Mormons

March 18, 1842, New York Evening Post, Mormonite Arrested,
July 14, 1842, New York Evening Post, Trouble Among the Mormons,
July 15, 1842, New-York Daily Tribune, page 2, The Mormons,
July 19, 1842, Batavia (NY) Spirit of the Times, Recrimination,
September 5, 1844, New York Herald, page 1, Wonderful Disclosures Respecting Mormonism. Narrative,
July 9, 1845, New-York Daily Tribune, page 2, Further News from the Mormon Country,
July 19, 1845, New York Herald, An Account of the Last Murder in the Mormon Country, &c,
January 6, 1846, New York Herald, Further Developments of Mormon Iniquity,
September 5, 1849, New York Daily Tribune, page 1, One Way to Work a Miracle; A Singular Feast and Endowment at the Dedication of the False Prophet’s J.J. Strang’s House,
October 17, 1856, New York Morning Courier, From Salt Lake and the Plains,
October 19, 1856, New York Herald, Mormonism Running Riot—Alleged Attempt to Assassinate a United States Officer,
October 23, 1856, New York Sabbath Recorder, Mormon Exclusiveness,
March 23, 1857, New York Tribune, Correspondence of the N.Y. Tribune, Great Salt Lake City, [cont. page 7]
April 11, 1857, New York Evening Post, Resignation of Judge Drummand,
May 18, 1857, New York Daily Times, page 1, From Great Salt Lake, More Mormon Outrage; Violent Dispersion of the U.S. Courts,
May 18, 1857, Albany (NY) Evening Journal, ‘Squatter Sovereignty’ At Salt Lake,
May 18, 1857, Albany (NY) Evening Journal, Incidents in the Career of the Mormon Democratic Leaders,
May 18, 1857, New York Evening Express, page 1, Important From Utah. The Federal Courts Broken up by the Mormons—Outrage on the Gentiles, &c.,
May 19, 1857, Buffalo (NY) Daily Courier, Important from Utah—Daring Outrage of Mormon Government,
May 19, 1857, Buffalo (NY) Daily Courier, Governor of Utah—Brigham Young’s Reported Flight,
May 19, 1857, Troy (NY) Daily Whig, page 2, Disgraceful and Alarming State of Affairs in Utah,
May 23, 1857, Havana Journal, (Schuyler County, N.Y.) page 2, The Mormon Rebellion,
May 26, 1857, New York Daily Times, page 1, Recapture of Children Stolen by Mormons—Elder Pratt in Custody,
May 26, 1857, New York Daily Times, page 1, Killing of Orson Pratt,
May 26, 1857, New York Daily Times, page 1, Interesting Letter from Judge Drammond—Interference of the Mormons with the Courts of Law,
May 26, 1857, New York Daily Times, page 1, Mr. Watson’s Affidavit,
May 26, 1857, New York Daily Times, page 1, Col. Thomas L. Kane on Mormonism,
May 28, 1857, New York Tribune, Another Startling Tragedy; Elder Pratt, The Mormon, Killed; Seduction of a Wife in California,
June 11, 1857, New York Sabbath Recorder, Mormon Despotism,
June 22, 1857, The New York Daily Times, page 5, Mormonism in Pennsylvania,
November 21, 1857, Troy (NY) Daily Whig, page 2, The Late Indian Massacre and the Mormons,
December 1, 1857, New York Herald, The Mormon Rebellion, Will the Latter Day Saints Fight. Will they Migrate to Sonora.
December 15, 1857, Troy (NY) Daily Times, Important from Utah,
March 1, 1858, New York Herald, page 1, Governor’s (Brigham Young) Message to the Legislative Assembly of Utah, [cont. page 2]
May 15, 1858, The New York Times, page 1, Frederick Loba’s Story. Further Accounts of Mormon Outrages and Character,
May 24, 1858, New York Herald, page 4, The News from Utah—The Mormon Trouble not so Near Its Termination,
June 1, 1858, Troy (NY) Daily Times, More War Talk,
June 9, 1858, New York Evening Express, page 1, No Title Mormons,
June 9, 1858, New York Evening Express, page 1, Still Later: Important News---Gov. Cummings still at Salt Lake. Nothing heard of Capt. Marcy,
June 9, 1858, New York Evening Express, page 1, The Last News from Utah—Gov. Cummings Driven Out of Great Salt Lake City,
June 10, 1858, New York Evening Express, page 1, The Reports From Utah,
June 12, 1858, Syracuse Daily Journal, Settlement of the Utah Troubles,
June 16, 1858, The New York Times, page 5, Important From Utah,
June 16, 1858, New York Morning Courier, Important From Utah,
June 21, 1858, New York Evening Express, Douglas on Dr. Leib and the Administration. The Illinois Democracy,
July 21, 1858, New York Tribune, From Utah and the Plains,
July 21, 1858, New York Tribune, From Utah and the Plains,
August 11, 1858, New York Tribune, Utah. The Character of Gen. Burr, Surveyor-General,
October 13, 1858, New York Tribune, Interesting From Utah, From Our Special Correspondent,
September 28, 1859, New York Evening Express, Defeat of Justice in Utah,
September 28, 1859, The New York Times, page 1, Important From Utah, A Chapter from the Current History of a Territory of the United States—Utter Defeat of Legal Courts and Criminal Tribunals, [cont. page 2]
November 16, 1859, The Lockport Journal & Courier, Letter From Cape Floyd, Horrible Massacre B the Indians and Mormons,March 14, 1867, New-York Daily Tribune, page 6, New Publications. ‘Dixon’s New America’, by William Hepworth Dixon, J.B. Lippincott & Co.,
June 24, 1869, Watkins (NY) Express, Death of Henry J. Raymond, Editor-in-chief of the New York Daily Times,
June 24, 1869, Watkins (NY) Express, Mormon Assassins, The Danite Band and its Murderous Work,
December 9, 1869, Troy (NY) Daily Times, William Hickman.
August 16, 1870, Brooklyn (NY) Daily Union, Mysteries of Mormonism, Brigham and Bigamy,
September 30, 1871, Troy (NY) Daily Times, Brigham Young Indicted For Murder; Strong Evidence Against Him,
October 5, 1871, Troy (NY) Daily Times, The Doom of the Prophet,
October 6, 1871, Auburn (NY) Daily Bulletin, Mormon Revelations,
October 30, 1871, New York Tribune, page 1, Polygamy Doomed; Elder Hawkins Sentenced to Three Years’ Imprisonment—More Arrests For Murder,
October 30, 1871, Auburn (NY) Daily Bulletin, The Saints in Trouble; Arrest of Brigham Young,
October 30, 1871, Troy (NY) Daily Times, Mormondom In Trouble, Sentence of Hawkins Adultery,
October 31, 1871, New York Tribune, page 4, The Mormon Question,
November 2, 1871, The Saratogian (Saratoga Springs NY) Utah. Judge McKean Sentences a Polygamist. Brigham Young and Son To Be Arrested,
November 2, 1871, The Saratogian (Saratoga Springs NY) Special Dispatch from Salt Lake City,
March 5, 1872, Troy (NY) Daily Whig, page 1, The City of the Saints,
April 20, 1872, New York NY Tribune, Excitement in Salt Lake; Return of a Danite Chief—Almost a Collision Between Gentiles and Mormons,
November 21, 1874, The Union News (Union, NY) Mountain Meadow Massacre,
January 14, 1877, The (Syracuse NY) Sunday Morning Times, Inside Glimpses of Mormonism, by Eliza J. Webb,
March 26, 1877, Troy (NY) Daily Times, Story of a Mormon Woman, 18th Wife of John B. Lee, the Mountain Meadows Murderer,
July 2, 1877, New York Herald, Saints Or Demons, Conclusive Evidence of Murder Against Brigham Young,
August 30, 1877, New York Tribune, page 1, Obituary, Brigham Young,
September 1, 1877, The American Gentleman's Magazine, The Danites,
March 12, 1884, Yates County (NY) Chronicle, Sealed Unto Him; A Story of the Early Days of Mormonism, Chapter 1, by Joaquin Miller,
April 19, 1884, Times and Express (Oswego, NY,) Sealed Unto Him, A Story of the Early Days of Mormonism, by Joaquin Hiller, Chapter VI, Buried in the Lake,
May 24, 1884, Oneida NY Free Press, The Danites of Utah, A Vivid Account of the Avenging Angels of the Latter-Day Saints,
March 26, 1885, The Saratogian, (Saratoga Springs NY) Mormonism Rattled,
December 6, 1885, New York Herald, A Ruined Life; How An Eminent Western Jurist Fell From Grace and Became a Vagabond,
December 6, 1885, New York Herald, Troops on the Move; Sudden Orders For Secret Movements, Possibly Against the Mormons,
December 6, 1885, New York Herald, A Scare At Salt Lake,
March 23, 1886, The Evening Telegraph (NYC) page 1, Tragedy; Men Shot Over a Simple Carriage Transaction; The Assassin Said To Be a Danite,
March 26, 1886, The Weekly Auburnian, (Auburn, NY) Crimes Daily Carnival; A Chapter Wherein Is Recounted Many Murders and Felonious Doings,
December 22, 1889, Elmira (NY) Morning Telegram, Mormonism As It Is To-Day; Secrets of the Saints Told,
January 12, 1890, Elmira (NY) Morning Telegram, Mormonism As It Is To-Day; The Carnival of Crime at Nauvoo,

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March 18, 1842, New York Evening Post, Mormonite Arrested,


July 14, 1842, New York Evening Post, Trouble Among the Mormons,


July 15, 1842, New-York Daily Tribune, page 2, The Mormons,


July 19, 1842, Batavia (NY) Spirit of the Times, Recrimination,


September 5, 1844, New York Herald, page 1, Wonderful Disclosures Respecting Mormonism. Narrative,





July 9, 1845, New-York Daily Tribune, page 2, Further News from the Mormon Country,


July 19, 1845, New York Herald, An Account of the Last Murder in the Mormon Country, &c,
July 19, 1845, New York Herald,
Quincy, (Illinois) July 1, 1845.
An Account of the Last Murder in the Mormon Country, &c.
While we are blessed with promising meadows and the richest grain-fields, we are not wanting in mental excitement, the raw material for which our Mormon neighbors furnish us, in the result of their spiritual wife system, petty larcenies, horse stealing, robberies;, murders and assassinations. Our jail has been for a long time almost literally filled with Mormon preachers and Mormon "mints" And this is the fact, too, although ours is not a Mormon county.
You will remember that a most horrible murder was committed in Lee County, Iowa, some time ago, by persons at that time unknown. Suspicions rested upon two Mormons, in Nauvoo, by the name of Hodges. They were arrested, carried to Burlington, in Iowa: tried, found guilty on the 21st ult.. and condemned to be hung on the 15th instant But during the progress of the trial, facts were developed, which rendered it certain that a third brother, a citizen of the city of the holy Joe, was particeps criminis. He was taken in Nauvoo on the 23d ult|, and while in custody he was called to the door bt some one, who pretended that, he wished to speak to Hodges for a few moments in private. He was immediately stabbed, and died in a very short time. Upon being asked if he knew who it was that inflicted the fatal wound, he replied, "Yes, it was my best friend." It is believed that he was one of "the Danite band" of Mormons, who had been sent to Iowa to commit the murder for which he was arrested; that being arrested, he told his confederates that he would turn States' evidence, it they did not relieve him; and that he than became the victim of a conspiracy among his associates in crime, who thus certainly, and in a summary manner, put him out of the way, to prevent him from attempting to save himself, by exposing, the robbers and murderers who live in and about Nauvoo.
It is scarcely possible to exaggerate in saying all of these Mormons, known, as they are, to have violated every command of the decalogue.
Hancock county has again been the scene of the most intense excitement, growing out of the fact of Dr. Marshall, an old and esteemed citizen, having been killed on the 24th ult, by Gen Deming, the sheriff of that county, and long regarded by many as being in the Mormon interest. Dr. Marshall was an anti-Mormon. The circumstances which led to this affair are about these:—Dr. Marshall had purchased a tract of land at a tax sale. The land was subsequently found to have been sold in error. Dr. Marshall, with a view, to getting his money back, requested the Sheriff to mark the sale as having been made in error. This the Sheriff, having perhaps forgotten, did not do : and Dr. Marshall, who was a man remarkable for his accuracy, and particularly in the transaction of business upon learning that his request had not been attended to,
said something, which highly exasperated the Sheriff. A scuffle ensued, Deming drew his pistol,
and fired upon Dr. Marshall, the ball entering a little below the navel. Marshall, upon being asked if he
was hurt, answered "I will very soon be a dead man" He died in about five minutes. Deming did not attempt to escape,, but said, with great emotion, to Mr. Backenstos, " this is what I have expected." He was arrested by the Coroner. The Grand Jury found a bill against him, next morning, for murder. He was admitted to bail in $5000 bonds.
The indictments against the persons charged with the murder of Hyram Smith, have been dismissed for want of prosecution.
I regret to see that the people of the United States, influenced, perhaps, in their opinions by the press, think that we have no cause to apprehend danger of war with England. To my mind, war seems to be inevitable in less than two years. Thousands of hardy, enterprising men in the valley-of the Mississippi and Missouri, are resolved upon going to the West, which I have at last found to be situated between Point Adams, and Cape Disappointment. Lon. 123 deg. 54 min., VVest, lat. 46 deg. 19 min. North. And this disposition to go to the west, will not permit a British shadow of title to interfere with their plans. It will have Oregon. This will involve us in war in less than two years.


January 6, 1846, New York Herald, Further Developments of Mormon Iniquity,


September 5, 1849, New York Daily Tribune, page 1, One Way to Work a Miracle; A Singular Feast and Endowment at the Dedication of the False Prophet’s J.J. Strang’s House,


October 17, 1856, New York Morning Courier, From Salt Lake and the Plains,


October 19, 1856, New York Herald, Mormonism Running Riot—Alleged Attempt to Assassinate a United States Officer,


October 23, 1856, New York Sabbath Recorder, Mormon Exclusiveness,


March 23, 1857, New York Tribune, Correspondence of the N.Y. Tribune, Great Salt Lake City, [cont. page 7]


April 11, 1857, New York Evening Post, Resignation of Judge Drummand,


May 18, 1857, New York Daily Times, page 1, From Great Salt Lake, More Mormon Outrage; Violent Dispersion of the U.S. Courts,



May 18, 1857, Albany (NY) Evening Journal, ‘Squatter Sovereignty’ At Salt Lake,

May 18, 1857, Albany (NY) Evening Journal, Incidents in the Career of the Mormon Democratic Leaders,

May 18, 1857, New York Evening Express, page 1, Important From Utah. The Federal Courts Broken up by the Mormons—Outrage on the Gentiles, &c.,


May 19, 1857, Buffalo (NY) Daily Courier, Important from Utah—Daring Outrage of Mormon Government,


May 19, 1857, Buffalo (NY) Daily Courier, Governor of Utah—Brigham Young’s Reported Flight,


May 19, 1857, Troy (NY) Daily Whig, page 2, Disgraceful and Alarming State of Affairs in Utah,


May 23, 1857, Havana Journal, (Schuyler County, N.Y.) page 2, The Mormon Rebellion,


May 26, 1857, New York Daily Times, page 1, Recapture of Children Stolen by Mormons—Elder Pratt in Custody,


May 26, 1857, New York Daily Times, page 1, Killing of Orson Pratt,


May 26, 1857, New York Daily Times, page 1, Interesting Letter from Judge Drammond—Interference of the Mormons with the Courts of Law,


May 26, 1857, New York Daily Times, page 1, Mr. Watson’s Affidavit,


May 26, 1857, New York Daily Times, page 1, Col. Thomas L. Kane on Mormonism,


May 28, 1857, New York Tribune, Another Startling Tragedy; Elder Pratt, The Mormon, Killed; Seduction of a Wife in California,




June 11, 1857, New York Sabbath Recorder, Mormon Despotism,


June 22, 1857, The New York Daily Times, page 5, Mormonism in Pennsylvania,


November 21, 1857, Troy (NY) Daily Whig, page 2, The Late Indian Massacre and the Mormons,


December 1, 1857, New York Herald, The Mormon Rebellion, Will the Latter Day Saints Fight. Will they Migrate to Sonora.






December 15, 1857, Troy (NY) Daily Times, Important from Utah,



March 1, 1858, New York Herald, page 1, Governor’s (Brigham Young) Message to the Legislative Assembly of Utah, [cont. page 2]










May 15, 1858, The New York Times, page 1, Frederick Loba’s Story. Further Accounts of Mormon Outrages and Character,




May 24, 1858, New York Herald, page 4, The News from Utah—The Mormon Trouble not so Near Its Termination,



June 1, 1858, Troy (NY) Daily Times, More War Talk,


June 9, 1858, New York Evening Express, page 1, No Title Mormons,


June 9, 1858, New York Evening Express, page 1, Still Later: Important News---Gov. Cummings still at Salt Lake. Nothing heard of Capt. Marcy,


June 9, 1858, New York Evening Express, page 1, The Last News from Utah—Gov. Cummings Driven Out of Great Salt Lake City,


June 10, 1858, New York Evening Express, page 1, The Reports From Utah,


June 12, 1858, Syracuse Daily Journal, Settlement of the Utah Troubles,



June 16, 1858, The New York Times, page 5, Important From Utah,


June 16, 1858, New York Morning Courier, Important From Utah,


June 21, 1858, New York Evening Express, Douglas on Dr. Leib and the Administration. The Illinois Democracy,




July 21, 1858, New York Tribune, From Utah and the Plains,


August 11, 1858, New York Tribune, Utah. The Character of Gen. Burr, Surveyor-General,



October 13, 1858, New York Tribune, Interesting From Utah, From Our Special Correspondent,





September 28, 1859, New York Evening Express, Defeat of Justice in Utah,




September 28, 1859, The New York Times, page 1, Important From Utah, A Chapter from the Current History of a Territory of the United States—Utter Defeat of Legal Courts and Criminal Tribunals, [cont. page 2]






November 16, 1859, The Lockport Journal & Courier, Letter From Cape Floyd, Horrible Massacre B the Indians and Mormons,


March 14, 1867, New-York Daily Tribune, page 6, New Publications. "Dixon's New America", by William Hepworth Dixon, J.B. Lippincott & Co.,

June 24, 1869, Watkins (NY) Express, Mormon Assassins, The Danite Band and its Murderous Work,

December 9, 1869, Troy (NY) Daily Times, William Hickman.


William Hickman, one of Brigham Young's old Danite band of persecutors and murderers, lay in a recanting and confessional state of mind. While attending a horse-race over in Nevada, recently, he was taken sick, and being charged with murders innumerable, said he had never killed anybody on his own account, but only for Brigham Young and the church's sake. On a rough calculation he thought he had committed about four hundred murders on their account.





August 16, 1870, Brooklyn (NY) Daily Union, Mysteries of Mormonism, Brigham and Bigamy,




September 30, 1871, Troy (NY) Daily Times, Brigham Young Indicted For Murder; Strong Evidence Against Him,


October 5, 1871, Troy (NY) Daily Times, The Doom of the Prophet,


October 6, 1871, Auburn (NY) Daily Bulletin, Mormon Revelations,


October 30, 1871, New York Tribune, page 1, Polygamy Doomed; Elder Hawkins Sentenced to Three Years’ Imprisonment—More Arrests For Murder,


October 30, 1871, Auburn (NY) Daily Bulletin, The Saints in Trouble; Arrest of Brigham Young,


October 30, 1871, Troy (NY) Daily Times, Mormondom In Trouble, Sentence of Hawkins Adultery,


October 31, 1871, New York Tribune, page 4, The Mormon Question,


November 2, 1871, The Saratogian (Saratoga Springs NY) Utah. Judge McKean Sentences a Polygamist. Brigham Young and Son To Be Arrested,


November 2, 1871, The Saratogian (Saratoga Springs NY) Special Dispatch from Salt Lake City,


March 5, 1872, Troy (NY) Daily Whig, page 1, The City of the Saints,


April 20, 1872, New York NY Tribune, Excitement in Salt Lake; Return of a Danite Chief—Almost a Collision Between Gentiles and Mormons,


November 21, 1874, The Union News (Union, NY) Mountain Meadow Massacre,


January 14, 1877, The (Syracuse NY) Sunday Morning Times, Inside Glimpses of Mormonism, by Eliza J. Webb,


March 26, 1877, Troy (NY) Daily Times, Story of a Mormon Woman, 18th Wife of John B. Lee, the Mountain Meadows Murderer,


July 2, 1877, New York Herald, Saints Or Demons, Conclusive Evidence of Murder Against Brigham Young,







August 30, 1877, New York Tribune, page 1, Obituary, Brigham Young,





September 1, 1877, The American Gentleman's Magazine, The Danites,



March 12, 1884, Yates County (NY) Chronicle, Sealed Unto Him; A Story of the Early Days of Mormonism, Chapter 1, by Joaquin Miller,




April 19, 1884, Times and Express (Oswego, NY,) Sealed Unto Him, A Story of the Early Days of Mormonism, by Joaquin Hiller, Chapter VI, Buried in the Lake,




May 24, 1884, Oneida NY Free Press, The Danites of Utah, A Vivid Account of the Avenging Angels of the Latter-Day Saints,




March 26, 1885, The Saratogian, (Saratoga Springs NY) Mormonism Rattled,


December 6, 1885, New York Herald, A Ruined Life; How An Eminent Western Jurist Fell From Grace and Became a Vagabond,


December 6, 1885, New York Herald, Troops on the Move; Sudden Orders For Secret Movements, Possibly Against the Mormons,


December 6, 1885, New York Herald, A Scare At Salt Lake,


March 23, 1886, The Evening Telegraph (NYC) page 1, Tragedy; Men Shot Over a Simple Carriage Transaction; The Assassin Said To Be a Danite,


March 26, 1886, The Weekly Auburnian, (Auburn, NY) Crimes Daily Carnival; A Chapter Wherein Is Recounted Many Murders and Felonious Doings,


December 22, 1889, Elmira (NY) Morning Telegram, Mormonism As It Is To-Day; Secrets of the Saints Told,




January 12, 1890, Elmira (NY) Morning Telegram, Mormonism As It Is To-Day; The Carnival of Crime at Nauvoo,




The Mormon Menace Being The Confession of John Doyle Lee - Danite: An Official Assassin of the Mormon Church Under the Late Brigham Young Introduction, by Alfred Henry Lewis, with Numerous Illustrations, [New York: Home Protection Publishing Co. 1905]