Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
Identifier
39222001356331
Photo Number
#12884
Publisher
Utah State Historical Society
Subject
Lawyers; Judges; Mormon pioneers; Frontier and pioneer life; Criminals; Scapegoat
Person
Lee, John D.
Geopolitical place
Utah
Comment
Image shows John D. Lee, the attorneys, and the judge from his trial. John Doyle Lee was a Mormon pioneer, U.S. Indian Agent in Iron County, and the central figure in the tragic Mountain Meadows Massacre, in which he was executed for the crimes, 20 years afterward.