THE INFAMOUS proceedings AGAINST DR dro CLINTON A april prin was the day act for the tri trl trial triai alof alot of dr jeter clinton in dic fon for the murder of john banks tanks the crime was alleged to have been com committed mittel june juno 1862 it was one of the morrisine Morri bite site amt cases ohp particulars of that affair were vere made familiar to the public by the burton barton trial atter after the surrender of the morr Morri L sites bites to the posse under gen B R T burt burton on I 1 banks who was mortally wounded at the time that morris was killed wab waa taken with other prisoner prisoners sto to the burton camp close by andaas and was wab waited upon by dro bro dr clinton surgeon for the posse during the night he died from his wounds somme borne of the Morri sites started the rumor that he had received foul play from the doctor and on this senseless and unfounded notion without a particle of real evidence he be was indicted for wilful murder the indictment specifying that he stabbed nanka banks with a knife in the neck or in the shoulder after the indictment iliad had hung over him for many months he was suddenly arrested at his residence at laite lake point brought to this city and hurried off to the penitentiary where he was shackled and confined con eon lined in an iron ifon barred cage called the sweat box flere though in very feeble health he hoewaa was to a south wind which blew thertist the dust over his person and was thence removed to a room with the roof sloping eloping to the south the average height of which was only six fee fe erand tand rand which had no ceiling and no covering buethe but the shingles this was in the month of J 3 u uly ly 1877 a time intense heat dr clinton was suffering from neuralgia and disease of the kidneys kid Sid noss his bedding was of the most filthy description andela aud and his friends for a time were prevented from furnishing him with needful medicine nia hia maracles manacles man acles rendered it impossible for him to undress himself the district attorney the notorious howard refused consent that he should be admitted to bail ball although the court intimated that it would be proper at the intercession of hla hia friends frienda dr clinton was removed from the penitentiary county jalland ja iland lland when the case came up for tri althe prosecution not being leady ready he was released under bonds for his appearance on the day when the case wa to have been brough brought tup up for trial the district attorney presented the following which was placed on fl fite file ae v the people etc 1 indicted vs for jeter clinton J murder now bomes comes phillip T van zile united states district attorney for utah territory and filed with said court the following as reasons for dismissing said above entitled cause to wit that he has made a careful examination of the proofs for the prosecution i and la Is convinced that ne he would not be able to succeed in convicting the defendant T VAN ZILE united states district attorney dr clinton demanded a jury trai trial but this was not granted the tho case was accordingly dismissed it ought never to have been instituted 1 it would not have been if it dr clinton had not been a mormon mon s more than that af lf antt anti Mor mormon mony mons rumor had not credited dr clinton with a knowledge of eup Kup supposed posed scereta secrets affecting other influential fluent ial lal mormons cormons Mor mons he would not have been subjected to the infamous treatment he suffered at the penitentiary while placed in the position described above the U B marshal twice took him out in a buggy and offered to him inducements ments to reveal the secreta of which it was vainly imagined be was was in pos possession semion it was openly stated in thia this city that clinton was waa toabe to be squeezed until he would squeal dr clinton subsequently entered uit uit for damages against the U B marshal but of course course he received no recompense although the confinement in the penitentiary to say axy nothing p f the villainous treatment he received there was clearly illegal the statutes provide that pei pel persona sons charged with crime anscom and corm corn fo for r trial when imprisoned shall bo detained in the county jall jail dr Clin cliftons clintona tons alleged offense offence was against the tho laws of the territory but even if it had been against the arms adf 0 f the united he might havu have held in the county jail as may be seen from the cont complied piled plied laws of utah sections 2362 4 the whole proceedings in the probe prosecution cution of tit men duing under the orders of oi the court in the mor trouble troubles were wore a absurd burd as well as s shameful rely eely everybody body now as no quits gen burton barton of any wrongdoing doing in ler connection with the mat tor for add and sympathizes with him in the trouble and expense which were entailed infill defence but if the case against him was gr groundless aund i as has hab been abundantly proven what shall be skid said of that against dr curiton cuu CUr itol itou based only on senseless rumor and prompted prompt pd simply by inexcusable pre prejudice jUice it was an outrage of tue the h g grossest seest character and when the indignities n dagni and cruelties cruel ties to which the defendant w was wag s su subjected elected without any chance of redress are arc properly considered indignation is a poor word to express the feeling that is naturally aroused against those who prompted and assisted in the infamy dr clinton is to now freed from the shadow orthe of the charge trumped up against him but where is hascom sensation pensa tion for the trouble 6 expense and suffering buffering he be has undergone we take occasion to say that neither the present district attorney nor hor marshal are responsible for the treatment of dr clinton the indictment dIc truent and imprisonment complained pla pia tried of occurred previous to their thel time but this shameful abuse of a respectable citi citizen zeb because be he was a prominent Mormon sil bil should sli ouid be placed on record aa as one nore more item on the long list of outrages perpetrated upon our people through the bigotry intolerance and persecuting spirit of our appo among whom shameful to say men paid out of the national Irea lrea treasury sury to officiate clate in the interests of jaw justice and equity have been anlon union among the bitte bitterest roat reat and most unprincipled the course coursel taken by district attorney van zile zue in this case Is highly commendable in what light does it show up the former officials who instigated and conducted the abominable proceedings against an innocent man