| Show THE TRAGEDY I 1 joseph norriss word to cirigliani 0 anti and lion it was received THE FINE FOR FAILURE TO MUSTER ahey were robbing tho thes people 0 their substance the act A C t that drought oil tile the 1 aho lie attack A on oat the ho canali lillo tho thas call to sua render was read and without Ne beatice atice editon iu our last wo we gaya you ca account a 0 the ihu morrisie Mor rishe trouble as frow from abo t he 0 u I 1 Aldo I 1 de send it ILI thia letter to give a baura raura full ILC count of tile tho bolts native mailer from the ibo so lo bide Tta tt seems renis a remarkable marUbIo re thing to us os wo we should bo be writing to the renders render of Titi DeNz of heretics nod heresy antl and of 0 tho the attempt pl under our one republican government bour of our local priesthood ot of suit lake city to put to booth lit it 11 way bundra doof of men women ind and children chil diem in order to their soul souls und and we sincerely hope that niso or this lit in the history of if tile the ages to ca come am will ninn limn hase to write of M my alio 0 of I 1 destroying bodies lei older to savo their souls nett r again too bo out of tile biou tie afi vf tl cruet anti bigoted priesthood wo we trust eliat this 14 the lt fast c set that kind of thing brad we inist uy boy to make it so be atis 1 14 pone gone but bill HO am uius not nast forget that but wany of those abo o ulio be ceru ere ahli I 1 1 tools to carry on oila I 1 lila his edictal yet hold prominent places in the co unseld of tile church used aru are seeking poll political power potter to carry out oat tile tho of old hatreds Iia trudi as ii far ir la as clr com stances viii M lit possibly permit penult JOSEPH monnis was a rue member niber of tho the latter day saint church and also belonged to tho high bests 1114 of a roll 1 ritual nature Imp lashed illan continuously elih vol the scent great need of reform in ID tile tho church and lie ho found no DU roat rest till he cut to Brig harn booi lox li ion hll his feelings to joint him on the alj sac it Is is needless needier to buy bay that lots ia ot with a very coarse reception beld OE lD WB too coarse fur for us to pub lIbLe in this letter idler there WAS no blood atonement in Morr lt refu refuigo Ig ItIC aleua ILS or brighum would have alin him blue somo scale attention lou a moo it wui was ho be drove him uv ns its uko did evory every moin mcm fiur be e of tho ilia up und and gave instruction lo 10 all alo nut to let him roni atilia la ully liny of that or settlements lu in congo tills order fur for three feitis lie ho had many temporary lomp tomp cot till la in Octo october larr woo ho he found shelter wille mr richard cook at thim bishop or of south weber word ward abo be invited morris to stay with john him and under his bis protection yot not for any religious reason but bec iuso richards richarda father lead his children in early curly youth never to turn a stranger front froni their door bud bad found a homo home nut but flome so 0 nice men in I 1 it the w board urd lead instructions from tho hand of caden city rodni to drag him tn in tho river und slid others otherwise ise abuse abuan him so BO as aa to drive him bile out from that pi ico also lo in stend of doing this ebli they told tile tho project to bishop cook and bacanto tho the friends tit of morris ever afterwards tho the rumors of the tales meadow tragedy tho the blood of 0 lien cut doctrine of the reformation send edit the ah condition cand tina of the iho church vocie in thue those days of deop deep to the people still acro ucro ere taked OT to or ut ILL paury P cry fire aldu und cabb n heavy cloud 0 f r tho spiritual aspli it hariton of the ilia balanti and one that cloud remains to this ihl hour houi tho the mornion mormon people peaple in and ot themselves do not enderie auy such was not ousted his friends in crea crutti cruthied ed tho month of november ber and january trade imd assay stud brigham madis MOVE TO PUT DOWN the supposed schism in the church though not as aa yet u not lt as a katins tatins baled on tb the I 1 fill of february Kebr uary ho he so sent lit up to weber u K of at tw amo lohn taylor tile tho taro lale president of tho ilia utah church und and wilford its 14 present president in 10 enquire into the condition of 0 coohn ward ard slid mid abil joseph morris was wu data doing thure tills this came accompanied by lot smith said and sellout twenty of his hl mm men aenied with re olvera oud and knives us ug wu was the bestow in it trobe days this lot lob smith and company wore tho the nice who burned ilia Govera munt supply ot of johneas John was army when they uro tere coming to utah aud and compelled tho the troops to etoy ut bridger during tile alig winter inter tire tho object of tile tho apostolic colo attee bringing those along with them thein seemed to be to TUC TUB of bishop cooks ward SO 60 that they would 1 I to any that tho church eight tec onas ot lit to impose upon them for up to flint ditc date no man bad dofred to differ with itie firlit presidency dently and to utter offer his differ anees in public fall all up kill to that ehno whatever v conviction might have boen been bud bad kept them to till aboy found I 1 boor leaving the territory tho the ot al communication of lawrence and golotto was waft santa them after this and for another cause cafeo but those who knew um tile history of the gobbo und and its treseL ment by way may remember ashou that hint HI at that tbt if almo t connors troops wore on tho the curt cast bench beach und slid muy by contrast realize the ilia situation vf of the Morri sites when ahen they expressed disbelief in tile tho prophetic unless of hal young thero there etro tie no troops jo lotho the ter territory eltory at that flow no liberal puny party no DO federal officers oft leor front from daboul they might expect Byirt or solo vp port they knew well wall that lives were forfeit fur for the Hind stand for liberty of 0 sake that they then took look the chief abler spokesman of the committee ovals jab re tay cuylor tar elder woodruff bud little cosay to friy cuylor lit in ills morris as eta aa importer aul and brig huni all boan taylor buld hu be know was a 11 prophet Iro phot seer used und revelator lilor hero was thu the att would that or of south aubur beur the serum let it bo be uld said lu in kronor to those seventeen it Is ere and women that they lei IH but firno language declined at even ilia comb or of their 11 chck ca for so some oma of about worded their do olsion ol titon to accord to brigham it abo a tills of fit prophet yur and revelator th they my were wI lIfts to 10 him uj as tho lien president of tire tho church elm rob but not bs as a prophet prop liot this will sound like peculiar rad luff to some ot at tile tho readers reiL lerk of but it wit upon this abl pivotal heresy the iho mor mar rilles horo ore to bo be excommunicated heresy calls up painful lo in the bictory of 0 the world tits all MATTER or wo we will try to make this mutter matter of a little plainer kloor lu in soma nome rural it U abo vollon army man on oa the street that ho he snows that jesus has ba saved him tile the methodist testifies that he knows that lia ilia 10 lo uro are forgiven in the batly al yet lys of tho the murwon church the saints testified that they buy know that tile thu work was wi truo true and that Jobu josuph till benith was a true prophet proy hul so 0 o at ai t thu be this limo a of at w m blob blah we wa write jos josph joseph ph smith Is bani e ing rono mud Ur iabani baana balf his bit successor I 1 1 it wil nut not only usual but because imperio 1 lu tire the word ward mettle s its for fa members la in good it to testify thit that they knew chat libat Brig harn wai a pru phol gear and rovela l jr this tall was put to bishop hop cook used his people as a the tott test of fellowship IQ in the church thoy they refused tho ilia tort tobt and como cause luemly had to bo be dealt with to la twice way fr ties crime of 0 heresy for a few conde there was wag a profound silence in tile ihu tie alia ca nin allee lead met that bud bad never before occurred to the church and therefore the th silence wit ani broken by in eta old man of lem nuiko auto of sati anding up und slid giving divine his opinion in tho the follow luR words wll brethren I 1 I 1 see kee no way tu to tit do wit elih h tile tacho people according to our rules rule a but to out cut aud and lay toots away in tho the bruah wim wait another knoth fer pause slid and bishop cook fd by sl chuc whir uni ease I 1 A am I 1 bunder under the ing hag at 6 that united ataee republic lad and um ain I 1 u elli tiou of 0 that LOverni neut or aiu I I 1 among amone so acu aci jhb of ia cooks save joba taylor the opportunity to sy ay iy that ha WM not la in favor of sets ox ex wea measures BJ As bud been bea proposed but it the ibo wilder milder form of cutting off air stitch was simple excommunication from the church till this was wa on the lith ot of february abo bud no possible til lurn lit nt at abatt flow lo in church cap kiclty lud lind such a proposition be booco ca mado lil deop took cook would not have assented absented to any such thing hot but by tit abo 0 cocoa is of april so 0 o mostly friends had gathered around norris morris unit und tile now had so 0 o many adherents hs hot ulra almost to doornail demund an tion tho the of tile people led ld alini lay ay laid find tile inspirations of in orbed tile lika idle so on tho the fill of april 1101 six iq were tho ilia first to be baptized sad lu in icek ock probably 4 bundred isadre velo added tu to U number noli bT juseph worries never ta sent a entire to outside llo ilia indeed atah it thin under tender ta highams rIg hams reign isau ill Is lve bee it I 1 llo lie cover sought to lo 10 make but tho ito people went to lo blue bin fron from sail pete li in t 1 0 bouth caulle valley in tile coal it sum solo lull county lit in ilia cost auit unit tactile lei in tire ft cat haftl of land and othar property properly they could riot not bell they hitched lil up tip their datovo tillit block before wool up to abo tile abor asa As j who whole lothe aliu cuip rap wua wits rich to lo cattle thu country noah on oil ilia north and on oil tile south was unoccupied lead land ca cohered ered vo alth ith a beautiful growth at 0 bunch arvai which formed rich n fur the bierd that for soma time took look as als many us ui alv men to liard lc it I 1 lu in the month of a III plan a to wit IA lold tit to forcibly break tie u tho the a oina P it so nut like other oilier church movements a manalang plan but did not DOL succeed the clarn ur or square ou on ilia inside of the ibo kimt irl ant ni as if I 1 ir raining place fur tile tilo of off nil the neighboring settle gienis cut they lre to 10 gather there at ii a given dato date and ami tho the Mor rhotes were notified to join them for drill purposes puri iones iho 1110 however bad a moans of finding find lui out that abrl hams men lad had thus 1119 planned two fk na its to got atit a laro number of armed men luto into the iho furt fort without sinal and then on memo honio pretext pick a quardel edth some of the mot KILE MORRIS nod and sonio sonia or of lots his rotunda and dl als spero item baiunco the day cause and tire abu risen anen cattle camo in goodly num numbers berd bill beat the ibo determined nut not to be seen BOUD und and not to train and thus give five va meet no chance to QU arel willa none of the Morr holles were sown they ull all kept carefully carr tully hidden lu in the log boubis tire tho otner after n few minutes ofa ot Q cassea among therus till ca in abo center of the square begun began to that tauy were in a trap of their a own u tie uble I 1 1119 that the Mor rites could lei in a few ow indian have killed them ill all clo tho the clinks of the log IOK house it took but is ii few unior they realized till they oil nil loft left and no training as dean that tiny ilia iho regular fine for neglecting to drill adt dollar lot smith was the to Col collect leet tile bluwal llo lie began with bl morris orris used and then the la beat soe known among join til followers follower there wat no lie in the lines flue thirty forty oily or stiff sixty do ollars ai they alicy abight bap pOse the man load cuttle or boo housea to levy upun upon or money to pay this was continued till hundreds of dollars worth of mock buru lukco had this process continued the abe sheriff bould lanese have taken all the people bieu abo decided that it vo nuj Us talao to hotop when smith coarsen agala ho he wanted ut of u man gnau named learned purk park a valuable hurse and iboa informed that first bo be could riot not have him Swi smith denied emed of abu cot awro abuy without tile thu hordo und returned tows lu in wore were in his bis own words waste them auau islets meant tuko take all they LAVO havo nod and mulu make lberts utterly desti t toots ho be finally ho he bacco oded jn jet bojo whole smith sall coaxed cealand to tolia property note followed him I 1 in n tho narna ot at tire tho tholia jaw liw but desperadoes and cattle thieves book around aru uil tied camp anil and battlo batile and boro asere eru hioko in this bbate of tit log tinne WAS WAB 0 ha O possible for the ibo MorrI sItes all they could do its to guard with greater vigilance shot ft hat they bud left till in ILI tto tie oaring of 1802 u that gave s brigham Uil ihna ilia iho opportunity to pro judge money and acted up tile against tire Morri sites it was I 1 fur r tile tho Morri sites to send nond grain to the intilli ut at Kny hward to bo be ground into flour und da be the enill won slav orul miles fruit from tile iho camp abe wore were helpless help lext to lo defend themselves a ives uben mil tucked by sumo some of ilia outlaws wo we havo have spoken or of bell and aind grain were token front from thorn them tile returned to ami the people ero ere out of broud broad and thoro there anns its nothing to dri do but to go and recover tile wagons anti and tile alio grain and it lidd hid to bo be dono done without dulay dilay di lay A pobo of oc wea to bring back the motion und tout only brought balk back till ozone but two tiro men la ire whose posse possession they found thorn them it seemed to morris tho the only thing ho he could do waa as to hold bold these wen for an lillo till ho he should got somo serum more wheat ground und land complete sonie some outside business that was iraa imperative for tile the camp to bat bate 0 docio one jio jim ther efura lead bid tho the two soon men unlined in tan nu old log cable ono one dug du out a pus under tile floor und nod IOK deal n to 10 belt bait lake city to get by ot of jaw few ilia his no Q older will its issued it aud or request of uny any kind to liberate the man or bo be would cold bno bao liters sut set free two men luau of note lot smith aud and J audun stoddard durd with moods of bole cumo cattle lei in a friendly wiy to the caturi lit tiny any time judson had quite a number of friends thore thero was in command with burton attire at ibe timoor tile battle it wits was while co him lu in person pt run that the tbt Morri surrendered rod ho used lilb very influence after the surrender to prevent Alood lied load aqil base lit alit friends und and ibo 1 14 1 ilia thou though gle hurlon dad he did Is he by no curried carried oila his full of seeding such bubb a man we OA to liberate liber the man mail detained bilbo morris ties brigham had bad kinney writs fur the ilia arrest of flo ao 00 ran joseph morris jolla joba banass richard cook land tuo to others judson studdard called around one oa day its a he be frequently did to tabe bill hi LIU in ill john ban mud presented him blai the vo hit B auks sold that ui as far r ds as be ba was cancer tied ile he should pay Do no regArd to it but ho he could riot nut answer for or tile other moon banks might no as well haroleen ha ahro becq arrested 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