THE KIDNAPPED MORMON—The Springfield (Illinois) Journal of the 4th brings a report of proceedings before a magistrate, upon a charge of abduction preferred against one John Elliott, by Sisson A. Chase; the kidnapped party being a Mormon elder, named Daniel Avery. Chase swore that on the 2nd of December Elliott showed him a pair of pistols and told him that he was going to shoot a turkey; and on the next day, the affidavit says,
"Your affiant asked the said Elliot if he had caught his turkey, and he replied yes, the one he was after, a Mormon elder; your affiant then asked him who he was, and he said Daniel Avery ; your affiant then asked the said Elliot what had been done with said Avery; and he said, we put him on a horse, tied his legs and guarded him to the river, from whence, about ten o'clock at night, we took him into Clark county, Missouri, for stealing a horse three years ago, where they would try him, and if found guilty, they would take him into another county where there was a jail, and there was none in Clark county. On the 4th day of December I asked him if they had writs or authority to take Mr. Avery; he replied, we all had writs. On the 5th he the said Elliot said he expected to get into difficulty on account of this scrape, but if any Mormon makes any business with me, I will shoot him, and farther your affiant says not.
SISSON A. CHASE.
Justice Johnson immediately dispatched an officer for the said John Elliot, who was forthwith brought before him. Elliot was asked if he pleaded guilty or not guilty to the charges in the affidavit—he said not guilty. Mr. Sisson A. Chase was sworn. His testimony was a repetition of his affidavit, with some additions. Mr. Stephen Markham swore that he heard Elliot say that nine persons were engaged in the outrage—six belonging to Illinois and three from Missouri. Mr. King Talbott gave some additional testimony to the same point. The Court declared that the said John Elliot be held to bail in the sum of 3,000 dollars to appear on the the first day of the sitting of the Circuit Court at Carthage.
