Lorenzo D Rush

 

And at the same time and place came Lorenzo D. Rush, a witness known to me to be of lawful age, and who after being duly sworn according to law as required to the matters in the caption, hereof mentioned upon his oath aforesaid, deposed as follows:

 

I saw the cattle the said Allen P. Deshazo, and was well acquainted with the parties, or a great many of them who left in company with John T. Baker in the month of April, in the year 1857. I had a son who left in the same crowd, and who no doubt was with the crowd when they were all murdered at Mountain Meadows. From my knowledge of the county, the price of cattle, etc, in the spring of 1857, I think the estimate of one made by witness James Deshazo and H.A. Torrance as to the worth of the property with which the same Allen P. Deshazo started with to California, is herewith correct, and that the said estimate is a reasonable one, and further this deponent saith not, so help me God.

 

Lorenzo D. Rush

 

State of Arkansas
SS
County of Carroll

 

 

I, John Bunch, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified as such within, and for said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing depositions of James Deshazo, H. A. Torrance, and Lorenzo D. Rush, were all separately taken, reduced to writing in their presence and read over to them respectively, and by them sworn and subscribed to before me this 23rd day of October 1860, and I do hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with said several witnesses, and that they are all respectable persons, and entitled to full credit. Given under my hand as such Justice the day and year where written.
John Bunch, J.P.

 

State of Arkansas
SS
County of Carroll

 

I, Sam W. Peel, as the clerk of circuit court and exoficio clerk of the County Court of said county of Carroll and State of said, do hereby certify, that John Bunch whose genuine official signature appears to the annexed on foregoing certificate, was at the time of taking depositions and the making of said certificate, and acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified as such, within and for said county, and that his said certificate is in due form of law and by the proper officer. That his signature thereto affixed is genuine and in his own proper hand writing, and full faith, and credit are all his official acts as such Justice of the Peace. In testimony witness whereof, I, Sam W Peel, a clerk of said court as aforesaid herein to, set my hand and private seal (the public seal of said court having been destroyed by fire), This 25th day of October A.D. 1860.

 

S W Peel