Show LIGHT LET IN upon the terrible tragedy in tennessee two elders killed NASHVILLE aug 14 B 11 roberts andja and J kimball mormon mornion elders who have charge of all the mormon elders in the south were in the city today to day elder roberts is of centre ce ville utah with headquarters at Chattan chattanooga poga elder roberts in an awer to inquiries said their business hero here was to make arrangements for securing the bodies of their brethren who were killed in lewis county they went to governor Gov einor Bates office to see what assistance lie could give them but failed to see bee him they eay ay te they y intend to make every en deavor to secure the bodies in order that they may convey them to their homes in in utah for burial they eay bay however the utmost ca caution u tion will bo be used they desire to act in haimour with the state and county officers and allay all excitement which now prevails in lewis county in reference to the attach attack on the elders in lewis county elder rob arts saad said be had a long conference last night at columbia with elder jones who was at condors house when the attack wa was imade elder jones told him that he be and elders berry and gibbs had gone to james condors house to hold a meeting they had not been at the house long before a body of masked men rode epand up and without a word opened fire upon the elders killing elders gibbs and berry instantly and wounding mrs condor after th this the mob fired upon the condor fa family killing martin condor james R hutson a half brother to martin condor then fired on the mob and killed david hinson the mob returned the fire and killed hutson elder jones sebine death was inevitable fled to the woods and was pursued by the mob but escaped without a scratch elder thompson who was at mr garretts Gar reits bouse house near condors residences residence also escaped to the woods and remained there thirty six hours w without food or water he ile was finally taken by mr garrett to shady grove where he still remains elder jones has gone to shady grove to learn further particulars of the attack and will meet elder roberts tomorrow to morrow mrs condor and jame a hutson her husband and two sons martin condor I 1 and james hutson hub are members of the mormon church elder roberts said the mor mons have been laboring in lewis county five years and until last sunday had bad not met with any serious difficulties nor had any charges of impropriety been made against them by the citizens we continued elder roberts supposed posed there was a good feeling in the locality there was no unusual prejudice only that which seems to exist everywhere agai against ast our people and this was onel lof t the he last places where we expected any trouble to arise when asked what action would be taken in ili regard to punishing the robbers mob bers elder roberts said the matter would bo be left with the tile county and state officers they would assist them in the prosecution only as witnesses he ile thought the people of the county would do all they could to bring the violators to justice he ile said that he lie made no application to the governor asking that a reward bo be offered for them his business here was to get aid in securing the bodies of thedeas the dead elders elder roberts eaid said there were only two elders killed by themos the mob and the report stating that another elder was found dead in tho the woods was a mistake aug 14 A di dispatch fr from orn Cent centerville erville states tod today to day d ay that the body of another mormon elder elder one of the victims of thu the wholesale butchery on cane creek was found in a forest in the neighborhood odthe of the crime name not known another elder who it is supposed felt fell into the bands of the mob is missing and the impression is is gaining g ground round that lie asca escaped 6 ed the names of two of the dead dea elders are arc john if gibbe gibbs and berry both came from utah other victims were john hutson martin condor and david hinson hutson and condor who lost their lives in endeavoring to keep tile mob at bay until the elders could escape were well to do and their fate is much regretted gret ted hinson who fell by the handset hands of hutson was a prosperous farmer and was one of the mob |