| Show s ll 11 M 1 4 anub bw an how stephen A douglass Pou glass sav sand td the life of joseph smith ho who lj what homer calli cali it master laster of nion has tilo will to 10 1 do I 0 the 1110 soul bout tilro tol ro iilo mastership shows hows 11 itself in on an emergency by immediate action in a crisis he tak esthe unit burud turun I 1 lie aale A A scene in fit ilia alio judicial adreen or of tile the late 8 stephen A doux doug lna las illustrates this ihla when he wua will but twenty eight years of aise age tia lie was waa elected one of the judeah of the supreme J aart of 4 the ilia cli circuit cUll 11 lo 10 vich lie wile assigned included tile die mormon set ed ill n tit abid the I 1 instant conflict between I 1 the le auli ita anil and tile gel liles files odeil biado his court house u battlo field it happened ha that tile tho I 1 lemler e ader joseph was 1 eliut ut on trial fur for criminal before judge Dou Doun gido liis tho he people flocked to alio coutt lionar house anxious to see convicted bui qa 1 l pun lahod had be causa they thought him responsible the crimes erlines chArged against Beal nat the cormons mormons Mor mons when it was whispered r I 1 that tile evIdell co not bee u re a conviction it UHS proposed posed that I 1 h at ilia piti zend shou atwould I 1 d enter tile the c court ou rt house bitza bit za smith unil and hang lit hima M A gallows ana built lit in t ahe he court bouso housu yard huil a bolste tous inoa rushed into the court roote cluro tle was about to be tried sheriff culled called out judge droughts Dough ts HIJ aa the iho mot crowded toward the place where smith sat ht ilear clear tile the room tho rhe proceed ing or the court aro are interrupted 11 must keep order derl keenor you had better retire a a d the slier riff lir ft a small weak nian nai trying to carry out ins tib courts order judge ile he ri ai th the mob instead of retiring kept crowding towards the iho prisoner oner they wont go BO out our and I 1 tant t mak e thern them ft several odthe of tho ring ringleaders leaders stimulated by the confes conless loii lon jumped over tile the bur bar find started to nolza ejza they were arrested by judge douglad rising and calling to 11 large lareo who stood at six z feet and a half 1 I ippol it t you 8 6 of if his court select auy aay yz W pullas you require clear tile the court tile law doman dif it rod and 1 I an ai judge of this thid you to enforce tile ho law and preserve the pence peace trie the suddenly sherl obeyed the judges ju J gos orders hastily calli vallenn tig apoll hall A dozen men tu to serve gerve us deputies be knocked down three derulle dei Ulle pitched dix more anoro out of the windows and aad in el minutes room was cleared of tho the inoa who eeling the ailt feito of their heir leaders adura le amperes m out of the door judge douglas Dougl Hs prompt action pro vented a murder aud and secured it a air trial rial to the prisoner but he had bad no s umed ao an authority which did not cot be belong tong to him As aa the duly appointed sheriff was present ho had no no legal fight to appoint any one to act as sheriff lie he knew that before he spoke poke but a delay would have seated sealed yin Suri ltha litha fate lie he took the ros i anti and met inet tile the emergency by tit aliu immediate action which pre 1 vented a murder youths lout hs comp companion anio I 1 |
