| Show proclamation whereas on the afternoon of th dinst on main maln street in great salt sait lake city utah territory a person unknown to me but in lil my rax presence made a most wanton and unprovoked ass assault atilt upon the person of 0 the ilon llon henry R Cros byone of the associate justice justices of the su supreme reme court of said territory with a pistol ao 10 I 1 and then and there dischar discharged gd at the P ald aid said lien llen henry henrs y IL crosby five several pistol shots with intent to murder him he the said crosby being then and there in the peace of th thy t territory now therefore to the end that the bald baid ald aid criminal may be brought to justice the law vindicated and the dignity of the territory maintained 1 I john IV dawson govern r of the territory of utah itah do beeby odfer offer reward to be paid out of the territorial treasury for the he arrest and le legal al identification it f the criminal crimin al who comini ted the said asnault and I 1 hereby urge each and every magistrate cin conservator of the peace and oher 0 her officer having in charge the administration of th lawsto use their best and most speedy eff arts to bring to 0 o justice the person who committed said outrage the city and territorial authorities have been set at defiance a federal officer murderously derous ly assaulted and until the criminal shall be brought to justice tice ahse who afe ae charged with the adkins ration of the arimina criminal I 1 laws are most bost ost earnestly benj ined to use every effort in their power for the apprehension and conviction ef said criminal 1 jiin jehn jihn ji HN W dawson DAWSOM governor Goy Gov error executive office G S L city dec 24 1861 A |
