collect taxes I did not know mr aft alt critt of weber county dont remember an going into alie camp to attah home and wing driven out I understood the paper brought into the caina by tin boyr ami remember that it bained oil disposed in alie camp to under the protection of alie powe I taid a I atud confidence in tl alis is in the camp und had not in thoe out of the camp it wa religious iou motive we led to believe that there would be divine interposition in our favor we knew eliat mr bertou to arrest only civo persons cant say why Wo let these men be tiro can non ball came soon eliat we did not know what to mako of the ungodly proceeding it produced a feeling that those who ened it were enemies to und to the and we civo klicin up for eliat rca u alio paper ane given to those for whom it was intended I knew alio was limited to minutes cant fay eliy wo ak for time I concealed myself cannot say alie firing the part of alio commenced donl know of any meeting of the people dubiny alio three days of die butle think morris biad evolution short meeting of alio people wi before the alg wa babody but between this alio firing of the cannoa no meeting alie people WK bield the way we knew we were to i wai given in lie revelation the revelation wa read by john parsons in the diller homes a far tia lie could do no after the receipt of alie paper it was twenty or aten before alio cannon was fired peak speak s from recollection cannot say that it was not an hour boford alio cannon wo did not communicate button at all after alio re chint of the paper eliat I know of orders to raise alio nag were given by morris and briks uno reason for the surrender was thit alio llio ammunition was cannot ay that faith in divine protection biad been los Binks said to moni come let us civo up and save alie people when the white 11 was elevated alie Morri sites were all in alio open pice their arms they laid down before alicy had communication will burton when I caino from my concealment the arms were stacked and the hag hoisted I siw llie coming from houses and collected on the south bide of the saw burton on horseback before lie fired there had been no firing when I first camhout came out think were two or threet horseback could notice the difference between the parties because bertona Bur tona men were armed and oni onis s were not saw a string of bartons burtons Bur tons on foot my mind wu fixed on goiri it wae about ten after I came out before alio firing commenced did not move till after the could not hear mr burton say anything and did not see him go through any form of reading a paper was not one ot the brave though I wis collected and could u libin alien he did the shooting enough to hear aliat lie said mr burton hot cirit he seemed to shoot acmor ri did not aeo any one eke shoot estimated that four or five shots were fired it took about a minute to minute and a half in firing alie allots dont think monid fell at alie first shot joseph like a iamb that was his ho moved ana I think ho wanted to test alio people who had frith in his position lie aid what I have you is eternal truth arid those alio have faith in me will follow me in life or death ho moved slowly not to get their gun because they had no ammunition did not u nor biear the gune discharged after the surrender did not hear the people cry out To arm when ho made ane deaf then nor was my sense ef lucli impaired morris did nol speak very loud dont remember any other uttering any words till after the shooting morris to move in a semicircle donar know eliat alio people uttered fAvorit blo to elsw appeal did not mairu when he felt nor afterwards saw no shot take effect KES MARY was then sworn I with the iro 1862 recollect in june 1802 an attack by a company of men j dont remember the aty of tho the bugle sounded and wo went to meeting I had not been seated when a cannon and took olf nay chin it killed a luly beside me think it commenced on friday and closed on sunday after noon baw mr bin ton come into tho camp he asked for morris but he was not there ho came up very shortly I could not li curall thit was aid because my cars were tied up heard burton ask morris if le would give up dont remember anything else then saw morris step up to burton and I was pushed away baw mr burton at morris three or four times and heard him say there ii your prophet there was no more shooting I aaa morria and bunks and mrs ewanco and mrs bowman who were killed rosa examination of ali m bitnes was conducted mid alio points ol 01 her direct tM corroborated ro tiie only way aho cw mr burton was by hearing ahn ad by buik had eon shot fired at merrl morrl but did not eco libin fall did not hour what burton said lut believed that it waa ull bad A question letter was aked by the defence but waa objected to by tho na being nal tho deafen w stated that the hubband of this woman luid u letter to burlon that his ata had seen him kill bowman and knew all about alio ie and to provo blat thie man anderaon imd writt ci a letter to uen burton to keep his wile out of the way for a pecuniary as a compensation lor the los lo s of her chin and her ill from alie injuries then alao blat titis knew of this letter which biloy to introduce intro duco in evidence tho oly action wua the defence t scenting waa sworn I diw in weber in belonged to alie tho armed blut wm it friday morning when they irbit appeared thiry to cindo around a tho Morri eite were called to a meeting in the bowery by u buglo I wax not lit alio meeting could not understand en on sunday afternoon I aw aliu man who aoa called burton burton rodo around and joseph moved with bilm he looked burton in tho faeo and burton commenced hooting I did not see mrs bowman fall but saw her alter did not the hot at her because were persons between un no ono waa ahot after mr bowman crosa examination I myrrh come neur to burton aay whet lur dorrk touched Burton tf fl iddle corrm wit looking did not hear baid I was a little way on wax about two rodi east of mot ri and burton near tho hour chint ay how king it wn befaro burton aring J looked lit fall the timo he shot at him had in lum and therefore did not ee him the woman I lot of burton armed men before alie hooting corn nien ced there bofo nix or bevan foliot or more fired two koynen lying dead wae running to my NW mr bow man hu diw not far from joseph burtone Burt boreo ou como wo torpia torp iw anu unu other inide ail not sc mr bowman bo are wai killed bhe imbt have been ahot in the head for thai alie only MM imy blood T fsr tarr was then sworn I was in tho in june 1763 remember when some men commanded by bur ton surrounded our camp after lie boy eam in we gathered in tho bowery where we were when a cannon bail killed two wo men we then ran to our houses and about an leour later wo took our arms to defend ourselves wo were shut in and could do nothing till sunday afternoon bartoni Bur toni men caino in goopio who had arm laid them down when alio white flag a mom dilated dil ted jhilton aliat lie wanted alien burton said I want you and others merrl morrl then went anion klicin and akel lin if alicy would bollow liviu in life or doitt li burton then commenced to shoot and said there your prophet and morria moved lo 10 alie and expired little while burton turned lii pistol around and shot and bow mana wife fell I could not hinr if between bliem two did lie shooting burton killed bowman I am sure I know mr burton alio witness was then asked to point out mr burton but failed to do so cross examination I was dorn in germana Ger manx came here in 56 vamo to silt lake first I waa in providence fand thero I had vision joseph appeared to me for I att cut on the mormon church witness biero read a sermon which no one could understand be cano it wai half in hcrman and liala in broken english I joined morris in may 1801 at weber there were or altogether dont know lioio many men I was very ignorant understand much english dont know how many men there ocic it mv to count them the lord told us we must keep together wo could not farm because wo went there to learn of the instruct ions of god till the judgment of led should come hero tho witness recited a revelation in full Q can you english I can understand english when hear it I could not then understand tho english very much the counsel taking another turn asked how much ground there was in alio fort witness raid the cormons mormons knew told the counsel to ask Burt lie did not american measurement I told burton that ho should do morris no harm lie only looked at me but did not say anything lie spoke to morris and others morris aliat he requested and lie said lie wanted five men morris asked permission to speak to the people and went among them and paid follow me in life and death I told you alio truth and the people all said amen Q do you know william jones A in drifon yes saw u litter brought there before alie fight did not co the man that brought alie litter it being utterly impossible to obtain intelligent responses to the inquiries put to the witness lie was allowed to and the court adjourned till friday morning at 30 yesterday morning alie case was resumed MRS kmita was sworn and testified as follows I recollect an attack on alie morrisine Morri site camp in june 1862 gathered into alie bowery at alie bugle call bieard a revelation road just before alie cn non ball came and the people all scattered on alie third day two rode up but I did not were called and morrie came towards tito and on shooting supposed it to bo bill ton i aw morris ashot and sirs bosmin Bow min baw sirs ewanco lying dead I think shortt were two who did the shooting ain satisfied that alio man who baiot morrid also ahot mrs bowman croe examination I was 12 years old MI 1862 lived almott in front of iro in alie fort win the man alio win in prison lived next door I killed and bowman killed aco kicer adson attempted to hoot my fatlich but alio gun fire I went toward alie and people from all direction cilina to eliat point I stood about a rod from morris when alie shooting went on went closer to his body lie fell he did not move much before alie shooting only remember u one mm on think however there were two or three alio one on a dark horo hor o did the shooting it woe getting towards dark at the lime I noticed nothing par but alio shooting and alio full of morris afterwards bow iiii stepped up and alio wa cliot would not know the man who did the shooting alio stated eliat ho did not know alio the men on horseback were but knew that binton bin ton alio removed her as a prisoner was one of them this apparent contradiction wa wai i pointed out to alio witness win stilted linit thing by being talked to her remembrance of circumstance were talked over of into by the wit nwe by onn of alio jurors tho man on the dark horse altot bogli jo morris and mn bowman but witness did not know alio it wari DAK CAMOMILE wan worn and said I took part in alie ite di wai hiie of alio joau under tho coin mand of K T burton I supposed under alio orders of judge kinney gen 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