Jacob Hamblin gives testimony of the rationale of the militia leadership to murder the emigrant train members.
- Type
- Speech / Court Transcript
- Hearsay
- Scribed Verbatim
- Reference
John D. Lee, Second Trial, Jacob Hamblin Testimony (1875), 106–107
- Scribe/Publisher
- John Doyle Lee Court Trial
- Audience
- Jury for the Trial of John D. Lee
- Transcription
Q. YOU SPOKE ABOUT LEE TELLING YOU THAT THERE WAS A NECESSITY FOR THE KILLING OF THOSE YOUNG GIRLS, BECAUSE THEY WERE OLDER THAN THOSE THAT HIS ORDERS PERMITTED HIM TO SAVE. STATE NOW IF HE DIDN’T TELL YOU IN THAT CONVERSATION SOME REASONS FOR THE KILLING OF THE GROOWN PEOPLE?
A. THE REASON THAT HE TOLD ME WAS TWHAT I TOLD YOU.
Q. DIDN’T HE SAY THAT IF THEY WERE PRERMITTED TO GO THEY WOULD TELL THE TALE IN CALIFORNIA OF WHAT HAD BEEN DONE BY THE MORMONS?
A. HIS TALK AND WEXCUSES WAS, THAT IF THEY DID GO IT WOULD BE VERY BAD THING FOR THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE SOUTH. IF IT WAS KNOWN, AND THAT IF THIS GOT OUT IN SUCH A PRECARIOUS TIME, IT WOULD BRING ON ON MUCH TROUBLE ON THE PEOPLE
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