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Show -156- on numerous occasions have threatened the Elders with summary treatment if they did not leave the country. There is no doubt that the crowd who way-layed the Elders for the avowed purpose of wh~pping them, intended to handle them roughly, and then shot one of them in the heat of the assault and then scattered in fear of what they had done." On Tuesday, July 22, 1879, on the editorial page of the Deseret News, the following editorial comment was printed under the heading: Another Martyr For The Truth One more name has been added to the list of the martyrs. The souls under the alter, waiting for the redemption of the body and the salvation of our God, are one step nearer to the time of retribution, where the Lord shall avenge their blood. Another noble spirit has gone behind the vail to join the ranks of those who died for the word of the Lord and the testimony of Jesus. ~esterday afternoon, Elder John Morgan, who has charge of the Southern States Mission, but who is at present, staying in this City, received the following telegram: Gatos sa Springs, Georgia July 21, 1879- 3:50p.m. John Morgan - Salt Lake City, Utah Joseph Standing shot and killed today near Varnell's by a mob of ten or twelve men. Will leave with the body for home at once. Notify his family. Signed - Rudger Clawson This shocking news was soon in circulation, although it arrived too late for publication in the Evening News, and sympathy for the friends and relatives of the deceased, and indignation against the murderers were everywhere expressed. Elder Standing was twenty-four years of age, unmarried, and was the son of James Standing, a well- known stone cutter, formerly of this City, now residing at Hampton's Station, Bear River, Utah. |
