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Transcripts for George Sargent, William A. Rossiter, and John Morgan [Court Testimonies] in "'Mormons' and Citizenship," Deseret Weekly, 30 Nov. 1889.
GEORGE SARGENT (p.715)
testified—I reside at Hoytsville, Summit County; I crossed the plains in Wm. H. Dames company in 1862; we had 68 wagons; and left the Missouri River in August; Martin Wardell's team followed mine, his son and himself drove his team; never heard of any man of our train being killed; never heard of a man named Green in our train; never heard of Green being killed; there was a woman killed accidentally, by being run over with a wagon; there was no man killed, nor was there any robbery in our train while we were crossing. Never saw or heard of any men dressed in buckskin there, and I was one of the guards and took turns.
To Mr. Dickson—Our train was a goods train; there were not many passengers—probably 100 with the teamsters; Mark Surridge, Solomon Edwards, a man, named Bennett, and others whom I could name by thinking over the matter, were there; James Sanders, Reuben McBride, and John R. Young were there; never heard of one named Green; One man died shortly after we left the Missouri River; all but the woman who was killed and the man who died reached this city all right. The train was not divided during the last part of the trip; I am a Mormon.
To LeGrand Young—I do not remember the name of the man who died. He was sick when we started, and he died in a few days. He had some relatives with him.
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WM. A. ROSSITER (p.717)
testified—I crossed the plains in 1862, in W. H. Dame's company; remember Martin Wardell being there with his family; there was no homicide in our company; no man named Green was killed there; do not remember a man of that name; no one lost his life near Green River; first heard of the alleged killing when I read Mr. Wardell's testimony in the paper; never saw any men there dressed in Buckskin. I don't think it possible for a man to have been killed there without my hearing of it. I think Mark Surridge's wife was the lady who was run over and killed; an old man and a child died.
To Mr. Dickson—I am a "Mormon" and a polygamist; if a man had been missed I would have found it out. It would not have been kept quiet, even if Dame had ordered it.
To Baskin—I did duty as night guard; never herded stock.
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JOSEPH H. MORGAN (p. 717)
testified—I came to Utah in 1862, in Captain Dame's train; remember Martin Wardell; did not know a man named Green; never heard of such a man being killed; there was no accident west of Green River; while coming up the river, a lady was run over and killed; there was no man killed from our train; never saw the men dressed in buckskin, described by Wardell. I don't think it possible for a man to have been killed and I not have heard it. No team was brought in where the driver had been lost.
To Mr. Dickson—I do not remember the names of all in the train.