My position here should have some
explanation. I stayed 34 days in Ashley and the surrounding country
when duety and safety seemed to
require me to leave. Marshal Brooks
of Ashley had just returned from
S. L. City while there he got his
papers renewed and two Marshal
had taken him over Jordon to
show him how to ra^i^de Houses
he assisted in serching Bro. Batemans
place after learning how to work
he returned to Ashley and brought
the two Salt Lake Marshals with
him. Brooks sold afll his property
in Ashley and sent his wife to Denver so as to have nothing in
his way from commenceing work in
Your letter of July 13
reached me at St George.
My position here should have some
explanation. I stayed 34 days in
Ashley and the surrounding country
when duety and safety seemed to
require me to leave. Marshal Brooks
of Ashley had just returned from
S. L. City while there he got his
papers renewed and two Marshal
had taken him over Jordon to
show him how to raide Houses
he assisted in serching Bro. Batemans
place after learning how to work
he returned to Ashley and brought
the two Salt Lake Marshals with
him. Brooks sold all his property
in Ashley and sent his wife to
Denver so as to have nothing in
his way from commenceing work in
"Letter to John Taylor and George Quayle Cannon, 20 August 1886," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 19, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/OyVp