| Show A FEW FACTS A matter creating a little temporary excite I 1 faient ent bat eat lately occurred in farmington and we I 1 herewith publish the main facts in the case I 1 that thit the c may be correctly informed j theres therein n commencing with a decree of the probate court in davis county as tollow follows sf DAVIS county COURTO SPECIAL hon how tili Titi thomis omas omis enover judge upon the petition of samuel milton howe fw a bill billot of divorce from sarah frances howe j his wife the court decrees that the bonds of matrimony existing between samuel milton arid and sarah frances howe are this day dis solved olred and also the court decrees that the ild kid sald said iid samuel milton howe shall have the two children adren iD amely susan eliza and moses howe inowe also all ct cf the property now in the possession posie ision of the aforesaid samuel milton howe ho we given under my hand this jath day of may A D 1863 signed titomas judge presiding clerk personally appeared before me john johnt T calne caine a notary public in and for the county vt qt great salt lake territory of utah samuel bilton howe who being first sworn accord jib jtb jeg leg to law says I 1 reside in the town of farmington davis dayis county oa on monday march oth 1861 1864 mrs chaffins informed me 1 that henry ayson hyson a soldier from camp 1 douglas anam and my y divorced wife sarah frances j I 1 who is now noe urs mrs hysan wre were coming to take away avicy my little girl susan eliza ellza about noon oi on said day the sald said hyson and my divorced wife came to m my y house bouse and said to my little zirl cirl d 1 nt you want to see your little i brother ott 1 meaning moses and put him into theirly the he girl irla arms the girl brought the child to ae me when I 1 said to my present wife 1 I will not let lot this child go again to the camp if I 1 c can oan in help myself ay upon that hire mrs hyson struck my wife upon the head bead at the same time tselag very abusive language and took the tha child away without any hind crance on my ray parr part I 1 requested some lookers on to keep an eye to the woman and child until I 1 should I 1 go down the street I 1 went down to judson L 1 stoddard s henry W thera I 1 told what bad transpired and asked their i adrice they told tom me to take the child as it had been decreed to me by tha the court when gue kue we tie divorce wis was granted they cami camei camel with kith me is as I 1 reque requested stid bild them to witness what abat was done I 1 found the tte woman and little boy were now at blanchards Blanc hards hardg while mr stoddard standard was talking to hyson I 1 went to the ilman woman and said sald gah Ili fc arah arab I 1 am going to take this thia child she said no by god y you 0 11 wont wyent 11 I 1 then took hold of both her hek bands bandi atom behind and armand arms and a man by the name of dobbs at my request caught the child from falling falli DR Dg it was asleep at the wame tame and I 1 carried it home without awakening it she followed st striking me and maive abusive language to which I 1 paid faid no attention I 1 mr gir hyson toll followed owed and talked to her a itle little after atter which she ehe followed me home and staid tali taia with me till wednesday afternoon mr air 31 beddard ted dard told ma to treat treaber her well and I 1 did NO 09 t and gave gavi her the best ast bed I 1 had bad in the thi house while nile hile she staid with me and wife fife sleeping oa on the floor mr air hyson left mei Wei town threatening to come back with an armed force and arid to take the child from me I 1 did not bot bee see him again till Wednes wednesday dayo when he hi came cime on bo horseback to my house bouse and took we tk woman with him and requested me that IN case he could not na iet get a ha nce to take her to ts the gity city fity that night that I 1 would fet let ht her T stay over night and send her down dorri the first opportunity I 1 said I 1 would do so but they tey dit ait not come couie back baa last list night thursday day march 10 lah h between twelve and add one iwas lyas I 1 yas was was wab awakened by a noise and heard a com corn haind given givin to ta surround the house I 1 dext lle lse rd i a loud knickl knocking ing at the door and upon enquiring what was wanted was informed t at there was a command from gen annor C anz anh d they wanted to come in upon which ch I 1 boned the door the commander of the party sald said ald aid to td be a lieutenant entered dyhouse my bouse bouke and saad be he bad bia orders from geh gea connor conforto Con torto to take ly st children to the generals quarters and if I 1 refused to give thaia them up they would take taki em it if they had to burn burri farmington down 1 I remonstrate saying th that atthe tha the child was bick sick and I 1 had hid been giving it and guf not wiss wish to remove it at night herald 11 baid said it made no Ji merence difference he should take tae the children let the consequence bewham be what if MY hyght I 1 told them if the children had to be taken tavon I 1 should go wita uita ith them and take care of ta I 1 then revea heated ted eem ibera t to 0 give as me time boget a ittle little breakfast for the children 1 which wag was refused we were hurr hurried le dinto into a ago wagon my wife accompanied me and were con keyed to general connors quarters a at t camp Dou douglas douglasb glasa a distance of about twenty miles from my bome home the night was very cold and the children buffered suffered mu much from hunger and cold on the road being without food and proper clothing we arrived at camp douglas about abou tone one today to day das and wera were immediately conducted to the quarters of general connor gen connor spoke to me very roughly and said I 1 be dealt with or i punished very severely and wit without hout any I 1 formal investigation or hearing bearing of the matter ordered that mrs hyson should take the youngest child she aked asked for the other when be he told her that she had left that and if it she wanted it she would have to apply to he be united states court for it my wife being this would at least cut k off the opportunity fda tor evils that may ailse arise in pursuing a diffene different nt policy I 1 we hare have deemed it but just to print thus much in behalf of the ibe citizens of farmington who have in our opinion been recklessly and gr grossly bossly slandered in relation to the affair of monday the ath dinst the ahe the main true facts of which aftin affair can be briefly summed up a as follows that howe acting in good fa faith falth 1 th upon the advice of a friend wend upon whose judgment he had a right to rely took possession of his child decreed decre eito cAto to him by the award of a competent court that there were casually I 1 present as is usual a few curious spectators who neither had bad or took nor cared to have or I 1 take any part or lot in the matter and that I 1 but few of the citizens even knew of or concerned themselves about it being busily occupied in very commendably atten ling to their own affairs a practice we cordially wish was more generally observed it would be pleasing if it the foregoing comments warranted ua us in dismissing the subject but justice requires a passing notice of the armed raid from camp Dju douglas glas on the following thursday night loth dinst we know ol 01 no correct rule by which adding ane one ode wron wrong to another makes a right neither are we aware of the legality of armed interference in a civil case where peace order and the civil law are re lening paramount to place the main point in the most favorable light we will admit that howe did wrong in taking the child fram from the mother by force instead of asking the court to enforce its decree but did thau that in the least warrant hyson in procuring anar an arird md posse to in turn take the child from hawe by force most assuredly not for as already stated adding one wrong to another never did and never lii will ill make a right nor does wrong doing by one justify a like course in another if hyson deemed his wife wronged we the courts i as equally open to his complaints as to havnes honeys Ha some may answer no but that is simply a subterfuge as hyson would have proved had be he entered hia hla complaint whether the armed body of men who stealthily visited howes house in the dead hours ot night went thereby theraby there by military command or solely upon the persuasion of hyson we are not informed if by command then has baa some one in our opinion committed a grave and dangerous error for we are not aware of government troops having any authority to interfere in civil cases in a loyal state or territory except upon requisition of a court when the execution of its j la is resisted restated it upon hynons Hy sons persuasion then they were purely a mob and have reason to thank their good fortune that they were not riot treated by the forbearing people of farmington as amob a amob mob nob I 1 prudence on the part of all parties and classes is doubly a virtue in these times when hen therease ther eare so many causes at work to tempt to habte baste harshness and wrong and it la is a virtue whose whose precepts should he be very carefully observed by persons ia in authority lest at any tl tile tiie je in this fast age so small a matter as a trifling vo two obscure persons I 1 kindles a strife only to be terminated after great expense suffering and loss losy we are a people fully informed upon and jealous of our rights civil as well as religious and encroach ments upon them naturally and justly stir a quick spirit of resentment not always aay easy to be kept within the strict bounds of moderation and even eyen evenhanded handed justlee justice suppose we all act upon the true pr principle e PC of conce conceding din 0 to others their rights as rigidly as s we claim our own will there not be a marked improvement in the condition of society man alan is 18 placed on the earth to save himself and as man many y more as he may be able to a assist S for doing which it is well to ever bear in mind the od adage that molasses catches more files flies than boes oes vinegar teo tro SMALL bus iness r betru we hure hope lope it is no but it has been reported to us that certain truck eters have gone into shaving damaged greenbacks Green backs on main street A greenback is worth the figure on VB face or is worth nothing merchants truck and every person else have a right to refuse damaged greenbacks Green backs the same abany other damaged goods but it if a corner of ule uie paper reduces it i t five or ten tea cents in purchasing the person who ion aon consents bents to the shave shaye may get set it down that the thi party small enough to shave in eeds needs watching ca whistle twigging trigging is really rally ralin rai too small email buinsma buin esa ess |
