| Show TESTIMONY or philips being sworn says he lives in provo that on oil the bunday sunday of tile the murder he was at a meeting in the street in provo president snow president of this state and other 9 preached from a wagon their preaching about that time was pretty much about apostates and persons persona going to leave the territory and how they would be disposed after of after the sermon snow enquired it if there was an any body going to springville Spring ville that day A amaloy man y the name of said he av was is going went arent up and snow handed him a letter and told him lie wanted it to be delivered to bishop johnson that day ilay without fall fail and nailed rei took that dead men tells no tales Net bercot took tire the letter we know but little of the church arrangement aran 11 gement lemerit in regard to officers but from what we learn the president of a talce stake is a I 1 person 1 erson placed over 0 er a great number of bishops and receives his orders from president brigham young and the 12 apostles and through him 0 O orders are arc dispensed to the it is also proper to say bay that a mr bell testified that he received a letter from president snow on the sunday of the murder to be bd delivered to bishop johnson at springville Spring ville which he says he be was not able to deliver until the day after the murder ile he says that it was delivered er ed to him out of the stand in the bowery in provo prove the probability is that the letter delivered to 10 was the sunday before I 1 and that it is the same letter held by bishop johnson in his hand in the co council uncil meeting 7 when hen lie he said that they would yet see the blood how flow continued on second page C lam f in fourth page or OF j WARREN WA 1 I TERRITORY OF 1 rova roi utah count as ad J judicial u ai cial district districts J zephaniah 3 warren being dul duly 7 sworn esais as follows I 1 am fifty fiat seven years old I 1 cale to utah in it the vear v ear A D 1832 1 1 came ame from iowa to this thie territory I 1 settled e d in n t the he town of nIlle utah count when he ri I 1 came into this y valley alley and have resided there ever since with the exception of about seven even months absence in california in ia the vears ears and 1837 1 I reside at springs lle now on my in vay vav home f from orn Call california fOrDia in the spun of ISSI I 1 heard of the murder of the ti two 0 Parn Parris suea hes and potter the day I 1 arrived at springs tile I 1 saw the I 1 lace here they mere murdered Seeing the flace lace and the appearance of blood I 1 became somei hat excited excite and spoke very reproachfully of the leading men or of Spring springville ville how ever tried to reconcile my wild mud enough to ty toy until I 1 could dispose of my property and get away with my family I 1 did not noat t s say al much to anybody unless I 1 was wa a ginterr interrogated e during the whole season I 1 heard beard of many throats bein being thrown out against we in the ine eting house by the overseers overseers but I 1 did not use much caution I 1 was thrown off my guard by supposing that lat they dare not touch me in the latter part of august livas I 1 w as very feeble I 1 from a severe cold so that I 1 iv was as confined in n my ay house and in bed much of the time on the ni night ht of the aist of august 1857 1837 1 I mose arose irom from my bed and applied some nied med acne acne to my tys nv which aich occasioned great pain durin during the time a person knocked at my door fb I 1 bade ads him come in two men come in william johnson and oliver mcbade they asked me it if mr warren was at home 1 I told them I 1 was the man but was very I 1 feeble they told me brother earl wished to teg see me a few minutes just here I 1 said bald I 1 would not go but auld try to see him in the morning if I 1 was able they said they were linemen men and brother earl told them it if I 1 do dia id not come willingly they must brt bring till me by force I 1 insisted on them to wait tiff my ton toll would come home as I 1 did not want avant to go alone they said they would not dot wait and that I 1 must and should go immediately immedi atly I 1 rot con scions of any crime and was baa not afraid to eo and it if it was not far I 1 would do my best beat 10 1 went out into the street in company with these tv two omen men I 1 found six six others standing in the street there names were wilber J earl sandford fuller abraham durfee daffee john curtis cu r its lehi curtis and simmons P curtis they were all armed A ith pistols knives and guns liia earl told me to and go with them wilt out of the city gate I 1 told them I 1 would not go one step without the kno know ledge of 0 the public earl seized me by the throat baying damn your old id heart if you speak another loud word applying his hi je to my iny throat saying 1 I will cut cat your throat on the a ot ay they then johnson and earl to took me by I 1 force ce a and d d dragged ra g me on the ground und hoisl moat of or the titine time I 1 for r a about sixty rods through the gate gatet they aey then suddenly stopped aal some one said there Is some same one coming damn him stop him stop him tv avio a ran back and the other sue six threw me into a feni fen e ditch earl then seized me by the throat laying saying you ou damned old american you will a ever write or talk any more about people that have ban been murdered they then all but one left me and held a private conversation on the other side bids of the road lasting perhaps an hour then six of them came back and eirl earl said we a e have concluded to let yon live a few days it if you will avill now swear be before ion ore us that you will nei never er divulge e what has ha been done to you to night to any person and go 90 within a day or two and settle up your tithe KS as all men in n these valleys have now got to be I 1 tithed we have declared war agaid agabi tt the whole world and at any time we can put you aside very easy I 1 did promise that I 1 would go and settle my tithing that they required i ad they then all addressed me one by one advised me ine to male make friends with avith the cormons mormons Mor mons never to write any more or try to make myself as one of the gentiles they then left me A short time after I 1 went to the bishop and tried to settle for my tithing the bishop became so co much enraged at my talking to him that I 1 could not settle that time and I 1 never tried again until the spring of 1858 the bisho bishop then appeared in a very pod good humour and soon ta told me av what h a t my tithing was wag he ha did not take my note supposed he be had forgot it since that time I 1 which was about the th time the army come in he always appeared very hostile sending me word to come and settle up my tithing I 1 always told the men he sent that I 1 never would settle the tithing that I 1 had be been forced by duress dures sto to say that I 1 would in order to save my life signed Z F P WASHES sworn and subscribed before me this hy day of march A D 1859 JOHS JOHN JUDGE AFFIDAVIT or ALVA A WARREN TERRITORY OF UTAH provo city utah county a g second judicial district bior 5 alva A warren being duly sworn n says as follows I 1 am twenty two years old I 1 am the th son of zephania J warren I 1 came to Spring springville ville with my father in 1852 and have resided in Spring springville ville ever since and reside there now on the night of the ot of august 1857 1 came up to my fathers father a house just juit as two men william J johnson neon and oliver mcbade were bringing my father out of the house bouse my father asked roe me to go with him I 1 said aid I 1 would the ile two men said you reed meed not eipl go we are a not A going to hurt him hila 11 I 1 we went at t till I 1 came to the other six six men and then william johnson said you cant go any further we are not going to hurt him I 1 stopped and they went on till they got opposite poli te to earls house and I 1 heard a noise that 1111 I 1 thought was wag fathers voice voice and I 1 went on down to where they were and lehi curtis ordered me to be taken back and john curtis came and took me back bout about one hundred and fifty yards ards from where they were then and john curtis curti and myself here till father came back then T t 0 father and I 1 vent home 0 t and william john el and called for fo go and oln er r i came ent with them to earls house mr me and I 1 v up and the made me promise w never er to say ar any thing about it signed ALVA A LVA A IV sworn and subscribed before me this day of march AD 1859 signed jo JNO judge ac AFFIDAVIT Arri DAViT or OF the following affidavit it will be observed cd is ig given gh en Avit hout the name the reason for ito the name of the dialer is that lie he is ia residing in in springville Springy Spring illo ville has his property properly and family there anil and begged of the judge that his name should not be made public until lie he had bad disposed of his property and could got get to where here he be could have his family protected hichi lie he intends doing as soon as refuses to allow us to po possible pos sibe the judge use ue his name as his life might thereby be endangered ED TERRITORY OF UTAH ss utah county being duly sworn says it he e has lived hied in spring aville since 1853 wa vas s there at tie the tune time the Parris hes and potter potte r iv v ere a ur dered had a conversation conver tion a short time before the murder with moses daily jr he said that they had been ordered never neter to let the Parris hes go out of aprin sprin ville or the territory said sai yo he called on me in e to join them I 1 told tod him I 1 would not that I 1 did no such jobs lie ile then said for gods sale sake no not t to tell of it lie ile said the orders were from orson hyde orson llyde hyde had just be been preaching aching at spring ville three or preaching four days gre aya af arda s daily came to roe me again and said I 1 am glad of one th thing I 1 they have ha e shouldered off care of f the t parishes hes onto some body bod else ile he appeared glad that he had got rid nd of it and further saith not sworn to and signed before betori me this let day of april AD A D 1859 JNO cradlebaugh judge 2nd and judicial district i |
