ly at me, and Fish was watching the people who held
those guns. That looked like business. I instantly drew two
pistols from my overcoat pocket, taking one in each hand. I put
one pistol through the crack in the roof of the pen, with the
muzzle within eighteen inches of Lee's head. I then said to Winn:

"You go in there and disarm Lee, and I promise you that if a
single straw moves, I will blow his head off, for my pistol is
not a foot from his head."

Winn was going into the pen. Darrow then commenced to beg me not
to shoot. Lee also spoke and said:

"Hold on, boys, don't shoot, I will come out."

He then commenced to turn over to get out of the pen, at the same
time putting his pistol (which he had all the time held in his
hand and lying across his breast) into the scabbard. I said to
Winn:

"Stand back and look out, for there is danger from the house."

Darrow continued to beg us not to shoot. I told Darrow that I
would not hurt a hair of Lee's head if he surrendered peaceably,
but that I was not going to die like a dog, nor would I permit
Lee to get away alive. Lee came out of the pen, and after
straightening up, he asked very coolly:

"Well, boys, what do you want of me?"

"I have a warrant for your arrest, and must take you to Beaver
with me," I said,

Lee then asked me to show him the pistol that I put through the
pen and pointed at his head. He said:

"It was the queerest-looking pistol that I ever saw. It looked
like a man's hand with the fingers cut off short."

It was a dragoon pistol, with the barrel cut off short. He
laughed when he saw it, and was not at all excited. We then went
to the house. The women seemed wild, some of them crying and all
unreasonable in their language. Lee told his family to be quiet,
and did all that he could to pacify them. I sent and bought some
wine, and took a pitcher of the liquid into the house to the
women. They all took a drink. When I got to one of his daughters,
who was crying bitterly, she took the glass and said:

"Here is hoping that father will get away from you."

"Drink hearty, miss," I said.

By the time all the family had taken a drink a large number of
people had gathered around the house. I think fully one hundred
and fifty Mormons were there. I turned to one of my men and told
him to find some place where we could get something to eat. Lee
heard me, and apologized for not thinking to ask us to have
something to eat before that time.

"But,"