CHAPTER XI.

_Mormon Outrages--Polygamy, etc._

Previous Impressions.--A Recent Outrage.--Dr. Robinson's Case.--Proceedings in the U. S. District Court.--An Atrocious Murder.--The Church Implicated.--A Vigilance Committee Proposed.--Shrewdness of Brigham Young.--His Telegram to Sherman.--It Paid the Saints.--The Logical Fruit of Mormonism.--Bad Teachings of Leaders.--Gentiles _vs._ Mormons.--Remarkable Statements of a U. S. Judge.--He Believes in Thugs and Danites.--His Views of Dr. Robinson's Case.--Mormon Juries.--Brassfield's Case.--The Mountain Meadow Massacre.--Brigham Young Responsible.--Andrew Johnson on Utah.--Growth of Polygamy.--Its Practical Workings.--A Second Wife on the Rampage.--Polygamous Children.--No Free Schools.--Foulness of Polygamy.--The Jury Trouble again.--Judge ----'s Remedy.--U. S. Troops essential there.--Pacific Railroad unlikely to solve the Problem soon.--Brigham Young's Successor.--His Cowardice Personally.--A Brave Official.--The High Council of the Church overrules Federal Decisions, etc. 183-198