| Show BLOOD ATONED GREEN quite a sensation was created in provo on saturday Satu iday nov 30 upon the appearance of the affidavit of W lliam iliam green in the daily jen en the man claimed by the N liberals in their recent judicial fight before judge Ander sonto have been murdered on the plains in 1862 in C captain tal 11 dames company by order 0 of ap tt the e canites Da he is a liberal and kept quiet as to his identity until after the proceeding waa over his affidavit is as follows TERRITORY OP OF UTAH Ss COUNTY OF UTAH j william green being duly sw aborn orn on his oath says I 1 am an englishman by birth fifty five years of a age and now a resident of spanish fo fork r afe city utah county territory of utah I 1 crossed the plains in 1862 in captain dames company I 1 knew a man by the name of ward ell he crossed the atsas A plains and came to bah U ah in the same company as I 1 did we traveled together until the company arrived at a point near william kimballs Kim balls ranch in parleys park where I 1 left the train ahead of the company being anxious to meet my wife who was then in salt lake city she having traveled over the plains the same season with captain hoyta company I 1 have lived in salt lake city and S spanish anish fork city since I 1 came to utah I 1 was the only man by the name of green that I 1 know of who came over in captain dames company no man was killed in that company by the name of green or of any other name nor did I 1 ever hear of any rumor of any one being killed in said company until I 1 saw the statement of wardell recently recently y in the papers I 1 am not a mormon nor have I 1 been for several years I 1 am not a believer in mormon theocracy but do believe it wr wring ing to have any religious sect or body of people aw sailed by falsehood WILLIAM GREEN subscribed and sworn to before me this day of november 1889 WILLIAM SEAL notary public |
