| Show 1 A fi EW faffa I 1 about the massacre of kofl capt III 1 I 1 WAS I 1 by indians and the jury did not convict MI FROM FEAR of vengeance from a hand of throe three hundred WHO CAMPED 1 neu the Court courthouse housa VaI I 1 ica by fire A talk WI with th altert carrington Carri neton mr A R gunnison Gunn brother of 0 the tile late I ite captain J IV V gunnison Gunn was in town today to day and in corn conversation creation with him several interesting inter reminiscences N a ere cre brought brough tout out in regard to the ead sad affair which ended in in the death of his brother brot lier several years eara ago mr gunnison Gunni aon visited tho the scene of tho the death of hie his brother r 0 ther and nd recovered 0 v c r ed i many ny r relice s ta tino recd nad ellen that i at tho indians i a n s b hid t taken a at it the tune tim 0 of the massacre and subsequently were brought in voluntarily and delivered up frere orere or ft ere sold told by the he indians to the lutes bites among other things received were a biblo bible presented to captain gunnison by hi hb mother when he lie was a boy hie his bosom pin a gold pen pon his undress uniform and several articles madeford anade for him b his mite wife many of those things yvere v ere ili in the possession posos aion of os ox mayor M bior little alie ft ho was executor of tho the futato ci tato ot of captain Gunil gunnison ison and who hid had received them from the indians A fett few dave dava since binca mr fr gunnison Gunn called upon albert carrington formerly historian of the territory of utah mr kir carrington is now ery very old and at itt first did not secra u to r L copice mr gunnison but on being reminded that they the bad met before ill hie mind seemed instantly to revert back to the former visit viat ami and be lie said nd you were hero here a few a au ugo were ou not 1 mr laju gunnison ani on replied yea yes sir mr carrington and ou got three pictures of the childr children cu of captain gunnison and promised to return to ma me copies of the 0 sallie did you not mr gunnison replied that he did lid and then explained why ill atie 0 p promise ro mise had not been fulfilled the pictures mel met t a peculiar fate they were and v ith beveral several other articles aatu lea recovered from the indians were rent sent to a son of captain gunnison jun niHon then residing in in brand kamide michigan they arrived at grand in in du duo 0 course and were in in the evening the box containing them was not opened that eve evening ind and during the night a fire occurred our the tile building with its contente contents was totally destroyed thus those hplu ablo allo retire relies held such a sacred history and had passed through ro so inan man vi cissi audes were dest destroyed roved lust just as they should have glada gladdened ened the tile heart of a iton to tt hose whose father I 1 they hey belonged I 1 mr carrington C referred to the eur sur utah and of salt a lake mido mado by captain gunnison Gunni sori sod under in instructions from frow the government lie ile was a fast friend of captain gunnison and still remembers him mith the he ile re grota greta tile loss of the pictures pic of tho the children and that ili hie ilia old ae age ho he I 1 cannot look upon their pleasant acea iio lie be leniece leli lievert ece that captain gunnison A as killed by the ho indiana indians and indeed then there werris u to bo be no doubt that such was agthe the act fact in this connection mr gunnison I 1 relates tile fact that the widow of 0 tho the in lato lit 0 C captain a pt a i rat gu gunnison Gunn so n s still til abi 1 v deive la I 1 that a t u ilni 1 0 1 ilrath l c 0 of her i r I 1 husband u i id i brou a lit about by b the conni connivance if not under the di direct t order of the late pres president ident 1 bhain tam young tina This idea it lurd hard to crase from her mind from roin tho tile tut fact that ju u lp drummnond wrote lier her a letter bublis published lied in 11 tha tho HERALD ot of juie june 21 nit con eing tins this information ind and ho bo liae has a h so in in vi v ivay i irwi blo tried to influence the opinion of the adow in in to the lim entilla to death death of her lier husband in ili lier her belief that the mannona astred ay also ili i tho the escape cal ipe of the indians after the mas u bici acre and at tho tile time of 0 the tile trial of ilia tha throe three indians tor for the murder ot of cal tain guttri on kho is la also 1 influenced by b lie the alleged g pen ivell by the aline 9 person 1 ii fr Gann Guit fion ll 11 W 4 th tt at the tile tuno time it lie tile ano ct of lie the massacre mamere having e V loconto econia acquainted ith the there lie conversed concra cl with those w aho vho ito were eving liero there it at the time of t the ho ma mazacro sacro irom 1 roin thein lie le lear arneil noil that the verdict of the jury ur im undoubted doubted ly vias influenced by b tho the fact that a ban band 1 of lud ludiana ians r ponie OHIO in number batile art camped within sight of the rudo in in u filch court was hoing iwin hoin ing held hicl I 1 it was the tile geneal generi op opinion illion that tho indians had tome come th h re for tho of 0 g tle the indian prisoners if tho the ct nas was ono clio of 0 guilty and any attempt should bo be mado to enforce tho the penalty of death loath it ildas was believed that the jury did not dire dare to find the indians guilty of murder inthe in alie first ret degree because of this it afterwards after warda turned out how 0 r t that 1 1 the indiana indians were thero there on a peaceable I 1 1 11 1 b af mission j 1 drummond concealed the tile fact that tile jury were frightened by he the presence of thoo those indiana indians and conveyed corn eed to tot the he midow ado tha the ida idea that tile bury jur were instructed by an emissary r brom BrO iani young to bring airm in in a alight ct RS its they did |
