. Mormonism unveiled; including the remarkable life and confessions of the late Mormon bishop . in orderto save themselves and cover up the sins of the Church. On Wednesday preceding the day fixed upon for the execu-tion, the guard having Lee in charge started from Beaver City,where Lee had been imprisoned, for Mountain Meadows, whereit had been decided to carry the sentence into execution. The party consisted of United States Marshal, William Nel-son, a military guard, the prisoner, District Attorney Howard, afew newspaper correspondents, and about twenty private citi-zens. The authorities ha
. Mormonism unveiled; including the remarkable life and confessions of the late Mormon bishop . in orderto save themselves and cover up the sins of the Church. On Wednesday preceding the day fixed upon for the execu-tion, the guard having Lee in charge started from Beaver City,where Lee had been imprisoned, for Mountain Meadows, whereit had been decided to carry the sentence into execution. The party consisted of United States Marshal, William Nel-son, a military guard, the prisoner, District Attorney Howard, afew newspaper correspondents, and about twenty private citi-zens. The authorities had received information that an attempt torescue Lee would be made by his sons and a body of his per-sonal friends, and precautions were taken to prevent the successof any such attempt. The place of execution was kept a pro-found secret, except with the Marshal and a few trusted friends,and a strong guard was procured. Lee either knew nothingabout the intended attempt at rescue, or else he placed no con-fi lonce in it, for he uttered no word or expression to indicate H « o CI I—I o O e-iO. EXECUTION OF JOHN D. LEE. ?,85 that he had any hope. He was cheerful and resigned to hisfete, aud seemed to have but little dread of death The party reached Mountain Meadows about ten oclockFriday morning, and after the camp had been arranged, Leepointed out the various places of interest connected with themassacre, and recapitulated the horrors of that event. A more dreary scene than the present appearance of MountainMeadows cannot be imagined. The curse of God seems tohave fallen upon it, and scorched and withered the luxuriantgrass and herbage that covered the ground twenty years Meadows have been transformed from a fertile valley intoan arid and barren plain, and the superstitious Mormons assertthat the ghosts of the murdered emigrants meet nightly at thescene of their slaughter and re-enact in pantomime the horrorsof their massacre. The ground is cut up into deep gullies, and t
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