. Mormonism unveiled; including the remarkable life and confessions of the late Mormon bishop . ls through my heart I Dont let themmangle my body! The Marshal assured him that the aim would be true, and thenstepped back. As he did so, he gave the orders to the guards: RkadyI Ami Fire! The five men selected as executioners promptly raised their rifles to their shoulders, took deliberate aim atthe blind-folded man sitting upright on his coffin, about twentyfSset in front of them, and as the fatal word **JireJ** rang oak 390 MOBMONISM UNVEILED. dear and strong on the morning air, a sh
. Mormonism unveiled; including the remarkable life and confessions of the late Mormon bishop . ls through my heart I Dont let themmangle my body! The Marshal assured him that the aim would be true, and thenstepped back. As he did so, he gave the orders to the guards: RkadyI Ami Fire! The five men selected as executioners promptly raised their rifles to their shoulders, took deliberate aim atthe blind-folded man sitting upright on his coffin, about twentyfSset in front of them, and as the fatal word **JireJ** rang oak 390 MOBMONISM UNVEILED. dear and strong on the morning air, a sharp report was heard,and Lee fell back on his coffin, dead and motionless. There wasnot a cry nor a moan nor a tremor of the body. There was a convulsive twitching of the fingers of the lefthand, which had fallen down by the side of the coffin, and thespirit of John D. Lee had crossed over the dark river and wasstanding before the Judge of the quick and the dead. His soul had solved the awful mystery, and the Curse thathovers over Mountain Meadows had marked ONE npon itslist of BRIG HAM YOUNG. APPENDIX LIFE OF BRIGHAM YOUNG. ON THE 29tli day of August, 1877, the telegraph broughtthe brief announcement of the death of Brigham Young,which occurred at Salt Lake City, at four oclock on the even-ing of that day. This event, of peculiar importance to the re-ligious denomination of which he was the head and main sup-port, was Dot entirely unexpected, as the infirmities of age andthe effects of licentious living had been making serious inroadsupon his vigorous constitution during the last few years of hislife. He had anticipated the event himself, and had about com-pleted his arrangements for the transmission of his authority toother hands. As there is nothing to admire in the character of this gross,selfish, lustful man, except his superior natural abilities andunyielding determination, it is diflBcult to collect sufllcientmaterial for an extended biography, for he had n
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