| Show 41 ghe she I 1 be lii verra of ejder eider joseppi ht alding ou lerial n rie ehe lie DA DALTON dalmon lwon oa 32 ga 92 october 19 1879 editors deseret dews news ybur your many will do feel a deep i tt frent in the ejon llon 0 the trl tri I of the arsat ai of eldri O aseph who wh WAS waa killed by lly vly vay au armeed armed mob af diw meu u on tle the tie of jur jul jury ladt in iu county gi en ga ed man usa aaa gid aid U mini Wini ater of ahe knapel of je traveling atiel ing tu to the flock over ab was waa called to prel ilee slee his cun cuu bisted to obo the teb tub atit aili lucell luceil ou thao tho orial trial of converting converti og uK amt ami baptizing isome of 0 the or ot this county into lato he aith falth alth which bu he and which he doubtless sincerely believed at the inquest held over tho the debi deil budy bodyl it was proven that after the fatal ashot was fired tired the murder ers era returned and audd mutilated the body by repeatedly firing into it a 0 apo les ies of barbarity hitherto hit berto reserved ti to the rno moat it savage races and a thing fion which the athar advanced of if uhe the eivid elvid t zed nations would biriuk baek with herror horror rha rho ur of the stale stalo after some bome considerable it lapee lapse i azo of ti time m eq of foreda d a nominal reward regard upon conviction a step that didiot in the least endanger the tha treasury of the state some weems weely after the murder through the ohe them in mentality of ea some bome me of elder bider standings frienda mends 4 who had loved and respected dim him while living and who desired to eee his cowardly assassins brought to J of the mob were arrested the leading members of two erthree or three denominations immediately came forward and offered ball bail which was waa placed at each Indue in due course of time the grand jury were forced to find a bill of indictment for murder and riot and on the inet one of the three was put on trial elder rudgar clawson who was with brother joseph when ha be was murdered was by the state to appear and did so having arrived bome borne time previous oua to the tilsa lun testimony was ceat nud wad unimpeachable being corroborated in every man mah mateli materi teli terl al particular by the testimony of other and disinterested parties the prosecution made as clear a case cabe as was doubtless ever made before a jury but said the state attorney before the trial commenced it will be impossible ble bie to reach conviction on account of the prejudice of the people 21 A number of leading citizens expressed the bame same opinion the extent of the prejudice and bigotry of the people was made manifest in the effort to secure a jury some come one hundred and fifty being called before twelve could be found who would take the oath that they were wore without prejudice or bias blas the law of the boate state allow allows the patties parties artles attles to demand demaud separate I 1 trials W i introducing their confederates as witnesses and they of course were the only material witnesses introduced by the defense and the pal ahie ahle contradictions they made would have utterly vitiated their entire evidence before any impartial j jary jury ury atti all the evidence was la in the delium having utterly failed railed to impeach the character of the deceased their leading attorney himself acknowledging that it could not be proven pro ven yen that he had even talked oz or preached plural marriage the judge charged the jury and in his charge laid down the principle that mormons cormons Mor mons could claim protection under the lawa jaws of georgia the esme same as any other class ot of people tie the jury retired and after being absent about one hour returned a verdict guiley GUILTY aull GUll Ty a verdict that will doubtless not at all surprise the matter day saints ot ok any 0 one e else who is at all acquainted with a the history of the church lince since the restoration of the gospel to thee the earth a rth half a century ago among khou g the many incidents of the trial was waa the presence of one lead Ing mInIster and the deacons of two baptist churches who stood by counseling with and suggesting to the lawyers ot of the accused the plan of defense and openly and shamelessly seeking beeking to protect the m murderers ur from their just dues so intrusive and disagreeable did one of these thebe deacons become that even the attorneys for the defense became ashamed of him but he was waa not to be driven away and doubtless through the remnant of the poor life left him will consider the crowning act ot of hl his religious career to have been finet first the instrumentality he be had in urging on the murder and second secona the part he tok t iok lok jn in clearing tha assassins he will to his own satisfaction at least doubtless be abie able to lo administer bpi epi immolation and the L or Ws upper with clean hands and a it clear conscience men when we looked upon the crowd around the tiar bar of justice ve we were reminded ot the appearance ol 01 those who trampled upon and jostled against each otheron othe other run under the glare of smoking torches in the dim misty light of breaking day two tho thousand lisand years ago when the same blind bigotry cried out crucify him cruelty crucify him let his blood be upon our heads and the heads of our children and anti the son of god was led forth to an ignominious death at the hands of to io called worshippers wor of the deity it brought vividly to our minus minds scenes that havercome have come down to us in history Matory of the persecution and martyrdom of the primitive saints and their efforts te obtain justice at t the he I 1 hands of the roman boman courts once just and upright as were the courts court a of our common country in its early bl history atory but in that day corrupt and nd venal as arfe aree too many of our courts today to day it brought vividly to our recollect recollection ien len the heator history Y of the martyrdom ot of the saints in missouri as we have heard it fall from the lips of those who lived jived through those terrible scones scenes it brought before us the martyrdom of joseph and hyrum in illinois and we e could feel the same bame influence permeating the very atmosphere that had bad combined to slay the prophets of god in all days and ages of the world ioui loui ua bigotry stood at the head bead of this murderous array and guided the burre current nt of popular opinion and prejudice it wielded the venomous instincts of ef the rabble and made their passions subservient to the bloodthirsty feelings that lay at the bottom of all this A few could be found who bravely breasted the storm storta of popular opinion and bought sought to show the unreasoning mass masa that they were wrong but their voices were drowned amid the general tumult to col W WR R moore who assisted in the prosecution all honor is due for the noble stand he took in the matter calmly but earnestly he be insisted that thit the state of georgia could not afford to do this bakan giest great wrong thag that ehe ebe could no not abord to allow the blood of innocence to cry from the ground ina lna in a most logical manner he reviewed the evidence and eloquently plead for the maintenance of tho the principle of allowing a man to worship god according to the dictates of his conscience as guaranteed by the constitution of our common country ells his speech lasted through two and a hait half or three three hours and was a model of clear j incisive u e isi jai I 1 7 e a and nd dispassionate reason lu lug ing g b but u t a all ail ll 11 to no avail public prejudice was stronger than hand bigotry outweighed logic and rea bon eon the blood of joseph standing still cries from the ground for vengeance and to the god of all israel we appeal his cause and ask him to avenge the death of one more martyr who bai has nobly fallen battling for the kingdom of god raemore one more soul has beon been added tc those been seen under the altar to whom it was said wait a little longer until your brethren who will bhalala be alain for the testimony of jebus jesus and word of god join you may the day s speedily come w when hen god will put forth his hand to avenge their wrongs yours truly JOHN joun MORGAN RUDGER CLAWSON |
