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Show - 216 - Roberts~ President John Morgan : Matters more quiet. Mobbing has taken place in Lawrence County of this State. Elder J. J. Roberts, of Provo City was whipped on the 17th inst. Signed, B. H •. R~berts An excellent description of the scenes enroute from Thistle Junction to Salt Lake City was published in the Deseret News under date of August 22, 1884, as foll0ws: Bringing ~ Bodies ~ At 11 o 'clock on Friday morning , Augu~t 2~ Elders John Morgan, H. s. Beatie, Jas. M. Barlow, F. M. Cowley, Rudger Clawson, Jas. W. Eardley, Willard Burton, Chas. s. Braine and J'esse M. Smith, a committee ~pointed for the purpose, boarded the Denver & Rio Grande, to meet .the incoming express, at Thistle, on which were the bodies of the murdered Mormon elders_# Berry and Gibbs. The day preceeding, Elder Cyrus H~ Gould had gone to Price Station, and there, ,with the assistance of the Mormon people at that place, had draped the express car in which the bodies were to be carried. The meeting between the committee and Elder Robinson, .of Scipio, who had the bodies in charge, was very affecting. The train, boarded by the .committee, at once .began the homeward journey. · All along the line, at every station, people had assembled to meet the train bearing the remains of the . assassinated elders. When the train reached Provo, it was met by two brass bands, and a large concourse of people. There was no demonstration; no noise; all was quiet and solemn. The D. & R.G. pulled up near to the Utah Central train, held in waiting, and the casket containing the body of Elder Berry was transferred to the Utah Central, also draped in solemn black, waiting to transfer the body to Milford . As the train .pulled out for Salt Lake with the body of Elder l.fibbs, the special Utah Central sped .south .with that of Elder eerry. At .Pleasant Grove, American Fork, and particularly at Lehi, the people gathered to meet the train carrying the mortal remains of their dead brother and friend. The scene at the Salt Lake depot was remarkable. No notice had been given w1 th a view of attracting a crowd, and no organized movement had been made, but shortly after 4 o clock people began to gather. Before 5 o'clock there were on the ground four brass bands~- |
