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Show j THE Ut'RTOX Till VL. (Continued from First p2;je.) niy family. Tnry caruo the neil day, but did uot britui my folks. I then told Hum that il they did not brint; my lamiiy U me the next day tbey would not take any more flour away. ' I wait'.-d fjur daja, aud as luey did cot bricj: tbeui ou lue ti.'th day I told them they should take no more flour. Titete vTtre ui theni, and tnpy wt-ro wt-ll aruwd mid threatened rue. Tm-y akcJ mw wlmi I would do, aud I insJ Miem i!;ry tui'iuli take no ' more ll .ur till ihey brought my - family. Tbey then gut anry, aDd I moved to a door where there waa a t. lub. and aaid it w;ii tiiurr them or me for it. Tuey le:t, and 1 left the wh'jii etaiidinj; on tno road, and , turned the team out ou the range. I never saw either spain. This took r place near KaysviUe. I stopped arotiud KayaviUe with come others who had leltthe camp, named Geraon X and Jen?eu, (or a Dumber ot dayi. I had bjrrowed a gun and filept with it close to my side. One night, while I I had been sleeping very soundly, I 1 ' heard a tinird on the cover, which ' awakened me, and I reached out for the Run and foilt-d it waa gone. I sat up and thought what to do, lor I felt there was danger. So X dressed and got near the door of the tent aud mad a rueh outside, but a lot of men grabbed me. I asked them what tbey wauled, aud tbey said tbey j wanted to take me back. I tolJ them I waa ready to go, and tbey lied me ;iu a wHgou and took me back to camp. There were thirty men who , took u-v They were armed. They j were under Peter Klemguard. They ' also took Jenson and Gerson. Tbey ' lied my ha mid and (eet and put me in a wagon. Thaw then put mo in ft log house of Richard Cook's on the left side of the south lane. Tbey J kept us there ail the middle of the j afternoon. Tbey then moved us to 1 nuother houae oa the east side. Put ! all three in one bouse. Tbey V chained me with a log chain with bjth feet close together. This took 1 place about the 8:b nr 10th of May. I Dj not kuow by wbaL authority they 7 took me, I asked them under what authority 1 was kept, but got no i V reply. I asked lor a trial, but got no r reply. Staid there for five weeks, till the 13:b ot June. Jensen also staid 1 live weeks. We then thought aa to ' how we could yet out and cut the logs with o pocket knife, aud Gerson went out first. X being ironed lold the others to go out first. Gerson i ft b'i shoes and asked Jensen to Jring them with him. It was nigbt. Jonsen then started to go out, and while on his bauds aud knees aud about halfway out, held up theBhcea in one baud and eaid ''Here's your ehoes, Geraon," thinking it was Ger-aon Ger-aon he saw standing there, instead of which it waa the cuard, who Btruck a bayonet through hia coat sleeve into the ground. I saw Mr. Hanson there. Cannot tell the date He came in on and oS. X called him up to me to tell him what to do. Told him to go to Stoddard acd tell him X wanted bim to come aud gel ma out at once. I fell on my back and showed him how X was chained. I had hold of Hanson through the bars, and the guard were threatening him if he did not leave. He pulled a prcity loijg face because I would not let him go, Ud I wanted him to 8io that X was chained. After Gereon bad got out the report went through the camp that the prisoners had escaped, aud tho guard, beaded by Klemguard, came in. Jenaon was frightened almost to death, thinking ihey would kill bim. Klemguard came iu, tuil I said: "Well, Klemguard, pretty things nave been going ou, haven't they?'' He said: "D)d you know anylbiug about iuioP" I said: "KLaruflutro", 'mat's a devil ol a silly question to ask, aud me iu here with the boys all the time." They kept ua thtre, X being chained up to the house. X was told that they intended to kill me. A man named Hewitt, now in town, on guard then, to'd me they eaid bo. A young man named Moss also told me. Could see what was going ou to the wal and south of the fort. During the lime we were in prison they raised a military force. They drilled about three limes a week right west of the bouse where we were. They had arms, and went through the military maneuvers. There were seven companies, with in officer to each company. Nothing particular went on excepting the drills and holding meetings. Held their meetings iu the bowery. Gould not bear very well what was Baid in tho bowery from our place. Gould bear the f u balance of what they Baid. Tbey bat! i revelation that the Lord was tod. vide the camp. The hypocrites hypo-crites were to bo on one side, the faithful ia three rows on tbe otbor. Tbe first row of faithful was to kill the hypocrites, and if they did not do so, tbe Becond row was to kill the first, and it the second would not kill 1 tbe first row, the third row waa to kill them. All tbe faithful in tho ranks were to be men. Tbey were to be killed by shooting by this army. Could bco what they did on the fore-Shadowing fore-Shadowing day. tiaw Joseph Morris on I113 grey horse in bis long robes. Tbey took several circles round. I bad uot patience to look at it aud laid down. Morris had on a hat with eeveo stars in it. He bad a rod in One hand which he called Moses' rod, find a aword in the other hand. A platform was built on which tbey put Morris, and they crowned him prophet, pro-phet, Beer, revelator and king of the whole earth, and every word that proceeded pro-ceeded from his mouth was to be law tnoll tho wcrhl. Them waa Inndohper- lLif. Ho wits their prophet and caned himself the seventh augel. Ho bad such great influence over them that they would do whatever he told them. Xbo people took an oath iu winter to obey, among other things, all tbe revelations. Xt was after wo saw they wero going to kill us that X sent word to Stoddard to oo m a and rcleae me, X could see Stoddard nod others who came and served tbe writ, and could Bee them reading it, but could not bear what was eaid. X saw Burton come there ou tbe 13th of June, on the soulh side. X could see bis forces Itom where I was. X uever beard tb&l ho had acul n paper in until X was let out. My (ami y were iu the camp nd they wero allowed to como and j me for about three weeks, after aici tboy wero uot allowed. Tbey ere denied to como tu about the lifiie we tried tho escape. My wife jjnd I had to enpply me with food, obe prepared it aud took it to Klemguard Klem-guard aud be brought it to me. About - o'clock ou the 13th, Klemguard caiuo in after being shot at and told nie that there was a revelation from lbe Lord that the prisoners should be allowed to go. tust might appease tbe enemy. I a?ked him if he c.mld get u and read it to me, and ho did o. (The witne-s hero recited the revelation ) X a.-ked Klemguard il be bad any im u ready to shoot ua woen Wd went uit and he said no tie then got a pillowslip and Jensen and mysvll went out to iho wM with i"e pUiowslip on the willow. Tbe Jnng was pretty heavy and wo walked raiiuarm. When we got to bout be i middle of ihe fort tbe fi-ing was Whea?y that J.m.en ran bicfc. I wis ' aionug went and saw a company Horrifies wilh their guns pointed J"e. 1 mosixl to them and they ItSlH6"1 lr-iUK to "cape. I to.a them a revelation had come to let the prisoiiprf go, and I then went to the we', up to Burton's P' se. Alter thai I wcut back and goi Jn:-scn Jn:-scn and came back with him. 1 re matned wilh linrlon's pofse till Sunday. Sun-day. X served wilh the pe on tbe west side, acd was one cf a p-irly to take a house on the west side of the fort, tiixtcen volun teered to follow me in, under charge of Mr. Lewie. Xt was late in tbe evening, the sun beir.g about an hour high. We went from the mud wall to take the houee. By Uking tbe bouse we expected to get shelter in tbe fort. Tne house waa not occupied occu-pied when we entered. Ou the opposite op-posite eide a heavy lire was kept up, nd in thai direction a heavy fire was turned to silence the fire while we took the bouse. I was tbe first to enter the house aud broko open tbe door with a rock. Oae of the men, just as he was entering was shot through tbe head by a ball, bis brains being blown against the door post Tbe olhera came in there Seventeen men went in tbe house altogether, including the one that was hot. Don't think we remained there iweuty-five minutes. We drew the chinkine out ol the house so we could exchange shutj with a bouse in tbe northeast ol tbe fort. One young man shot a man in tbe other house in the eide. Wnen they saw the batiery they ran away from tbe bouse and one man was shot in the calf of tbe leg aud he fell. Ha was a "all Dan-ishman. Dan-ishman. I think be fell forward and we thought be was killed. He rolled over ou bis back and lay wilh his arms thrown cut. No more shots were fired at him. He fell about the north eide ot tbe tquare. Alter tbe breastwork came to a halt X heard ihe men talking about a fiig being raided uy the Morrisites. After tbe flag was raised, X heard Burton talking to a man on the west of us. Heard what was said and Burton told him to stack their arms X thiuk in the centre of tbe fort. X saw Burtou, Stoddard, Goiding and another man go in on uoreeback. We were uot allowed to go out. Did not see any one else going io the fort but thebe boroumon. When X looked out of the fort X saw Gol ling go back and call lor some men. X think X Baw twelve or fifteen men going in. Did no', see what took place after. Did not see any others tbuu tbe fifteen meu papa. OjuUI have seen others ii ihey had passed. Could hear a loud word now and then from the crowd. X beard Joseph Morris say, "Those that are willing to follow me to life or death, follow me." X beard rush then, and Borton cried out, "Haiti" "dtop him!" At the same time X heard loud "Ayes." Then heard very rapid shooting, and all was quiet, Could see nothing. After the shooting it was bo still you would not have thought there waB a person in tbe fort. Don't think the ibooting would take over fivo second. j. There were from six to eight shots fired. At that lime the sixteen men were wilh me in the house. At tho time the shooting took place, X think only twelve or fifteen men had passed through the lane. Alter the firing Ibey all rushed out of the bouse, and tbo men also run in from the WMt. Guess 100 came in through the west lane. X heard a bugle sounded from Bomewhere around the Bohoolhouse. Burton bad a bugler, but I don't re member Ihit I heard tbe bugler Olily UlHt doj-. I wont at once to the schoolhouBe. X saw a number of men with their backs against tbe notth side of the schoolbouse. Tbey were Morriailes. f shook bands with one Smith. X weut around. I saw Morris lying on the ground, with Mrs. Bowman a few (eet from him, Banks wrb lying a few feel south of tho HChoolhouse. X think X wont out to the point where the men were in line uear a stack of arms. There wero some other arms lying on tbe ground. I saw Bowman near the wounded D niehmau, X walked up and (old him his wife was shot. He said "My wife tbot 1" and rose up without siyiug anytbiug and moved ofl. Did uot see him again enly as be Btopped and epoke to Richard Cook. Saw Burton trying to got tho Morrisites into line. X saw Burton after I bad eeen Bowman. X then went to my mother's to see aout my family. Crosj examination Do not know how long X sat on the ohair in tbe house. About ten minutes. Could see outdoors, but not in tbe direction ot the schoolbouse. When Burton and his men went in I was standing. Goiding name back a few minutes before the firing, lerhaps three or fuur minutes. I just saw him pas3 the door. Heard the firing about five minutes after Goiding wcut back, the men following Goiding closely. Xt might be forty-five or fifty steps from where I was to the Bchoolhouao. Think somo of the men who went in were unarmed. I rose up when X heard tbe firing. X did not then go over to the scboolhouse. Not till everything was quiet and still. Can't say whether Goiding got back before tbe firing commeuced. Think be could have got there a short time before tbo shooting X went right east to the scboolhouse, passing along tbe north side ol theBchoolhouso. When X went in Burton's men wero be tween tbe arma and the Mormitea. Bowman was a Utile northeast of the arms about four rods from the eeboolbouae. Only aaw him and the wounded Danisbman, Ha got up when X told him bis wife was killed, and went toward tbe Bchoolhouae. When X list saw him bo was talking to Richard Cook's wile. Saw one man near Kicbard Cook, but cui't say ' whether the man wu guarding the arms. Tbey wero stainling on the pouthenBt of tho largest slack of arma. The next day after 1 saw Bowm iu. i went down to my mother's iu about five miuutss. My mother lived soulh of the icboolbouse. Remained in the bouae ten or fifteen miuulea. I then commenced looking, with the others, for arms in the boused. I remained there till 10 o'clock that ni(jht. Morris was taken to burton's camp. The womeu were taken to tho school-house. school-house. Banks was taken with Morris. Don't know whether the Daniilimau was taken in the echoolbouso. X went back the next day. Don't know what became of Ihe Danish-man. Danish-man. Two Dauiabmen wero :shot. Bowman was with (be one shot in tbo leg. Re-direct I kuew a constable called Burton, who once arrested niton nit-on a charge for assault aud battery. It took place bstwoau tho Morrisite aud Mormon boy. Bmks told me to go to tho northwest part of the fort where the row was going ou and lo slop it. I weut with Daniel tfmith. We eaw a man come out of a bouse and two o ber meu jumped on htm aud forced him on hia knees, one of whom waa hitting him ou tho be.ul. I grabbed bim aud threw him over my knee. I aktd him what the devil he was doing, and had my ti-t ( raie-id to hit him. I was grabbed I around tho arms by atmtlier pr'y r l'ue fellow I went to help iu.x;, . 1 waa also trying to aiwauit him and i for this I was arrc:tfd by Burton, who i ws going to take me to Farming ton. i At;er we weut a short distance three I Morridite men came up and aked t Burton where he was going to take me. Two more then came up X'hey oidired me to g't on a horse and go ' will) them. Bjrton asked me if 1 1 would go with tlu-m or him, at.d 1 - t-U hi.n I would g with ttum. 1 . did this to p:eveut bloodshed. ) Xlcceaa. After recPFP wr LI AM JOXE3 Wan recalltd The fir-l day after Elnrlon arrivtd with bis force, X wat-in wat-in jtil in a position to etc- ihe Morrie-it?B. Morrie-it?B. Tney were in the bowery when tbe cannon was shot, they thru scattered Their areua! was sou lb and east of where L was. A company of soldiers were placed in the wti and oihera in other partaof tbe camp. The arsenal Btood south and east ol where I stood. Two thirds of the people were io a fi-ld to the eat of the jail. The first firing I heard was j out of Cook'a double log houe, west ol the south lane. First saw firing from small arms from that house, and could bear tbe discharge of email arms south and we'. of tbe camp from Burton's party. Toe arms captured on the last day were loaded. About two thirds of them were loaded X helped to put them in tbe wagon, and tried a number wilh a ramrod and found tbem to be loaded. Helped to discbarge them next morning. X found some arms io Kl em guard 'a house under the bleepera in tbe floor. I went to several houses in aearch. Xearly every good house had a cellar due- in it. Cross-examination The holes were round aud square, some three or (our feet deep. Tbey were dug for lbrtifi- cation and to place women and children in for protection. Every sub tan'.ial home was fixed that wy. The prison we were in had a window to the west and a door to tbe south. It was a room about ten by twelve. This is tbe door that was opened when Klemguard came id to us. Coul1 see from our window the front of the bowery. Could see through tbe camp pretty generally. Heard the first cannon shot. One ball droppe 1 iutj the bowery. Saw a woman carried away. Tbe people went away quietly. X did not Bee any run. Tbedoor was locked, Ihey had three iron bard acrces the window. No glass in it. After the shot came and the people dispersed a bugle sounded and a small band came out. Tbe companies com-panies came out in about ten or I fifteen minutes afler the shooting. The first company went fo the south, an other lo tbe Bouth weal, an other to ihe wtst. Did not see any on tbe 1 east Bide, which I could uot see. 1 Could not Bee that Barton had any 1 men on tbe east Bide. Tnere was no shooting when the flag weut out. I 1 did not look oat because X was attending attend-ing tbe dying man. I heard what the man with tbe flag went out to Burton lor. When I went in the camp on Monday I found two piatols and one gun in Klemguard's house. Did not see arms in any other house. Tbey wanted me to get Klemguard's military coat, and X told bis wife that Klemguard wauled hia coat nod she 4&ve it to me. Klemguard did not want the coat, but we did. I took that way to gut it. I am not in the habit of gelling tbiuga that way. WAI. BLOOD Was the next witness: I live at Kaye-ville, Kaye-ville, Ddvia county, lived there in 1S62. Know were Morris' camp was situated. Went there with Barton in 1862. Joined him at Kaysville, on the 12th ol June, 1862. During the engagement X was generally on the west eide. On Sunday afternoon about 7 o'clock, we eaw a white flag brought out by Alonzo Brown. X knew him belore that. X was abuut tbo ih west of tbo camp, where there wan an olu fort wall. First eaw the flag coming north of tbe 8";lioolbouse; it came tbruugh to the end of the lane. He held a conversation with Burton, but was I not close enough lo hear it. Brown went back and I could then aee tbe people bringing and stacking their arms somewhere near tbe east of the ecbuolbouse. Xt seemed immediately after Brown returned that they commenced com-menced stacking arma. Burton and three or four or fivo others rode in on horseback. X knew Judson Stoddard; did not know the others. They went in the lane. Ten or twelve men were rolling in a willow breaslworb, who started and followed Burton iu as he passed. After they bad Blarted ten more men were Bent for. 1 waB one of the ten. There were no more than ten who went in to take obarge of the arma. Went right to the east stack of arma. These arma were not over five or Bix rods away from the schoolbouse. Can't say who stood wilh me, or that any were with me. Xt Beema to me that X stood nearly alone. Did not notice where the other men went, my attention being drawn elsewhere. X Baw the Morrisites Morris-ites about south or southeast of the echool'nouse, tbe eaEt end of the Morrisites Mor-risites being juBt Bouth of me. Don't know bow many there were. There were men and women. Can't say that I noticed any children, X eaw persons coming with arms just as we came there, and put their arms at tbe stack. Can't tell where Burton and bis party were, because X arrived just in time lo aee the rush of Morrisites commence. Had beard no conversa-l tion. Only heard a loud noise aud general rush. Tbey came right towards to-wards me aud I raised my gun ready to fire. One man came out ahead ol tbe rest aud was about to take a gnu. X told him not to or X would shoot, and he fell back. X then heard the shooting in front of tho school-houso. school-houso. There were five or six or seven thote fired, apd it did not take over four seconds. Afterwards heard shooting shoot-ing from another eide and heard a loud order from some one to stop that shooting. The rush was toward me. That man came within two or three yards of me. X remained there until tbo firiug was over, and was ordered among others, to search for arms, bul found none. Xt was almost dark then. I Did not Bee any of Burton's men there protecting tbe arms as I passed. Am satisfied that some of the men did so, though X did not see them. X was then lookiug to the south. After things were quieted, a great many of our men came iu rapidly very shortly alter Iho shooting. When I took my posilioj and saw tbo lush of Morrisites Morris-ites towards the armi, X thought we were in great danger, aud that immediate imme-diate action must be taken, aud thought tne Morrisites might possibly ret: iiu their arms, and that our men were insufficient to prevent it if the rush continued. Did not see General . Burtou on foot, bat I did scj him on horseback. No cross-examinalio-i. WELLS SMITH Was then Bworn and took the at.uid Live in Farmingtou. Havo ived there since 184S. I know the defendant. de-fendant. In 1602 I knew the Morris camp. I had been there. Think I waa! there twico. The first time waa in; May, 1sj2. I went with J. L. S;od dard and Thomas Abbott. S:oddard wanted me to go with him to serve a writ. We rode volbiu a quarter of a mile from the camp and stopped. SUddard s. nl A I -bolt ir.to the cam p lo bring out one John Smith. Abbott went and returned wilh the nun. Sioddard told Simlli he hid a writ f-r cesiain per one, and Smith thought it impossible for Stoddard to serve the writ, because they did not consi er themselves amenable lo the laws. He told us if we went iu we would never come out alive We consulted abjut goim; in, and Stoddird sid it we woul I go in wuh bim ho. wxi'd go, aud wn went. We w-re directf-d to where Banks lived. We role tu the i front of the hi'ii.'P, wi.ere there w r-.-two guards wilh double barrelled smo: guns, and a mau wub a drawn sworJ. Weweietold to halt. Stoddard toid i Banks he bad a writ for him and certain cer-tain other persona, and he read the writ to Banks. Biuks and: "Xeli , Kinney we bold no communication . with Lorue toievej and robbers. " t Stoddard said he was ordered to leave i a copy of the writ. Banks said he did , not want it, but Stoddard threw it over his horse's head. It was burned up, a man bringing fire out of the bouse to do bo. Banks iaid if ever we I served another writ there we did bo , at our own peiil. We tuen left. X wr ' a member of Burton's poae, and , went there with it. Oo the morning of tbe 13th, I was one of a party oi four men detailed to take a procla mation to the Morrisite camp. The others were Howard Egao, Judson L. dioddard and ThomaB Abhou. We left the camp betore tUB forces. As we were going over to the camp we saw an o d man and a boy, with u herd. Told tbe boy we wanted bim to take the paper to Banks or Morris. He readily consented, and we accompanied ac-companied him a distance and watched him go. Did not hear the hoy object to go. Stoddard did noi oresent a pistol ai the boy's head to compel bim to go. X waa with Stoddard Stod-dard all along. Stoddard gave the bov i ouc. X believe, but it migat bave beer oo. X'm positive be gave tbe bjj some money. On Sunday evening, ai the eurrender, I was norib of the iort. In lUe morning I was to the east. Believe Ean bad charge of twenty-five twenty-five or fitly men. They were on the northeast of tne fort. Aa tbe Mor-rioites Mor-rioites commenced going away through the north we moved around there to intercept tbem. This was just before the surrender. X heard tbe abots, I was with a number of men on tbe north at tbe time of the eurrender. eur-render. Crosa-iiaminatioo I did not eee the writ Burton had. Did not know for whom it was. Had heard who it was for. Only aaw two men try to eBcape from the noith Bide. One ran into the river. Toe boy we aw on the morumg of the 13tb was driving cows out lo herd. Ha might have been 12 or 14 years old. have never heard hia name. Did not know he was a Morricile boy. He was wiib the old gentleman driving out the cows- Do not know that the old man could hear what we said, he oniiuuing to drive tbe cowa along. We simply asked him to take the paper. He said he had the herd in cuarge ana Bain he did not know that tbey would like it; but Stoddard ottering tbe boy the money it seemed quite an objeot with him, and he weut right along with us. We went to the loot oi the hill on the south side. X watched him go into tbe door but could not eee him deliver tbe paper. X remained during the night. X weut in jail alter tbe surrender, but was notiu duriog tbe surrender, being out af;er the men in the willows. To jury I thiuk Mr. Stoddard asked me if I had any money to give to the boy, but I do Hot know whether I had any money or not. Cannot say whether I gve Stoddard any money or not. Money was pretty scarce then. WILLIAM BEKSLEY Was then called I live in Kayaville. I lived there in 1662. I waa one of Burton's posse that went to tbe Morrisite Mor-risite camp. I belonged to the Davie county militia. During the three day's engagement I served on the west side. We first nanm to tho south auu weut to the west on tho morning of the same day. On Sunday after noon I was on the west side. X helped to make the rolling breastwork, commenced before dinner time and finished it about 2 o'clock, quarter of a mils west of the mud wall. We commenced rolling it and kept on rolling it till we got to the slough, but could not get it any further. It was in the evening when we got it there. One hall had arms, Bome rolled it while the others held the arma. About half were armed. After we Btopped rolling it, a man named A. Brown came in with a white flag. He came nesr to Burton, but I could not distinguish the conversation, that took place. Brown went back and the people then commenced stacking the arms about the north-east corner of the Bchoolbouse, aud we could eee them from where wo were. Burton and three men went in on horseback. Kuew none nt them but Burton. Tbey went along tbe lane. Some other men were Eent for after they got a short distauce. Think about aix went and we went from behind the battery. Thiuk there were from ten to Uvelve men behind the battery. We went right across to tbe arms. I only saw one string of armB. I can't aay at what part o( tbe arms I stopped. To tho best of my recollection, just aa wo got to the arma, X heard shooting uear the Bchooihouse. The MorrisiteB made for the armB. X heard some one say "To arms!" but can't say who made the call. Heard the cull to arma from the direction of the Mor mites. They came 60 near to iho arma that one of them got hold of a thick barrelled gun. X wrenched it from bim. I did uot knew him. This was about the time X heard the shooting. It micht have been belore or later. The shooting shoot-ing was done so quick that X don't thiuk anyone could have counted it. They stopped as booo as they aaw tbe first that got to tbem were repulsed. I then ran across to Bee what the shooting wub. When I got there I saw John Banks lying near the- door of the schoolbouse. Not many feet from it, I also saw Men is lyiuija little soulh of Banks, alo a woman lyiuf near to Morris, toward his feet. X Ban Burton just aa I got to the corner o I tbe tchoolbouse. He was still oc horseback. It quieted down about that time. Aflerwards heard Burton hollow totome men to stop that firing. Xever Baw Burton diemount. X only saw him on horseback at that time. When the attempt was made to seize the anna there were not to exceed live or six of our men ueur the arms, there might have beeu others around. X thought fight when tbey made the rush The condition was perilous. Ol course I knew we were in danger then. Still think so. Cro-a-examination Thought tbe dJDgr was very great danger of these men getting (tie arms. Never saw any womeu or children Iben. Never ' faw any till alter the affair waa over. Ihey were all men thai I saw. Can't nay bow many. Tbey were not armed. 1 here we:e five or six men with me by t:ie arma. About fifteen or twenty rushed lor the arms. We had loaded cuus, bul no bayonetB on our guns, that I know of. X had no pistols. The man I got the gun froai was jehort and I think a Danish mac; be ! had j s' gol hulJ of tbe gun waeu I i gol there. I thought we were io i;re.t danger. Tuiufc tbe gun was ! ituded, because tbe rest were loaded. Can't tell how many were loaded ! Ibink thia w:ia loaded, because some 'of the others were loaded. Ibink .about two luirda were l.aled. D.d ,1101 eee tnem shot oil. I waa tuld so te next morning. Think thry tjld i me tht-y bvl fired the cms ofl and put tliHin in a won. Got the gur way from bim. Gol it away from him ab. ut ihe time of the ehoo'.ir.g Can'i tell who did ihe tbcotirg. To jurors There was no obitruc ' tion between me and Mr. Burton. lniJ my gun down while I wie Ukim ijth-t away from the I'.inishman. :i litem's exn,i:v.ition 'Inerc w.n joti.er Mirr:?nea u ar me at the linn : 1 1 look tne gun away from tbe D mian . j man. Can't say bow many. I wa I ; bvtvixt tno Morrioilca aud the arms HAS5 O. HANSON Was recalled Was on the stand be-fore. be-fore. I was at the M irrisite csmp on 1 the last day of the fighting. Was not one of tne poasf ; was a spectator. I - lived about three-quartera of a mite I below. On Sunday afternoon I went 1 in about the time the breastwjrk i wi bping moved ii. I saw tbe white flag. I went in after ' the m?n who left the breastwork, i I saw Burton ride in wiib Stoddard and Goiding and Croxall. They were I followed by the men from behind tbe : breastwork. They numbered twelve, 1 rilteen or twenty men, not more than that. They followed closely alter Bur ' on. I went in before tbem. I went to 1 the eabt aide ol tbe achoolhouee. Xsaw person addressing Burton, but did not bear tbe words. I was justcomiog 1 n. I aw the person talking to Barton. Bar-ton. I was on the north side ot tbe schoolbouse. I saw Burton turn io a southerly direction from where be was InllctQg to this party; also saw that an inquiry waa made tor Morris. He came presently from tbe west side ol the fori to the east side. Bjrton and party were on the south side of tbe schoolbouse. Morris came out from I the west aide and they met south oil ibe BCbooltnuee. Morris requested tc peak to tne people, and was allowed to do ao if he would be brief aud speak in the interest of peace. H then stepped out and said: "All who will follow me through life, follow," and he started towards tbe Bchooihouse, Bchooi-house, but did noi ?o far. Heard Biir-iGn Biir-iGn cry out "Halt," a time or two, or "Stop the prisoners," and a number ol shots were fired. Saw Burton and Stoddard fire. Did noi eee any one else fire. Perhaps six, seven or eight shots were fired very rapidly. Tne shooting did not take more than six or eight seconds. Tbe people re spondtd loudly to Mor. is' call, and a rush followed. They answered "Aye, aye!" and "To arms." X heard the call "To arms" from the Morrisites. I The Morrisites made a eudden move jment to the north. I was near the south east corner of tbe schoolbouse. The leant part of the Mcrrisites moved to the norib, tbe others moved towards to-wards ihe house, men women and children. Morris did uot take more than a few Bteps. He waa told to halt or "Slop the prieooers." When I saw this movement I was Irightened and thought it wan a very critical moment, and I thought thev wern ruehing for their arms. To juror Did not see any Morrisites Morris-ites get any arms. Xie-direct Have testified to fome familiarity with their faith and at that moment X thought had not immediate im-mediate action been takeu, much blood would have been ebed. The people were strictly to obey Morris' commanda. He seemed to have unbounded un-bounded influence over tbem. By his call I understood be did not intend to surrender, and all but be X thought were willing to surrender, and I thought his intention waa to possess tbe armB. Do not remember seeing more than twelve or fifteen men, wno were just getting to tbe arms to take charge of them. I saw Morris and a woman fall at the first fire, if X recollect aright. Cannot teil which fell first. Her name waa Bowman. Dj not remember reeing Banks shot or fall. Did not eee any other woman fall, had a gocd chance to see all. Mrs. Bowman did not address Burton at all. He seemed to aim at Morris. Tbini Duituti bbuL onca Ol twice. Hid horse became unmanageable. He fired one Bbot right afier the other. Burton did not move far by the prancing of his horse. No one epoke to him while hia horse was prancing. Almost immediately alter the firing he raised himself in his stirrups and in a very loud voice ordered tbe troopa in the north or east to Btop firing. The woman was shot in the neck. I waslookingright at tbe parties, and the woman wa right behind Morris, or had bold of him. Morris waa a medium-sized man. She was on the opposite Bide of Morris from Burton. Didn't kuow ibat part of ber could be seen from the horsemen, X'erhaps her neck could lie seen over Morris shoulder, was well acquainted with bar. Did not see anything on her arms. Did not Bee any other wound. Looked at her after she waB shot. X eaw another woman carried lo the house alter the : firing waa over. Think she was a liltle taller aud perhapa a little older than the olber woman. After tbe trouble was over I waa requested to care for and bury the dead, I was requested to do so that night by Burton. Tbe two women were put in the scboolhouse. Tbe bodies ot Morria and Banks were taken away. There was a another man Bbot in the leg but be was not taken to tbe school-bouse. school-bouse. Ho waa wounded in the leg. Another person waa wounded in tbe bowels aud died thst night, he waa not moved till the next morning. Tnink he was taken to tbe achoolbouae. They were all buried the next day. X was also appointed to look alter liie others and see that they were provided (or and send word lo their friends to come , and take them away. I received provisions pro-visions Irom G neral Burton to pro- , vide for tbe people, lrom which Ibey were eupplied, there being nothing for tbem lo eat in the samp, lhat X could see. Tbe crosa-examination of tbia wit- I ness wsb postponed until ibis morning, and the court adjourned till 0 30 . o'clock. |