Show MORMONS account of the recent trial and acquit til of cormons mormons for robbery A correspondence in the journal from bocson ari dated dec 14 gives the fal lowing account of the trial ot cormons mormons on a malicious charge of robbery the important trial which has for so many weeks occupied the public mind n arizona has to day dec an end by an acquittal 0 all the defendants it is the mot important case ever tried in arizona on may letb maj J W wham haynia iter U S Aw aalen len proceeding from fort grant to fort thomai with about with which to pay the troops at the latter post was attacked in a pasa in the graham mountains by a force estimated at twelve or courten men after a fight of shirly minutes in which eight of the eleven gold ere the escort were wounded and which resulted in the hight of the U 8 troops the kindita captured the treasure and escaped at once troops from forta grant and apache were sent out in ev ery direction to scour the country As the robbery was committed just at the entrance into the gila valley was duellen duelled against the same were arrested viz gilbert and milford webb david rogers tuomas lamb M E W and L rol lit l it of these bome were cormons mormons and others not they were arrested in may and hive been in jail ever since the trial began november alth and waa pu lied with all zeal by the states government wili ita millions of treasure troops skilled detectives and a hundred wit did all that unlimited power colln to secure conviction the trial derived additional importance from the fact that it was considered that mo monism itself wai on trial it wa called the mormon robbery arid public opinion was very much not only the defendants but the etiole of our quiet law abiding people in I 1 lie territory in addition to this judge a was evidently biased against I 1 lie defence from the overruling objections but almost uniformly biding with the proa cution colonel herring opened the case tor lie prosecution in a speech of two dayi covering every possible point ably seconded ded by L M franklin and II 11 jefford the leading actor ny for the government acen goodrich odrich twisted by delegate marcus A smith and ikeie ford oa ducted the defence id a masterly manner displaying most brilliant oratory ora ory lizal acim ii and earn and with everything against them gained a complete victory and full acquittal of defendants the ciura house was packed in eurmine up aad char iring the jury judge alcan gave brief but very clear and impartial instructions after out but abacut two hours alia jury brought in an unanimous verdict of not guilty As abo discharged men entered the sheets atey received a complete odaion from alie citizens tf tucson who vere wild with j v at their ai quitta testifying in a manner the change which public opinion had undergone in all over to hundred witnesses came to this oil city and spent over two months at great loss of time and money but why is there no recompense for unjustly accused and held in prison lor almost months there certainly should be some return made for seven months they have lain in jal anxious tor trial but the prosecution cution adease in or homes falt no such anxiety tor pO BillIe jasM fua ion of io DOcent men and Bul ferid them to linger month ater month it was not alone a desir di sir to see just ace and law and order sustained that caused such a determined to convict these men but reputations of prominent men were a ake and bot itasta the fear of loscri tho blo d money offered as reward lor conviction of somebody it did nut matter much who but preferably cormons mormons it was expected that the conviction of so many mons would mari maritilla tilly aid governor hollley in his efforts to escure the of to unpopular a class of democrats ad thus ghe the party full awing in arizona and in a little two additional publican lle een aUrs in contress Conj ress A very nice little game time will elbow how it will succeed tr tail X TUCSON A T dec |