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county seat and everything connected there with to Parsons, immediately, and by physical force, if necessary," the latter day Bob Eastham reported.
"Eastham joined Parsons and his men with his own horde — as one local historian called it — and they moved on St. George by horseback, bringing along a convoy of wagons, drawn by six horses each, to carry back the spoils of war."
Taken By Force
Arriving at St. George at about 9:30 p.m., the Eastham-Parsons invaders were met by a number of defenders, armed and determined, at least at the outset. “These were very quickly overawed, however, by the formidable and overwhelming numbers of their unwelcomed visitors,” Eastham said. “There were a few shots fired but no one was hit. The women of the town put up the best fight, landing quite a few hefty blows on certain of the invaders. The sheriff, as some of them are wont to do, washed his hands of the whole affair after his pleas for everyone to disperse were completely ignored and thereafter he became an ineffective spectator.”
“The ‘invaders’ or ‘mob’ or ‘vigilantes’ or ‘cutthroats’ or ‘thieves’ or ‘hoodlums’ or ‘ruffians’ — as they were called by some unsympathetic newspapers of this new and unconstitutionally formed state — then broke into the St. George courthouse to load the wagons with every single item of public property, including the bell and unopened sheriffs safe, for transfer to Parsons. ,
“Having done the deed under cover of night, the band reached Parsons about daylight on Wednesday, the next day,” Eastham continued. “A photographer was on hand to record the triumph of the returning heroes. Copies of two old photos he took of the group and their loot are proudly displayed around Davis and Parsons to this day. There
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