Show v speech of the hon hen J B weller before the coroners jury in the case of the hu minder der of dr J K X robinson Eo binson with permission of the curt court gentlemen of the jury in accepting tho the position assigned mo me by the court I 1 submitted a few remarks larks indicative indi catho of tho courna kiich I 1 intended to pursue A mot moet atrocious minder had been committed upon a peaceable and citizen A physician of f high standing in his profession and of unblemished character had been do dc coded from his fits famil family between bricen the hours hour 11 of D 11 II and 12 at night urlene under abo pretense afro of relieving r tho the auffie suli brings ringa of a wounded man set e up upon in ty by a band of assassins and inhumanly ly murdered As might bo be expected tho the foul 1 deed pie laced ced ortence excitement in the 1 I co corn which I 1 baij could only aly bi bo c alia ed by a lull full complete I 1 end and as ae fir far as aa possible thorough tho roush investigation I 1 said that v we e who were citar chargin ch god iirth ith vin fio krould stand ES far as possible oos sible above this excitement arid and cali calmly gly and ana dispa dispassionately elicit all the fasti connected ti with ith tho the crime I 1 said hirtler hir furt lLer ber that I 1 go into tho the ease case without fear fiver favor or affection and solely for the purpose of tile lie truth tile tho whole truth I 1 said chii ii was as duo due to tho the reli thea es and frien u s of tho the deceased arid and also do d o to tho great city in which tho the enormous crimo crime had bren committed i I 1 knew ind arid fully appreciated the taco ability of tho position out but to hare a shrunk brunk fron from it stoid ahro botn aci n an act mica ua worthy 0 0 ti tta tio o name which I 1 lays 1 1 cm 11 dear de avrel rel to nia ma britain amo at my iny fello fe 1 I 1 I amon 1 1 so gojio threats of viol erco orco lava aso b 12 wo duri j tho 1 11 of abo case wb 11 n ou on I 1 wiil 11 I 1 alow allow no 0 to 83 my Y I 1 ha hari 11 had a a n no 0 a enco ence what whatever eier over my cou coni contact lct Act noo aa in e ahoi h 0 1 t of tho the hand of the hasain m can pre prevent vet n mo me froni from the perl armance of P lat I 1 conceive to be a pital a auty aty gertle gertler r eu of the ho jury let us look for one moment at the circumstances connect connected with this ciao is by bj VW to testimony 4 dr Robi Ro biriton ngun aged 1 31 I years L lsd d reside in this kity city for w three yc asna having previously been a attacked tacit 1 to tho the militate mili y forces za a a surgeon geon ile ho w a cn an amiable quiet chretian chri tian universally loved and respected in icet ho was i barr cd to a yong lady ca cf t 10 13 years yeara chono of ODO of our abet estu estimable mable families ascertain ascertaining rig ng that certain property upon which tho warm spring 13 fojta this city wits wiss wholly un bocc ri I 1 1 and believing it to be a poi tion of I 1 thi public jannain da Jar nain locates on it and proceeds to improvements aitho 1 any arvi ous notice vi cat an n armed dorco of of tho the police is sent out act by orl or of the city author ty who destroy his js buildings arid eject front tho the promises premises ile ho appeals e cala I 1 as as tte tle bounden duty of a goo good d ci citizen tizell TO tho the brgan biml tribunals tribuna 13 of i anco alce for foe redress durant during 1 1 the of he ati count counce ea raise inise ti taj 11 lull tion score thi chief justice of the 00 cral V court ourt that the city because of tho the nan of certain acts b hid bid id no lagal ex is ti a question wu ra fully ar arsted aed ar aci on the loth dey ty of october Oc tm judge decidedly decide dl ui aver of the city dr robinson gave no free intention intent ioa to appeal on alie alth h day cf october a lowll baoming saloon lovinc I by b tho the doctor vaa destro ej ed by a gang ofa of 0 or oren 9 cen c en pr orrt t of r choin botn wore disguised lor for this act performed at a midnight a of persona acio i a arroa arrogated ted an aej on tho the dai da aln etain ined ed befaro tho iho district court the tha chief of an aal two of his subordinates os as parties in this affair arid and bound over by abo clief JuR justice tice the first in tho the um bun BU n of 2000 and the he ther other W two 0 in tho the sum each on saturday tho the 1 etli dr robinson under andor the arico of his counsel goes to the lon ionio of tho 10 lo ME air or to give lotice that ito ha intends to hold the city for the which lie lia had sustained sus timed by the wanton destruction of his property the mayor as soon as aa lie ascertained w A ho to ho he w as rd r d bam ti 6 leave his louse locso great m re is talen by tho the mr troph to chronicle this act the next morning in tho the fol following loiNing terms AS WEM WELL the admiration for zebra napoleon ard reopard pard on fr anday iday night was out by the greater admiration admiration for dr ball ulley nucy as ho be cleared from the may ors house yesterday 38 erday afternoon noon ilia his honor hail had y to open tho the door direct his fingor arid and the man of pills and bluster with ith a graco grace that fairly eclipsed little leopard under tire tho admirably admirable direction of bar tholo mew 11 on the vry rry r ry next say day oj after ler this ibis publication between ilia hio hours of 11 1 and 1 18 p in I 1 a roan man goes to the house of tho the doctor after it ho had retired to bed wakes him up tells him that a brother of his jones had brolin his le leg g by tho the fall ofa of a mulo that ho he wai guilt ring beij much and required his pi ional r 0 sei o vices immediately tha rho doctor hastily alnorson ln oRson on hu hia clatl clat fres tsa and proceeds with ith tins this man upon what ho he regarded a mission of cercy at a N its as struck over tho the head two blows b with some sharp ara then immedi immediate atell shot through ao a brain tho the shriek of tho the doctor whan 3 WM was struck and the report of the pistol pisto beia by a number of witti witnesses ceges T no io gentlemen iu i a boarding house distant front from the scene of tho the murder about 1150 steps who had not ct retired to bed hearing tire the noise stepped to tho the window arid and taw saw three men running 9 to tho the east at full speed T they hey wont went do down donn nn stacie aril aal in a vory very fow few minutes found tho the murdered man one xema remaining ining on iho file ground grid arid and the other mr wimmer goes to tho the city hall for the police polica ila iio finds the fire affria of his men sit sitting t io by tho sto stoye a all 11 of whom had shortly before 0 returned from arini the circus chrem tho chief directs HI men to go bowa at ones once and the tart tor arid and then tham retires to boj bed at tle 10 lo l o ac scene ene of tj o on of 1 ra ra n goes oes for pr dr ormsby 0 a da attica 0 aisemo aso m 0 40 yaras who is i too much to t ly wt out other phy tor eiliana gent cent for acho arriva in ia ado timo time tire body ia i to hall soane filly fifty yards yarda in the tha rin whilo the poor wife is anfor wd of the anui luidor nu der idor oo 00 wildly wildly rushes to the ista upon tho the it it ovill cf the body to the h juse lanin car orivl to tho the bouse aal annl ia an expires previous to mas th the frettim rutn n to the city butali iad retiro retire to ben bed ono witness saw ono one of the ho run artio nipa I from tho spot toN towards ards the north northwest awu t VIV 1 witnesses saw threaten thred th men running towards cut turco itu esses saw three men run 11 south makiri in all seven men at least engaged in tho murder some of the witnesses saw the assassins at a distance of four or rive five feet alo spot selected for the deed was on tho tha corner of one of the most public streets in the city tho the moon was wa at its full and ono one witness says saya it was light crogg mccugh h to find a pin on the ground 11 between tire tho place of murder and the house from froin which he be was decayed decoyed de coyed is as I 1 have said steps between these ese two points on the samo amo side of tho the street there are five dwelling houses nil all occupied by families ond and tho the opposite side the same number the nearest dwelling house bouse to tho the murder is 40 feet the shriek which preceded tho the reporter report of the th 0 pistol was heard beard at a distance of steps tho the chief of police goes oes to tile the 0 of the it murder the third day after the mayor ii I 1 informed i n f or of tho the murder at 10 the n next 01 day a after it occurred an and upon this evidence I 1 have a few plain to i to propound which I 1 will leave you at others tj ira to answer an alver I 1 do not propose to di d dis is 8 them hem simply because I 1 could not do s go 0 itt without lut increasing the excitement which air alrea al S biats avid and producing an exa aerated st state feeling eeling which could not at the present time ti r lit alt in any public good 1 filly associate judge stout tho the cit city y A attorn a had been murdered under tinder the cir ei r cuma dr rovinson robinson was would tho the police have exhibited exhibit od a greater degree of vigilance and energy ad would the attention lention al of tire people nho is jio assembled at tho tabernacle aclo where secular tiff iura are often ased on the succeeding sabbath have been called to tho crime i arid and exhorted to use every effort to ferret out the asas na its ad could any prominent mormon be ba murdered under the samo same circumstances and no duo clue whatever found to the murderer 9 ath would any portion of tile the special zico police have hare been called into requisition or ordered on duty loth would any of the numerous witnesses who he saw the assa sims mis fleeing from their bloody work ork have hato been able to recognize find and namo name t eln f ath have wo not utterly failed to prove fler after f full investigation that dr Kobin bon had n personal enemy in tho the world arid and have we mot ot proved that fiat tic ho had had find difficulties with ith anone n one except the city authorities i ath Is I 1 there any evidence that lie ho had a done an thing to emko pets personal onal ene enemies wies un less legs it was having the polica and two itco others bound to answer a charge of not ath would ho be have been murdered if lie he had not nol b ins his rand land claim raised a question as to the validity abdi y of tho the city charter oth would the tenpin ten pin alley have hare been destroyed if it hai not been his property and that lie had a suit buit pending against the cit cita would tho the MB or of the city have ordered him out of his house two daa daig g before ho he v was aa murder ed if ho he had not understood that ho he claimed damages from tho the city for the wanton destruction deat ruction ot his property Is it not ic semar hable that a gang of could go to a be bowling ling alley nearly eur aur by boa houses v athin CO steps of if the rao braot it public street of the city bet between the hours or of 11 and 12 at night demolish tho the wina in 4 v w rud rad break up with axes and sledges the alley aul ra found to identify if y tle nea ea er cr who anything whatever or about tho perpetrators of tho the act alth aro are not the jury t lod that tha tso some e i witnesses hove witha 7 1 tah id cri jenco calculate to aeilt upon certain parties because is they feared person personal jl violence Is abero not an organized influence lere L era abich prevent p re rents the detection arid and punishment c or of rien men who rho commit acts djs of violence u upon 0 n the perso pers property of gentiles 11 pl esth uh if 11 a mormon ot good standing had leam olih llie 0 mao ila qi to whom the calef of police reports report 1 ave bave been informed or the act buforo 10 0 clock the next day alth V the chief of police have haie gone to bud bed as aa as ho he hoard heard of the crime ar 3 waited tb ea days beford befaro he bo visited the acne of io tt ao was the marjer committed comm bitted for the Vp P ose of striking ton tenor or into the gentiles ard and prevent them aiom settling in this terri coryy tor j it Is it the settled policy ortho of tho authorities hero boro to prevent citizens of the united states elates not Nor cormons mons from asserting their c claims to a portion of the public domain in the regularly organized judicial tribunals of the cou coultry itry aro all legal questions lich ellch may so m 1 1 this city between mormons cormons Mor mons and G gentiles en tiles to be stilled by brute force isali do to the public teachings of the tab run cle lead tho the people to respect and obey 10 0 laws of the country oaldo oruo they the lead to olence and bloodshed and aad now gentlemen of the jury I 1 baro bare a few general remarks to submit upon some of tha incidental icci dental questions alluded to in ia the course of the examination I 1 cams came here as many persons persona well know with no against the people 0 who o control this city and territory when they were bilven ont of illinois and missouri ll I 1 may have acon familiar with the circumstances which led to thil act buti do not choose to go back arid and review them it h N enough to sly tact abo t a strong impression impre sion was left upon my mind that they had been persecuted beca tise 0 of f kio dio peculiarities of the religion which they professed under these circumstances it is scarcely neco sary seary 0 to o tody ay that in my sympathies accompanied them in their weary pilgrimage over barren anil and desolate des plains and stupendous into these now pleasant valleys here they established settlements which without Nit hout their lamorand lab labor orand an J industry would have remained in the he undisturbed possession of savages ca and wild beasts the discovery of gold in california tho the establishment of an overland Jv eiland vail fail passing through this city and the he st subsequent I 1 discoveries of rich minerals in in novada on the he west and ad idaho and montana on the he north afforded the people of utah a roady ready market and at high prices for all the products of t their heir lab labor or without this the people bald have hare remained isolated and their vi hole commerce would have bare consisted I 1 in n a simple exchange of commodities amont amongst themselves and this city wo would ald have hare been an inconsiderable town I 1 have said that I 1 have bare no prejudices whatever ever a against those these people I 1 did not net CO como me here as a missionary or a moral reformer I 1 to 0 L liias ano respect the rights and opinions 0 3 n w bail may regard tho the prejudices of be people p thu tho religion which they profess I 1 bare neither by argument ridicule or otherwise attempted to change under tho the constitution which of is ia tho the supreme law or of tho ilia land they have hare a right to worship god in their own oun way prid and according to tho the dictates of their conscience consciences a I 1 never war against anything that is constitutional nor have I 1 attempted in rny way whatever Alia to interfere with any pecullar peculiar which hay claim to have hare adopted and now cow exist amongst them upon divido revelation I 1 have nothing therefore to say about the their i r religion or acus custom but I 1 have a few oblations to sub submit mit touching me the public teachings of those who ere acco recognized as aa nabers la in this community As a general principle there can bo be no security for elt eit er person or property in a corn com durity mu eunity rity there and of the lawsure law sare openly dis dia rep aMod I 1 have been taught from my in f itcy 0 regard the he constitution arid and the laws of congress passed passed in pursuance u r fuance thereof hereof as the supreme law of the land a n d to these as an american citizen I 1 owe implicit obedience lawa 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