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Mormons & the Mountain Meadows Massacre...
Mormons & the Mountain Meadows Massacre...
Item # 705963
July 29, 1875
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 29, 1875
* Mountain Meadows Massacre
* Mormons - Mormonism trial
* John D. Lee - Brigham Young
The bottom of page 5 has a brief article: "The Mountain Meadow Massacre - Repetition of the Effort to Save Young and Smith from Going on the Stand". The report is from
Beaver, Utah, and notes in part: "Several witnesses testified at the Mountain Meadow massacre trial...Mr. Lee's cell was searched...found to contain number articles to assist him to escape...that Brigham Young & George A. Smith were in too feeble health to come to Beaver..." with more.
Eight pages, a bit irregular at the blank spine from disbinding, nice condition.
AI notes: The Mountain Meadow Massacre, which occurred on September 11, 1857, in southern Utah, involved the killing of around 120 emigrants from Arkansas traveling with the Baker–Fancher party. By July 28, 1875, legal proceedings were underway against those accused of participating in the massacre, although the trial history was long and convoluted. On that date, key figures, including John D. Lee, the only person ultimately executed for the massacre, were involved in court hearings related to the case. Lee’s trial had already begun in the 1870s after years of investigation by federal authorities, and testimonies during this period centered on the coordination between local Mormon militia members and Native American allies in the attack. The proceedings were highly publicized and controversial, with witnesses recounting the brutal slayings and discussions of responsibility and complicity among local settlers and church leaders. The July 1875 sessions were critical in establishing the evidence that would later lead to Lee’s conviction and eventual execution in 1877.
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