Charles L. Walker reports that Brigham Young was "foiled by Judge Cradlebaugh" and had to change his strategy regarding the massacre.

Date
Jun 11, 1876
Type
Personal Journal / Diary
Source
Charles L. Walker
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reprint
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Reference

Diary of Charles L. Walker, June 11, 1876, Charles L. Walker papers, MS 494, Church History Library

Scribe/Publisher
Charles L. Walker
People
John Cradlebaugh, Brigham Young, Charles L. Walker
Audience
Charles L. Walker
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Transcription

as to the Mountain Meadows Massacre if he had not been foiled by Judge Cradlebaugh and other federal officials, he would have hung every guilty person concerned in the bloody deed.

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