Eliza Roxcy Snow

“ Merrill stepped out of the carriage and proposed to assist in taking care of the horses, the marshal gruffly replied, "No, I'll see to them myself," and drove off, leaving his pris- oner standing alone, unguarded and unacquitted.
The mill, which the Brigham City Mercantile and Manu- facturing Association purchased in Marsh Valley, had been in operation there twelve years before the purchase ”

“ On receipt of the foregoing telegrams, the judge ignored the authority of the President, saying that President Hayes had no jurisdiction in the case that it belonged to the Sec- retary of the Interior, Carl Schurz; and finding himself in an awkward and embarrassing dilemma, this policy judge, being destitute of sufficient noble manhood to acknowledge and honor a defeat, instead of dismissing those cases a,nd dis- charging those under indictment, he affected to disregard the telegrams and resorted to base subterfuges, conniving with his mobocratic clan ”

“ More than two thousand had suffered loss. In six months the Factory is rebuilt. Great rejoicing. Dedicatory prayer. Address. Speeches. Brigham City M. and M. Association. A raid. Railroad contract. How a village sprang up. An onslaught. Confusion ensues. The Grand Jury issues indictments. Men drove to jail in a herd. Great excitement. Superin- tendent Dunn speaks. John Merrill in custody. Handcuffed. Chained in jail. Telegrams from the United States President. How the Judge received them. More about Merrill. Left unguarded and unacquitted. About the mill. Dishonesty of Jurors. Financial loss. ”