Show thieves great reat and small at tile the time the mormon ormon leaders perpetrated pet rated the echo carion canon folly eviden aviden still visible a band cc era of which are was vas organized by direction of bria brigham t ham young but bitt under the abe immediate supervision and control or of daniel 11 II wells whose duty it was made torlang to hang around the advancing force under john om an and harrass barrass them continually by stealing the stock hect necessary sary in hauling the supply trains there are arc connected therewith which go fir far to discredit tile the maxim of honor bonor among thieves I 1 at least in ill its application here the organization of such a gang was by no means a matter of difficult accomplish ment as the material necessary was lit at land hand ready prepared it was wag simply to withdraw from their usual avocation avoca ion ol of robbing emigrants the villains who ordinarily dina rily ha haunted tinted tile the routes of travel and set them thein to prey upon at atal and al capple the forces ol of tie united states instead of individuals is as was thir th ir wort wont men glen were welle doubtless sele selected cled whose known familial famili ui ity with hu business siness of this peculiar nature ien tendered dered their success in the highest do dorce degree L certain the result was all that could have bare been hoped by them the most ardent rebel and arrant horse home thief in the land even the most mosbe a prophet himself it is known that not less than from two to three thousand lead bead of horses mules and cattle were thus stolen the latter hitter ty or of private individuals in government employ dirven into to this valley aud and turned over to the agents 0 of the trustee in trust this stock was herded during the following lowing winter and in the spring driven up tip and sold at public auction in salt lake city the proceeds bring being turned avi i oliu oli j thu sold were ii aed ed by the people io 19 their movement south shortly aftel 7 in rabid ore were used med by the sol soi disant governor fur a par purpose pezze not nac necessary to mention here and the ballance bil lance under an arrangement 6 to that effect were re tui guined ned to the officer then commanding I 1 at camp floyd it was made to appear by these sanctimonious followers foll ol of chiist that tile the miserable tennant ol of their ill gotten herds thus turned le ie were all that hat remained of the vast number stolen the rest as they said having starved to death during the previous winter winter 1 this whole hole N transaction perfect in Ine meanness anness and villainy us as it itis is shows very clearly the inordinate avarice of these I 1 la scally by hypocrites po crites and thit that while ahil 0 the seers prophetic eye scans the relia ous horizon it is not without an 0 c 1 signal dional 0 oblique glance to the profits which descend into antu his own capacious pockets not a dollar of the proceeds from 1 tills hit sale alluded to above everton ever touched ched the bichl itching ing palms paints ol of those who did the more dangerous di part 0 of f the dirty woi k ti ue a few worthless frames ot of what had been ani nials were generously given to tal tain oi of the faithful scoundrels batall but all that was worth having ot of which gov eminent could be degraded delra ded beut into the coffers of the man of Ti things or his I 1 yet how bow many poor wretches have bare been slain within the last ladt tun ten years in utah under the specious plea that thai they t horse whose hose only crima toward slayers was aas as there is little reason to doubt that they did not IllI pursue kistle their avocation on oil behalf or of the chereb churchard Chur Chi reb chand and become jackal jack alij to hunt prey the for lion ol of the lord y |