People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1895 — Gen. Bray man Dead. [ARTICLE]

Gen. Bray man Dead.

Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 28.— Gen. Mason Kray man, who died here yesterday, aged 82, was a personal friend of Lincoln and the secret agent of Gen. Grant, lie was a newspaper man in early life and subsequently the special state prosecutor for Illinois in the famous Nauvoo troubles of the Mormons, and conducted the negotiations which eventually led to their leaving for the west. Brigham Young is said to hav'e attempted his life.