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^ into the court yard on the East side of the Court House and
there guarded I went up & took a view of them I saw
Richard Cook who I consider is the most wicked & the
worst man in the company as he took Morris in & was
the means of putting him up to be a prophet & was the main
spring of the organization of the band. He looked vary sheepish
& wicked He partially hid himself behingd his brother John
there were some 80 prisioners the remainder old men and
ignorant were left with the women. the whole of the company
of Prisioners looked wicked. I went into the House and Herd
Dr Clinton give a relation of the affair at South Webber &
I marvel that there was not more killed upon our side than
there was. while conversing Dr Clinton was called for
to go to the Arsenal & dress a wound as one of the brethren
was accidentally shot in the foot we immediately went
up to the arsenal & found it was Brother Richard Hopkins
the ball went in at the little toe & went along in the flesh
part of the foot towards the Heel. We laid Hands upon him
& I prayed for him & He was then taken holm I went
down to his house on Examination it was found that the ball
went through the toe of the boot and flattened it out to a sharp
Edge it went into the toe joining the little toe mashed the toe to pieces
went through the foot the whole length of it cutting the whole
length of the sole of the foot open as though it had been cut open
with a knife & the ball lodged under the Heel bone it was a serious
wound
~ Wednesday
18 Judge Kinney had a court in the Court House at 9 oclok
this morning to try the prisioners Before the opening of the
court Judge Kinney had some conversation with me He
asked if I was at the funeral of Jared Smith & Herd
President Youngs sermon I said No I was not present. He
said "I was told that President Young said that I was responsible
for all these things and that I was weak in the upper story But
says Judge Kinney I denyed it. I did not Believe it. I have not taken
any step without counciling President Young and when the men
came to sware out their Affidavit I told them they must ask
FIGURES into the court yard on the East side of the Court House and there guarded I went up & took a view of them I saw Richard Cook who I consider is the most wicked & the worst man in the company as he took Morris in & was the means of putting him up to be a prophet & was the main spring of the organization of the band. He looked vary sheepish & wicked He partially hid himself behind his brother John there were some 80 prisioners the remainder old men and ignorant were left with the women. the whole of the company of Prisioners looked wicked. I went into the House and Herd Dr Clinton give a relation of the affair at South Webber & I marvel that there was not more killed upon our side than there was. while conversing Dr Clinton was called for to go to the Arsenal & dress a wound as one of the brethren was accidentally shot in the foot. we immediately went up to the arsenal & found it was Brother Richard Hopkins the ball went in at the little toe & went along in the flesh part of the foot towards the Heel. we laid Hands upon him & I prayed for him & He was then taken holm I went down to his house on Examination it was found that the ball went through the toe of the boot and flattened it out to a sharp Edge it went into the toe joining the little toe mashed the toe to pieces went through the foot the whole length of it cutting the whole length of the sole of the foot open as though it had been cut open with a knife & the ball lodged under the Heel bone it was a serious wound
~ Wednesday
18 Judge Kinney had a court in the Court House at 9 oclok this morning to try the prisioners Before the opening of the court Judge Kinney had some conversation with me He asked if I was at the funeral of Jared Smith & Herd President Youngs sermon I said No I was not present. He said "I was told that President Young said that I was responsible for all these things and that I was weak in the upper story But says Judge Kinney I denyed it. I did not Believe it. I have not taken any step without counciling President Young and when the men came to sware out their Affidavit I told them they must ask
