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THE MORMON MENACE

BEING THE CONFESSION OF JOHN DOYLE LEE - DANITE

AN OFFICIAL ASSASSIN OF THE MORMON CHURCH
UNDER THE LATE BRIGHAM YOUNG

INTRODUCTION By
ALFRED HENRY LEWIS

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS

New York
Home Protection Publishing Co.
156 Fifth Avenue

Copyright, 1905, by
A. B. NICHOLS

All Rights Reserved

electrotyped and printed by
the Herald Company of Binghamtom



CONTENTS (pages not numbered in text version)

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v

CHAPTER I - THE STORMY YOUTH OF LEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

CHAPTER II - LEE BEGINS A CAREER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

CHAPTER III - LEE BECOMES A MORMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

CHAPTER IV - THE SAINTS BESET WITH TROUBLES. . . . . . . . . 29

CHAPTER V - THE MORMON WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

CHAPTER VI - LEE LOCATES THE GARDEN OF EDEN. . . . . . . . . 45

CHAPTER VII - THE SAINTS GATHER AT NAUVOO. . . . . . . . . . 52

CHAPTER VIII -