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==Question: Were William Parrish and his son murdered as they attempted to leave Utah because leaving Utah was "forbidden"?== | ==Question: Were William Parrish and his son murdered as they attempted to leave Utah because leaving Utah was "forbidden"?== |
The Los Angeles Star reported that Indians had supposedly killed Parrish and two others; it noted too that "rumor had it [that Parrish]...'had a difficulty with the authorities about removing property which he had previously 'consecrated' to the church.'" [1] No guilty parties were ever found. [2]
The only "leader" accused was Parrish's bishop. [3] If a local leader did commit an act of murder, this proves nothing about Brigham Young or other general leaders ordering it, or that this is a representative example of how Utah Mormons dealt with apostates.
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