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Show THE MORMON MURDERERS. 491 and the roof was now only four or five feet from the ground and cov-ered with straw. It looked like a shapeless heap of straw, but was a hog- pen and chicken- coop. As long as the posse searched the house the women were passive enough ; but when Marshal Owens com-menced examining this straw pile, the older one hastily grabbed a gun. That settled it. " He's here," said the Marshal, quietly, and the pen was surrounded. CAPTURK OF JOHN D. LEE The woman had been disarmed, but Lee's retainers were flocking in from all sides. A cordon of Mormons already surrounded the house and cow- yard. The women seemed to be urging them on, and a few of them came forward to the pen. It was discovered that Lee had thirty sons, sons- in- law and grandsons in Panguitch, besides some wives and more distant relations. The posse numbered but five. Marshal Owens gazed long and earnestly into the little dark hole, the only entrance to the pen ; and when his eyes grew accustomed to the darkness, he saw a greenish, glaring pair confronting him from the black corner. Here was his man but how to get him? Deter-mined not to risk his men's lives, the Marshal directed them to cut into the straw pile at the rear, while he would keep watch, and if the man made a motion, would shoot. At these words the inside man exclaimed : " Don't shoot, boys. I'll come out." And he did. Once secured, Lee grew unnaturally social and even merry. He urged the posse to come into the house, and ordered his wives to cook breakfast for all parties immediately. But the Gentiles did not feel so |