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Politics at the Mormon Conference... Much on crime...



Item # 693112

October 09, 1884

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 9, 1884  Page 2 has: "The Mormon Problem" reports on political issues, noting in part: "...semi-annual post-conference session of the Mormon Constitution Convention...composed largely of polygamists, being a continuous body...John T. Caine reported on his efforts to have Utah admitted as a state..." with more.
Page 3 has several crime-related reports: "A Colored Man Riddled with Buckshot While Seated at the Supper Table" "Arrest of an 'Arkansas Assassin" "Texas Murderers in Custody" "A Stage Robbery Captured" "Texas Stage Robbery" "Trying to Escape the Gallows" and more.
Eighteen pages, very nice condition.

Category: Post-Civil War