| Show trial of an gen 7 K R T burton I 1 Fi friday arDAY feb 28 30 am nans HANS 0 UA nansen HANSEN was recalled re called and lurther further closs cross ex came into the fort about the same time as the other uther men the armb arms were two or three rods from the tire schoolhouse school house the men were ordered to prope proceed adim immediately mediate to guard guird the the tho arms I 1 Inea presume timo time they allwes all ail went f there did not notice how much space apace they occupied perhaps a rod or of more I 1 stood near the southeast corner corder of the schoolhouse and r remained em there until after aften aft erthe tiie tile firing burton bufton and the ote other horsemen stood south and me about a couple of rods the Morrie ites were about three roda rods from the school Grold golding hig 1 and stoddard mere were riding tag ibber f the i forber former blittle shead ahead if anything wu go croxall wab was 1 brittle fittie little bet behind tind immediately Y after the tho shooting the horses borses reared and turned to the bast oda eda roex our out 10 bf orji 12 not feet or dr reuther further when ordered red lo 10 aalthe lle lie did vly very fast last evening g ram denied as ais having mav moved dd to ward the west I 1 nor wish to state that he moved toward the schoolhouse school house I 1 am positive that he went tow ard the door of the schoolhouse school house the male portion of the Morri sites went toward the arms marria was coming toward burton when he was shot facing burton t r afterwards baw that he was shot in the mouth am positive burton shoot once perhaps twice A a fai few seconds after the shooting morris fell stoddard fired the shot that struck morris in the mouth mouthy L think I 1 thib this shot edme came lutat at the back of his head bead 1 op he men made a rus rua rush ite ile toward the arms the women directing their course toward merris morris rig rip I 1 saw the waman woman shot and J 1 think she ehe fell backward toward the west the door was waa on the south side of the schoolhouse school honse house and I 1 was about 29 feet dist distanti distant antl anti saw arms br brought the schoolhouse 1 l e by oure ourt eruen truen men aft erthe trouble troubie leit felt that there AWas kwas verv very great dangen danger and ne Morri sites beabout re about to P bf their arms did bee see thu the Morri eltea have in th belr possession elther either hune bune guns gune pistols not notice any ga glang j azoti come couie jato ther aher the east easl L immediately denbur in by jurors gen gent burton bufton was wad A little knead ahead 1 of vf the other thre golding being a little behin u bur bui ton and stoddard Gol goi goldings dingle was about three ahree feet behind bur I 1 ton tons tona a barton faced th west or a little li atle south of wept west wi cf CHILD was the next wi witness thess live in og 1 d on am engaged in mercantile aden 1 b business in lived near king ring Iton t 0 a For fait 1 joined gorf badr burton tonj tona chosse ogi oatlie on ane evening of the lof lot tine ti ne se 1862 when gen burton kuwent ent lanto into the fort I 1 tyas was behind the breastwork breast work ork pik saw a white liag flag at uthe the time the flag camhout came out 1 I with yakout 12 nien men was behind this bat bat bal terye four or five were armed the others unarM unarmed bd I 1 was armed did not hear thie the between gen burton and the flak flag man I 1 saw gen burton and judson a dard and two other borse horse horsemen nien ulen go into the fort foit the tho formed former formen called for tor us to follow them in J there were about 12 of us four or five live men stopped by the arm arms a tam tha bt others liers I 1 among them wont want towards the schoolhouse school honse house the larger part of the Morri aites altes were to the east of the schoolhouse school house the guns which were not stacked were lying along the ground extending about a rod the first conversation I 1 heard was from a man near the northeast part of the crowd asking what was wanted gen burton stated he had a writ for the tho arreA arrest of joseph morris and others but that he felt whis it his duty to arrest all who had bad born earms after the privilege was grin granted ted for morris Morria fo speak he stepped in advance of banks and the the crowd crowde and sal bal sald said d 66 all who are willing to follow me t through life or death come on some of 0 his people called yes and same some amen and made a general er A 1 I move towards the arms arme we stepped stopped forward I 1 put up my gun add and said atop when we stopped them morris morria turned toward the door of the schoolhouse school house general burton called halt hnit balt bait twice and stop the prisoners sonere 12 be he did not stop atop and I 1 saw him lall fall fali near the southeast south east corner of the schoolhouse a woman fell nair near him bim and I 1 think before he did donot do not know her name she wag waa heavy sheavy set act young younk and ehud rather small email fair complexioned I 1 saw nothing in icher her arms I 1 should judge BIX lu were fired as close together as po possible 4 sible being all fired in three or four seconds when the woman fell bho sho was twenty to twenty five jive seek leek from burton button those on horseback were six to ten feet apart the horses were a little they came camu in it was way a little before the firing we stopped i d thel the men mali s starting toward d the adia adla arm s after the firing we took them arpud arreld oe ibe schoolhouse school house hoube to be guarded I 1 conA considered dered the situation perl pert lous loua a and n id I 1 thought they would get the guns in spite of iii us and if they did there would be shooting J baw saw wm brown at the time of the rush of the morr mor for their irmi armb arms do not hot r remember e fail saying anything to brown it fit that time cross examination I 1 did not hear lies any auy Morris ltee itee say why they had surrendered the thi ju guard ard went immediately tely towar toward cl the stacked guns gune perhaps four tour or tive live stayed with thearis th the tho eArms arms besides the mounted men them were 12 1 or 15 men I 1 moved away to hear bear what wab was going on I 1 s stood north of the southeast southeast cornor corner non nen of the school house bouse burton jburton was right in front df me md he hb vlas vias was looking toward the dard stood a little west of burton murton I 1 should think thereas ther ewas horseman betwee between and witness marked of paper in about j tafe ot 0 the Morri Morria ite alte and placed it on ow where 40 nas was aboul about two rods roda armar from the mon ri sites luan iuan not hot hotston stop step stop step out bc of the crowd when morris made ahia demark he lie was wab facing lle lie moved ed two then turned toward the tha school house and was wad turning jd that direction when ae he was shot ahot when he was shob shot be away from bom bur burr ehni ton ild ile he lid fell feli backwards I 1 thing lhing or a little sideways daiil burton saw the tha jatter fall did the ball bali take effect act the body of ol the Morri sites made a start towards aho arms arme there wera weta eief about in tho fhe the crowds I 1 should think therel therb were others immediately behind morris men and women J X saw a woman fall fail near nean him he stepped A little jn in front bf banks the wiDman feli fell before for morris eMorris did and immediately behind him the woman was about ax ax feet from him baw saw no jio tween the tho moman woman and J saw the woman fall first a va tan tad aly afteu after he be was wag das in ija stooping StOOP 1119 posture saw rii Iii nelt neit either elther beri heni where morris nor flor bhoj woman worna VL was shot haw lag jag jtb itu the arms armb ac have bave seeli the stack taci tact guns guba from fiord where here I 1 stood three or four forr of f chose stopped thib thia was waa zit lit atthe the time timo of the shooting thy aby they on but we wo ibele th them eni back with dome bome difficulty some evan even passing pawing us toward the arms I 1 was a little littler frightened more afterwards how ever than I 1 was atthe at the time men soon came into the camp perhaps nifty fifty men came in by aj a j juror uror WI william brown was liot riot with me pushing back baek the Morri sites aites I 1 turned a little to see the shooting be rd direct alt ali the men engaged in the moving battery were not armea armed ilu lib 1 alf 0 othise those di the breastwork R 0 I 1 into n i 0 t the h e c campiere camp ain p were armed ambrosy ie crosb cross examination I 1 think the goniu woman aielt fiell ali ail ell backwards ot op geay early gesy sot 1 fa avorn and testified aa as fallows liva in kaysville rays Kays ville iv was s a EL member af pf D burkons Bu rions pos pod posse in june 1852 ibre I 1 wab was Ws i a stationed tation ed ani SU leday at the end of the west lane iane sim saw baw mr brown bring out a white flagge ily ila awe had hai I 1 rolled the battery down toward the apa when I 1 saw the flag gonie donie come out knew knof burton stoddard and golding baw saw baw saw rano lano another piali n go in with them tall on horseback wo bably fice five or six bix went in ahead of me mb and slid five or six with m mel there were men in there who wera were not Morri sites eltes I 1 altogether there a bout about 15 or 20 men when we came in the Morri sites were still bringing in iii their arms armb when oame came in the horsemen were in moving ovi ng alon aion along niong 9 slowly ile crowd the chart represents aboul about yby luea ot 0 the crowd the horsemen stood southwest ot of me I 1 had just got mr mt stepped oua out ou 1 I think oen burton button was speaking w when lien afen ifen 1 I got neal ne arthen arthon cheji mr uri stepped out and iny inq nia uis ddn derik rush rubb the crowd following I 1 hearan a cry from the crowd eto arms I 1 thought that they meant to get to their arms I 1 cocked my dunand gun and stood directly in front of one man when morris started first be he went a little north then turned toward the schoolhouse school house he made a few haces races paces when gen burton called halt hald a 1 number r of times and then said I 1 stop those pr prisoner I 1 sonere my attention was waft dire directed ofed to the mor who were crowding on to me morris and barton were both in plain view when burt burton barton an called stop atop stop the prisoners 11 tue the Morri sites made a rush and got between my view of burton barton and morris the fir ing was wag very rapid no perceptible interval being between the shots there was wab perfect silence after the shooting ting I 1 baw saw pour four bodies in a minute or two after the the firing ceased bitne witness sa described the position of the vodies bodies the women lay south of morris their bodies almost touching each other did not know this womans lans ians name noticed no child near theother tho the other woman lay lax a a little further north banks was vili kill still further 1 the latter woman looked the shorter abd and older of the two I 1 saw gen gon burto burton n on horseback did bot see hini him dismount in the fort fott liiv saw him beveral several times on oty horseback do not remember the color of bf the horses mr stoddard rode a black horbe horse the prisoners idere formed jha n a line rue cross examination did not goin begie the the horsemen 1 belonged to robert W buttons company otten often of ten mep bep he wa from kaysville rays Kays ville the men who in did aid not exceed alzin six bix in nuin number er they ibey hey preceded me duo due man widad waited in with me J wab waa as not abt ort oddred feed iii jil ge gen burtan gaind alid alad I 1 for foh ten men 1 a bix eix that I 1 knew wen there aa af A a guard to the thie armb arms there ther were era eta more men mea in 14 there I 1 went in for tot curiosity anti ci di no troubie trouble saw no women I 1 in ri the crowd gat partly dup with the when they crowded forward i I 1 faced toward towards bul but was forced backward ande arde one man was quite close to mei me and was making a rush for the arms when I 1 put up my gunartt gun ancl anel and autt thid him to st stop ophis ahls name was amoss moss be he was waa unarmed mr stoddard i and mr burton burten were side by lay I 1 side bide I 1 thinker think air Mr had bad gone back back I 1 was there a rew few seconia when morria stepped out my al attention wab was i directed to lyle ISle sars ears beely beesle beeble ya anu and anil Blood whom whom I 1 saw arnis aimi 1 heard lut Iut uit dit t ford tori na say hait halt to two or three jt X me meb mes quite guite distinctly morris ihen then 3 dipped t direction hud and t nim pim 1 twanT the 1 ak ile tie was about ada aja d I 1 I 1 burtob illa did not hot helas was shot the last lift U af uen gen burton his borad horse horbe vaa vas as eliv v very eyk little west af aduth 11 nearly due dud south heard heat as rp anany ahny hns assik as bix six photes cireo kaw saw no women until I 1 saw aw them WWI on ott the ground round morris was lying on his jia ck and nd the adma admana la add body y was wag almost parallel with his and very dose eose toi tot it the other lady was ajl aji a littie little t further dox box northwest thweat the nearest marest m arest one to morris was vas as rather inclined to tb be tall lall and slender the other was rather shorter and stouter noticed ao flo blood on the faces saw baw no children or babies bables there did not know the ladies ladle knew morris by sight very well court took a recess until pm feb 28 2 30 pm I 1 I 1 1 JOSEPH joserh J ROMNEY i took the stand live in this thia city lived herein here in 1862 I 1 was 21 24 years of ageal age at I 1 N waa As one of tho the posse that went with gen burton foito to morris mortis fort foit i I 1 served during the three days we lve arrived at the fort br on friday morning I 1 have I 1 hank none of my to others were gre there on sunday afternoon I 1 was posted in a double house linuse on the odthe of the fort colonel ross roes brnt word to me that eee hee lie fie wanted wa tw twenty eilt elit p nive five men to volunteer to take the house I 1 was captain of meri mari t raised volunteers to togo logo go I 1 tilen learned that mr lewis was 10 command them them but bub I 1 went withA with them hein we ran to th the house ehouse and ai we entered one man was shot by a it ball coming from the northwest nort part martof of the fort he was a and fell feli and blocked the do door and slid I 1 had bad to jump aver over or him m the bu bullets lets coming doming pretty fast A number of the henran men ran around arbun LI the ot other h r tide fide ide for protection there were ware pey enteen or eight oen oon miame la in the house with the one oue killed I 1 only ionly heard what was ies les going on oh JE 1 wag wai was in the house I 1 heard shooting in the tha dir direction of tho the schoolhouse school house houge 1 I wab was the hous heus bouso boua at the time of the shooting tink tini ai ako aio As soon boon 06 aa 0 we ve heard ic ir i wd lwe nin ran out to tul abe north 0 rth side of ther the schoolhouse school hoube house there number birbe of meu men I 1 sa saw a party of men f e M t II 11 t and women who seemed to be throwing themselves en on the body of 31 morris dorris which was waa somewhat east of the schoolhouse schoolhouse heard no shooting after there were forty nive five or nifty fifty of bartons burtons Bur tons party inthe fort at the time dont know whet therall berall the tho men in the house came out when I 1 did I 1 know daniel camomile by eight sight I 1 io do nut not remember him being with the pos posse se there was no shooting after I 1 arrived at the schoolhouse school house cannot tell how bow many shots were fired but it seemed like the emptying of two revolvers in very rapid slon occupying not over five or six seconds I 1 saw burton and one or two other men on horseback I |
