Arthur Pratt^ Utah Lawman BY RICHARD S. VAN WAGONER AND MARY VAN WAGONER
I N T H E LATE AFTERNOON OF OCTOBER 11, 1874, Deputy U.S. Marshal Arthur Pratt approached the gate of Brigham Young's Lion House office to serve a subpoena on the Mormon church president. Pratt was told that Young was ill and could not be disturbed. The gatekeeper advised that the papers could be served when Young's secretary returned. The twenty-one-year-old lawman, refusing to accept this arMr. Van Wagoner is a clinical audiologist in Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Van Wagoner is a graduate student at the University of Utah.
Above: Arthur and Agnes E. Caine Pratt with their children. Courtesy of Chester Pratt.
