Day in the Life

Nov 23, 1858

Journal Entry

November 23, 1858 ~ Tuesday

23rd My child is some better this morning I met
the mayor A. O. Smoot going to make out the papers
to arest the men at Kinkades store for assaulting
the police. Brother Stanes reported that Mr Wilson
the U. S. districts Attorney considered Judge Sinclair
was entirely out of order in his charge to the Jury
& insult to himself in not giving him the opportunity
of meeting with the Grand Jury they are becoming
diveided among themselves. I called upon the president
at 2 oclok Brother Sharp came in & gave an account
of the row at Kinkades last night He said that He
was in it from first to last Mr Charles Kinkade
was at the head of the row He tried to provoke a
Quarrel with the Poliece they made all kind of noises
to attempt the police to arest them but the police
did not interfere with them untill they came
out & kicked & stoned the poliece they then knocked
down some half a dozen of them several shots were
exchanged but nobody killed the Poliece quelled the
mob several of which were severely hurt one
asked for two poliecemen to guard him while He
wento to Mr Hartnets to get Dr Hurt to come &
dress the wounds of those who were hurt two
policemen went with him & while returning with
Mr Hartnet one of the poliecemen pistol accidentally
was discharged & the ball went into the ground this
Frightened Mr Hartnet for He thought He was
shot at But He was informed that it was an accid[en]t
the Gentiles are vary anxiouse to get up a row
with this people. The Court met to day at 11 oclk
& done no business except to decide that 2 indians
in the penitentiary should be tried in the next district
south.

I took all the papers or manuscript that
we had written in English for the Deseret Alphabet
& brought it to my draw[er] in the Historians office

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
583 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3425 mentions
Apostle, Family
Hurt, Garland
abt. 1820-1903
Woodruff, Hyrum Smith
4 Oct 1857 - 24 Nov 1858
8 mentions
Family
Sharp, John
9 Nov 1820 - 23 Dec 1891

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Wilford serves ninth term as member of Territorial Legislature.

Nov 23, 1858