Show I 1 of thae grand jury this day amses two to weeks from the time you ou ceru i at that lime the court m waa is very ery particular lar to I 1 impress upon your our winds minds the fact eliat it was aa desirable to expedite bua ineas as speedily edil as possible poi blo the court tool took occasion to call your attention atten liou to the difficulties 1 cu aties under which aich we ve had to labor it told you of the condition of the legis labion it told you of the fact that the Legi legislature lature had not provided proper me ns to nid iia the court in in brici n crim nals to punishment it told you that aside from that that the legi legislation lation was vas of such a character as to ern embarrass barrass the cour court t in the discharge of its duties and that they had given agnen criminal jurisdiction to courts of their own on n creation which by b the organic act can exercise no such jurisdiction ris they had sought to throw the punishment of crimes into such tri bu banals burials rials the court also called your attention to the fad fact that there had bebenin been in connection with this legislation an attempt by persons within this territory to bring the united states courts into disrepute with this people it particularly called your attention to the fact that br bangham aham young the late executive of the territory at the time when N lien lie he was a sworn officer of the government sworn to see that the laws were executed had taken occasion to denounce the courts as vile aile and corrupt also that he had bad taken occasion to denounce all attorneys and jurors of the court and that this was done to prevent the proper and duo due administration of justice in the territory the court felt it to be its duty to repel such slanders that it owed it to the position it occupied and to the members of the bar ni who he were looked upon as honorable rn men n and from its association with them it felt fell it to be its duty to repel such slanders let them come from what source they might this was done for the purpose of showing the difficulties that you and tho the court labored under in bringing criminals to justice aside from this the court took rook the unusual course of calling your attention to particular crimes the horrible massacre at the mountain meadows it told you of the murder of young jones and his mother und and of pulling their house down over them and making that their tomb it told you of 0 the murder of the par bishes s he and potter and forbes almost aimos t within siglin of this court house it took occasion to call names for fir the purpose purpose of calling your particular attention to those crimes imes the fact that they have been corn com cited is is notorious the tha court has had bad occasion to issue bench warrants to arrest persons connected t it with the parrish murder has had them brou brought 11 lit before it and examined the testimony presents an unparalleled condition ot of afra affairs irs it seems that the whole community were engage engaged d in in committing in eting that or crime me facts go go to show it there seems to be a combined effort on the part of the community corn to screen scree li alie alie murderers from the punishment d due them for the murder they have bave committed II 11 1 might call air your attention to the fact that when offices seek to arrest persons accused of crimes they are not able to do so the parties are screened arid and secreted by the community scarcely fec arely had the officers arrived in sight of the town tonn of before a trumpet was as sounded from horn the walls around tho the town tins this no doubt was for the purpose of giving the alarm the officers were there to tb make arrests the officers leave the town and in a short time a trumpet sounds agan again from the wall for I 1 the purpose of announcing that the danger ni was as over witnesses are screened scie ened I 1 others are intimidated by persons in in that I 1 community an officer of this court goes to spring vi mile ile meets the t he bishop of the town asks him about a certain man for whom hom he has a writ lie he having understood that the man was a scribe scrib eln in his office ile he the bishop tells him that lie he has gone to camp floyd while the fact is is the person the officer desires to find is is a at t the time in in sight in the street we ive have ha hero here a bishop lying ling to prevent the service of the process of this court aud ud aiding in in preventing criminals bung eino brought to punishment such are the attempts atti made to prevent v ent the administration of justice in in the j courts officers are prevented from fion making arrests they are thwart wJ upon all points when they seel seek to arrest those persons who should be brought brough t to pur such acts and conduct go to show that the community there do not desire to have criminals criminal punished it shows chos that tha t the parishes and potter were murdered by counsel that it it was done by authority the testimony goes to show that the persons engage ill in conn lilting these murders are officers in in that thai con m ln ty policemen and that they have since since beba promoted pro moed for committing committe commit tm these hellish crimes crimes yi at the commencement of this term of court these persons were v ere seen heen elbowing elbo ing about the streets su eels avith uh the bishops and other dignitaries but noy now they are not abe 0 o be fou found n d I 1 say ay a all it the facts go to show that those of fences were ere committed by officers in that town ton and that there is is a determination to cover up and to secrete the offenders you have hid had sufficient tims time to examine amine those thoe casi casis s more than two days das ago you had all the testimony before vou ill in the parish case and for some cause bause you ion refuse to do any thing your duty is to find bills when ft hen there is sufficient g testimony to satisfy you of the probability of the bartys guilt the court has been patient with you it has given you time time it has endeavored to be patient that you might have ample opportunity port unity to do your duty the court has no desire hut but to do its duty to punish offenders and enforce the law it can have no other purpose or motive if it is the desire of this community that persons guilty of crimes shall be screened and that high notorious crimes shall be covered coi ered up it will have to be done w without the aid of this court should my government desire such things they must send some other person than ilan the one who he now presides in this judicial district to accomplish such purpose the court cares not what hat position persons hold either civil or ecclesiastical if they are guilty of crime it will use its authority to bring the offenders to justice by legislation we have ro no jails no means to support prisoners no means of paying payin 11 witnesses or jurors or other officers of this court jt it would seem that the whole of the legislation of this territory was ivas to prevent the due administration of justice it was these considerations that induced the court to desire you to expedite the duties devolved upon you the court feels that it has dischar discharged gred I 1 its duty it has furnished you every facility for disc discharging bargin yours still youl you make no lie report to continue you yea longer in service would be wrong the public interest would neither be promoted or benefited by it you are therefore discharged fr from orl urther further service service the court will w ill think of the propriety of veni another grand jury for your service upon territorial business siness the clerk will nill issue issue you his certificates fi cates for the tune time you were w ere engaged on united states business the martial will M ill pay you ou if lf it is is e ap e acted that this court is to be use used b by y itus h i c community 0 mm unity as a means of protecting it against the peco dillos hofgen of gentiles and indians indian unless this community will publish its own murde murderers such expectation pec tation will not be realized it will bo be used for no such purpose when this thib people come to their reason and manifest a disposition to punish their ran own hi h it will then bo be tuno time to enforce the he law also for their protection if this court cannot bung you ou to a proper sense of your our duty it can atlease at least turn the savages aai ages in in custody loose upon you I 1 correspondence between the mayor of 0 provo and lug his honor judge cradlebaugh 1 X tso pito 0 tarch 11 1859 18 59 to the honorable Hand rails john cradlebaugh dissociate justice of the supreme court of the ike united states slates for fir utah territory and exo ex o bicio judge of the and 2nd Judi judicial district your memoria lists the mayor and council of provo 0 city bog beg leave lan 0 respectfully to represent that the ity city council have hav e received petitions from the various various wards varda of 0 the cit city y representing that a detachment of the united states troops 6 coops for several ral days past have been be en encamped on the seminary lot the officers occupying 1 the west lower room or of the seminary aryl building buld mg without th tho consent of the coun 1 cil 0 or r citizens citi of thi city and to the no small annoyance arno anno yanco anco of tho the community erectly d estly to intimidate those persons 1 I who ho hava occasion to attend tho the district court row KOW in in sess on in the sem nary iry an and also ren rendering it excer exceed angly difficult for ta officers of the city to pt preserve pie serve it the ae beace beix between een the unruly portion of the le citizens and soldiers several unpleasant circumstances having habing a already occurred and their present ica location lion around th tho og if a mil tary ary interference w with it the municipal i i galation gu lation of american america n citizens couzens ciu zens your memoria lists respectfully pray your 5 our lionor honor to cause causa tho the immediate immedi aie removal ot of the troops now occupying alefi the seminary ard vicinity beyond the limits of the city y and your memoria lists as a in la duty duly bound will ever pray on behalf of the city council B K BULLOCK mayor march 12 1659 to ih the e mayor abad cily council ofa r ov 0 t gentlemen your our letter of the alth dinst has just been received ed in reply to it it I 1 take occasion to say that the movement of a company of infantry to this city and their temporary location here was welt considered before it was as determine ed upon pon it was as a matter of necessity there were w ero a num number berof of prisoners to be tried before my court neither the lern tory nor the city afforded a jail or other place of confinement for them no mo ma manner ner z of provision had been made for their support t or s sustenance isten ance neither by the territory nor your our city to secure these prisoners and to maintain them are duties that I 1 owe to my office and io to them I 1 have ha e adopted the only means left me of accomplishing those objects the tha military compa company kindly furnished be the commanding general both and support these prisoners T that hat this small force should be near the court house or the building used as such is is not only a matter of convenience but of necessity to the court this I 1 will n ill say however ho e er that so soon as I 1 can dispense with vi ith their most useful services services I 1 shall do so you speak peak of their being here to the annoyance of the citizens of this city and intimidation of those persons having baving business with the district court when zihere or in in what nhat manner these soldiers soldier hae shave annoyed or interfered with the citizens of provo I 1 challenge you ou to show A more more quiet orderly set of men meni I 1 never saw ille they eliav e deported themselves ves with a propriety and decorum truly remarkable As to your remark about intimidation a ilow allow me to say that good american citizens have no cause to fear american troops I 1 am gentlemen your our obedient servant JOHN cradlebaugh |