| Show DEATH OP OF AN ANTI 11 MORMON A tissue of the richmond conservator alludes to the death of ron hon amos reese which is said to have recently occurred at leavenworth kansas as one of massouris Mis souris conspicuous pioneers and says he was born december at winchester va came to missouri in 1820 and settle i at old franklin opposite Bo blonville boonville Boo uville onville he then studied I 1 aw with judge david todd vas nas to the bar tua iud shortly atter arter became ittu rue tur tor ilia which coni col riyu ti all DO t ill misouri solari after ibe pa kaaa aa apt 0 ot the Misi na nun ilse air MrK R euhe went to liberty clay county and practiced law there and at richmond and platte plate city in 1854 uy ae moved to kansas city and became one ne of the original thirty members of lie he leaven worth town company only tour of whom are now living in 1830 mr ar reese beese was married in liber liberty t t to judith trigs trigg daughter of gen bate stepnen aien trig trigg and they celebrated their golden we wedding adding six years ago no mention is made of the manner or cause of nis his death or of the part lie in the early persecutions of the ailts in missouri but possibly an account of the latter may be f furnished urnis hed by some of the survivors of that trying period of the churchs churche history who may still remember him sufficient is known to warrant us in saying that he was a oilier bitter a nil mormon and if the tail truth were known it would probably appear that tie he was an active atter the battle of crooked river where a few brethren met a large party of on their way to the settlements tle ments of the saints f for or the purpose of raiding them and had a conflict in which apostle david W patten and others were fatally dand when bogart 1 the leader of the mob had fled anti and a general panic ensued among his lol lowers amos reesa and wiler wile E williams hastened to jefferson city to gov boggs with that information or a moc appalling of which the atie latter subsequently subsequent iv wrote As a result of their statement to him the utter falsity of which h we can easily imagine ima giue governor bugs boggs issued his aid famous order that tue me mormons must be exterminated or driven from the state wiley E H williams subsequent career and miserable death were characteristic te of the anti mormon mob he t idled died early in the year vear 1843 and isaac russell and william dawson the latter now living at lehi were with him at the time of his death and at the reque request 4 of a relative assisted in preparing him for burial he suffered excruciatingly from f rom some mysterious malady fueling as iche was wis burning up from internal heat and repeatedly implored those who surrounded his hia bedside to carry him to crooked river R mr about one mile distant and throw him into the stream |
