Show shooting OF LEE the journey from prison to tile the Siau slaughter ahter field the doomed man talks arcely to the tribune reporter and tells him some interesting incidents of tile the bloody days he dies game and curses brigham the butcher the last scene on the he memorable mountain meadows special tribune I 1 DEAVER CITY U T march 25 77 i 7 tho the readers of TUB have been apar apprised ased of some or the too most striking fe features attires ot of the locution of 0 john doyle lie alno at mountain meadow on the ibo dinst inthis in thie letter at t length your cor correspondent t ti clabor ola boratt sta tho the tragic accamo morn more minu minutely sad anil portroy portray to tho of 0 tho the reader a more maro vivid virid picture of 0 the dramatic eveita of 1110 journey to lil ilia meadows blea dows and tho the solema vindication of 0 ON TUB thir BLOODY FIELD about p m on the iho lost marshal nelson drove to lo camp oam cam croo ia a closi class cir cirri riago igo nod and requested the prisoner to prepare himself for a jou journey roey na asked permission to tale a bith bath and eulogo his hia clothing which was VM granted that ho he wanted to dio die clem clean loa at first he was to bo be taken to fre ram to bo be shot and BO did oot at know kaow that hit the tent real place ol at destination wie was tho the mountain ilca Me iowa alowa gold the following morning at leeche leechs springs Sp ringi ho he win was told by the 1 mr stokes ila he was wt bly allec ted sad nod exclaimed what gorog to tell olie a mo me to the old gr groach oard to tho the old ground 2 without topping stopping to rest or to iced feed tho the animals the be marshal and powe drove seventy miles milen tho ilia first night mod went ioto camp about 7 the next morning AT lz CZIs where wo we overtook pa patterson therso n nod twenty iwo wo infantry autry in tha ilia sombre combre twilight of OveD iDIZ we WB stealthily turned 0 air IT backs upon the denizens ol of deaver beaver and bended wended our wiy way tho the low rumbling or orilie the carriages carn ngoa and wagons or tho the highway the ibo constant tramping of the largo feet against the bard ground and tho the crack of the iho whips nod adil get lip of the impatient drivers resounding in ia the be stilly night I 1 mado made strange ai nod ad weird impression upon the mood 0 nod nd loro fore boded tho the terrible mission that the marchal nod trusted were going upon every loiso bai as a funeral dirge and every sund ai a deith death knell for tho the old man coiry rod and sory gory banded Z who set bat in I 1 tho lie clodo covered carriage carri aRO taking lis lia lost last rido ride on earth what alra fancies accica filled big bia mind till awl to what hat teat ho he the dreadful adial doom 63 soon awaiting him is ie not for mo me to say eay but bat a more composed compo eed sod dd im hairan being ia such a trying ordeal we wish cotee to ice and many a man maa whom the world calls bravo my may well wih to pass through deaths gate ia as coolly and resigned as ai did this noted criminal crimi nil at leechs sprigg leo alighted from rom the corri corringe oge talked freely to all present of 0 the long drive the condition of the borres and beame no took a few crackers crack cri and A I OF BOLOGNA SAUSAGE from the wagon in ia your cor car respondent todo sit eat down upon D poo the boards already fashioned for his bia eat cot fin and with a cup cop of coffee bo be te la bis big breakfast with a relish and a appetite quito quite amazing to mot ino l of vs us about 8 molook he rolled himself ia blankets and under onder i a ceder cedar tree ho he tabled ond and slept quietly until nearly 2 in the ibo afternoon rho abc only thing ho he complained of was that the boys talked a little too load for him to sleep much to the old mao man lying there lie hi vonly verily tooled looked se BS one who had bad folded thin the drapery of his couch around him and was lying down to pleasant dreams dreama before retching this point ho he con ceased to 10 llev mr atoka that ho he killed fir avo emigrants omi granta and possibly six but as a aim ila evidence in which tho the witness stated be killed a xan man by knocking him oo on the head bead with tho the butt bott of his gua gao ill I 1 KILLED rIL LED he in said 1 I did by shooting them and ever struck either cither with my pun gun or a lab club just belora leaving camp lo lie arose eta ato again itliong bitting on his him blan bets cl and walked waited about the iho ci dimp mp smoking moiling a pipe a and lid crigar ad in a deep thought ho he went to lo tho the carriage riago and rubbed hid big limbs limba tibb oil bad and about 3 p m wo we were on our way to the meadows Moi dows where wo we arrived about 8 wo we had some coma trouble ja in arg tho the spring and leos lees voice could liti babli dih stord from the RO tell bog og where ere the pricia was wall although be b had bad not been oa am the ground tinco since tho the nna acro lie ho or cia not ret get out of the carriage butel but ablert ept sound lyttie night bisen bis cring at times almost ing the more nez cervona deepers blee pers in 10 lis bis vicinity that morning ho be drank a cup ol of coffee mia male over the campfire and aad several times remarked it io conversation that he lull felt as aa calm as a a summers Bum meri morning mor the fo follo iring interview iDlor view hid bad with L leo eo about no ao hour before boiar dawn to the place of act exception which we give K IVO in ia the narrative narra tiTO furnishes a lair fair illustration or of the mans mana feelings sad views or of lis situation leo said caid I 1 fully appreciate my ait bi t u apiou bad and feel as calm DB be ilia earn born mors sun fan I 1 have not full fall letb 10 my religion some homo things I 1 do not dot believe io I 1 LITO have full ful faith in th 0 pure principles of mormonism sod lod am its as strong a mormon as ever me 01 my statement when published will show I 1 wm born bora la ia Its adolph county illinois s sept aft ath 1812 1 lell left nauvoo with the crt company of cormons mormons Mor morn mons mail and was vw iab wibb thorn them in all ol of their bards biris to ja Mir Acari I 1 tried nod to give the call emi krants gran an add 1 opp olied the ibo DIA mise I 1 out tho the only man that d III d 1 I taa with tt ito 0 the tha in di n s were concealed to in llie ilia sage bru brush s h on oa both sides ol of t tho 11 a maslowa Men Me Jowa I 1 saw nothing of it at the ibo I 1 ime I 1 the dead bodies ilia alio next morr end od wl tit my little irdwin boy cloned 10 lo film mountains mouD tain still and be have never liten been on tho the ground biece until saw iw nothing of 0 the ibo property properly until three tarco months afterwards when some of TUE THE CATTLE ED OVER TO 10 mat ia tor for the ho benefit of the indian mr bishop LO be slid end will net get my history rod and la in it I 1 have hate fully ally explained I 1 have on ground moved yem years hi be fore tre tho the I 1 ia company with charley Jal 00 my bonia bon ia 10 lw low I 1 came over oter jo io to the too ton days borers before the massacre I 1 was va hero vilh G george eo 1 go A smith he was below at washington and aej nested mo ins to lo come with him hica climith was to the ibo people abort t saving their braio boil that they were expecting wr war with the united blagoi I 1 mid and spoke of the iho emigrants passing through your re parter naked asked loi loa what G borgo A i buFia efe at t the majoe LOO ellid baid jl 11 you know the situation lilaa tion bad ol al tle the poo 7 I 1 r plo 10 lo asefi at that b I 1 tino ino yon jon would know lot for Re reporter portor dil ho be preach boffilo to the hie emigrants lec ile was visiting ill all the meats a ad AGAINST TER I 1 dont enow iott bo be moot meant thoai particular emigrants le referred red to his hia hir nil as fully ally explaining eipl idio his bia vii vi il to lo ihn meadows lIoa Joffa with giorno A smith I 1 have no DO tight right to ray pay whether lattice other participants in the tha ma acted tinder orders or net imen omo sono I 1 to a tho the around with the I 1 cem sider myself bacri some ot of the swore aitoro to barefaced lips lo in rord regard lathe a the two youria women hato blin swore enora to lo it wb was a lie end to 0 did neph john joba roo POO it wag wa who took tho the flig of trace I 1 went on under onder or airs afterwards to the camp I 1 con can face ilia Mical kir with a clear conscience I 1 d dij id nil all in ia my power to lo save thoo people 1 believe every crery mm man is 11 amo pablo soco c cording riling to I 1 abo be doods done in tho the body I 1 believe a man maa that is pro pared will go fo in I 1 lie presence pr fino sence of he bs god nod kindred spirit Bp irit sod and if not prepared will so go into a prison sly ally parents wern catholics I 1 was wan christ enci a catholic I 1 led feel that lilt illy will continue coni inno to tho the end at least I 1 hope so BO I 1 tool took one coo of the children oh ildren homo home with me mail treated it as 13 my own child I 1 load hid no DO feelings aia icat thi emigrants I 1 regret to leave learo my family weeping 1 I am i a mn man witt like libe pip ioni as others I 1 ilont dont know that I 1 dread tho the 1 of I coming to lo my death I 1 wint want them to make quick work ol of mo me and not to 10 my lim lambb be I 1 be bc dioro I 1 boum giar THE WORD OF ID MYSELF sir I 1 hito bate to lenro leave my frienda I 1 am satisfied DolisE eJ that idabo nill bill was wa on 0 or f tho the ob children ildron saved I 1 saved liim him from no an indian who vilio ball bail ant his chi no lie recollects a grout great deal it I 1 have bavo fifty obil children dreo living and sixta tareo in all I 1 cm am willing willid ff to leave my commies io abo of god gad nelson ins has ed mo me as j it a castleman lie bo las has been very mod bind rod good io 10 me benl enl an I 1 I 1 no to cast on him ue he ill 14 a man ot of bonor bodor and integrity deputy marshal stokes I 1 t very much ill advised 09 ho la very kind 1 courteous and a prompt DIE officer ter in ia tho the discharge ot at lis hii duty mr howard has treated me no ae a father since I 1 have known him I 1 havo have gi given ren my life ifo to mr bishop for or pub I 1 icat ioD ie he is to pay himself and add then ray pay the bo to io my famil families 51 mr r icon ia a faithful lod and h honorable orallo olan niao ile has been a good food friend t to a m mo a during the whole timo time and used lia his beba code endeavors avore ia de defending rending me at this point tha ilia interview called alme etc ool TALKING TOUR TO sin HOWARD uriol during most of the time limo the soldiers and under nadir command of beut patterson P were getting ready to match to the ibo place piece of execution n about halt hall a mile mila from camp 1 la ut eight and sound ot of us as leos lees cotha was put pat together lee lea was conveyed to 0 ilia ground in a government wagon leaded beaded by a squad tt of soldiers ic ia loable double file Sentia ol of Fol soldiers diers were placed around on the different promontories to keep out biot rollers ju arriving at the spot lo 10 for or some timo time eat an under the foot of one of tho the hills on OD the ho right and tallied talked to nelson ard howard RE ne MADE uia 1118 WILL dividing his bia property equally be tween acen his hie three wic and seat bent nice cine and a bat baa dollars dollari to rachel to defray jia his funeral expenses us also aleo mado made a statement to mr howard II oward but bat the purport of I 1 if was wab kept a secret I 1 to io presented his card written john 1 I lice lee mountain meadows ws march 1877 the coffin had bad by this time beau jacu placed io in position nod and the breo dagons arranged together in ia such a manner ui 49 LOCOn coat tho the executioners execution ers from rom view about twenty 6 vo feet distant leo lea walked to tho the collia in company with willi rod and howard rest on 00 the tha arm ol of the mr stokes ne HE FALTERED before to the ilia coffia but then than deliberately threw oil off lie bin overcoat and sat ml down me naturally on the bead on end of the collio as 63 though it was an everyday eatery day marshal nelson read the iho death warrant and leo sat eat ollai and undisturbed ilia hia manner wei ai somewhat abstracted and he bo cooled around at those thoo present ilia 11 a hand tested on oa LIB his looes knees tho the was flu ishad he be chosed cro aej hi bia legs at alo blared 61 nelon asked the ibo condemned man if he bo bil bad anything to say tho ilia prisoner and asked the lego or of keeping his hij hat bat oo on all present uncovered their boada and eagerly listened to the last words of ibis man tho the statement ement baj already been telegraphed but OP OF IT WAS OUT OCT in relation to brigham young in Ep caking bof himself s aa 9 being sacrificed he be said 1 I am a true to liever in the grepel ot of jesus christ I 1 do rot bell or a that is ia 13 beina beier taught sad practice acol j by unshorn brigham young I 1 do da not ciro ro who bogra it aloy aro are my last laet word 1 it is so BO I 1 believe ho he in I 1 loading leading t abo lie people astray downward to destra 0 tion L but ut I 1 bell ore il the ho gospel as 9 it was taught in ia us its purity by joseph jolop A smithia smith ia anys I 1 lakamy have my reasons for or it I 1 to mako make this maos mans brigham Brig bam young will my pIe ples aDri evre tor for thirty ace I 1 now what I 1 have bavo come to this ibis day I 1 levu have been beca in a cowardly and dastardly manner mander ila ho then spoke of 0 the tha felecity ol of tho the evidence brought baiot him and cono laded there is a kind of alln alla rioe charm and magnetic influence which has como come over tho the people and I 1 cannot compare it to ony anything thing else clao than TITE THE chich alarms hm his prey till it captivates it paral it and it rushes to 0 o ibo jaws I 1 cannot compare it to toy thing else idlest it is BO I 1 know it I 1 lam dm of it leo conr com cirod brigham young to the reptile oil cd the iho people to the prey no hid bad evide evidently rilly studied his bis lie was deeply moved mored in speaking of his big family leo ON HIS DIS COFFIN an nod 1 I the iho rev ilav mr stokes offered up a prayer dungog which lime ime trio the conde condemned moed men man knelt marshal blare bit nelson requested the c crowd to 0 o wit with 11 draw after so bomi HIS little delay tile the marshal adjusted the bo handkerchief it aronld alcoa raised loboa bil to ban bands J a over his bill heed bead facing ilia ibo lie he spoke in is a firm v voice plan to the and told the them m not ta lo daniclo his limbs limbe but aim well for big bi baar llo lie was perfectly cool and remarked to deputy marshal pratt prall I 1 WELL brait THIS IS ia lie gave lis his to mr aft howard and his big hat to marshal mirabal marshal nilon then hen ledo bado tile doomed man farewell mapped bick back sad and heady A i ll 11 voice fac in an ibo flo wagon answered I 1 1 firel l irel I 1 Old filmed ilia ibo marshal Ma and john D 1 leo lea was no BO moro forever loro vcr ilia fatt still mill real reeled cd on the groci gronom all and lo le fell without a lengthwise on the li lii lid I of his bil coffin his left hand by his big side nod all was wag over rive 1 ivo balls within the compass of a land binl the heart and te Is giant aioo and toy any ono one of ct iliam would perhaps bavo been distal lol abo billj about acot t distant sloughed ploughed hed up the iho ground to or r about diflo n feet fact ball and ii 0 and dj dd tho the tame same thing nad and then to no go into ilia ground I 1 lees body wan wait immell tey placed in the COM a life ilia month w wis 3 open bad the faco looked pe pale th the 0 baad ago was I 1 lilt oft over his eyes iii ho was wag dressed to in dark daik a sack eack coat nod binl nin BID ON 01 A asser i leo was wa so eo cool anil collected |