Show 11 I 1 copy right sac Sa cunIl arod I 1 HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH 1 I 1 MACH W da ai R I 1 ay ath incy hun Mi nils ais adima 1 cot coi bointy uty nty M arch ach 18 it 43 I 1 jacob Sliu maker if io certify th it I 1 went b bick ick to the state tate or of abut he first if last with the calculi I 1 tio I 1 11 t i live with nay my family aut finding it indis sible as the an m ib sur id my giouse and threat 11 enad me with my life aty t atha the amount anio of twenty or thirty of thoi tid ind whilst st they ware quarreling ab abut ut me ma wh tt they thay should 4 i and in wiy way w iy they should depoe of me I 1 crept out of the bick back window and made my ese escape ape and leaving my family to mosi knost sw scandalous alous abuses my wife and ideis daughter barely escaping fron from their anh ly Jy ign 1 I 1 I 1 was thus a tl ti ne obliged to afave the th state nr at the risk of my UP life the former altera etive I 1 ehos my by the ab we ve mentioned abuses was not lesi than three hundred dollars A lot of land corita containing luing forty acres for which I 1 pid four dollars 0 acre situa ted in cu bunty nty was u tty dy and fall fully v tien fro fron n me ma and is still retti nAd ty by some parson or persons to m nia 3 unknown unan ian I 1 I 1 ca is a true st lenient JACB SHUMAKER sworn t before C M X wo ds do 19 thI 1 awl richards a reide ut of ofa Q 1 I cincy ney ad adans uni con county anity illinois titi ner of medicine certify that in the year one th bigit hundred and thirty eight I 1 was waa a citizen of fir F ir west caldwell county miss uri and that in the till fill of said apar I 1 saw the tha tily invaded by a numerous armed soldiery who c impelled compelled ltv inh ibi tints to surrender ir give u thir firearms fire arms and submit to the their irdi dictation tation they then set a strong ag guird guard ru r in ud lid the city throb th rob pre jig egress or ingus without special p permission erin I 1 assion tha thay c e heeled eted the catiz ins as tog W r u upon th za 3 public square f arned ru round ad the them a s str t amny mg agn gard ard of tra and then at tho mouths of rul rifles s compelled them to sign what was termed a died of trust thereby depriving thorn thein of alf property and civil rights this thia occupied several dubs days of most inclement weather w chwi han they were brought to the same ord r by generd general dark clark and I 1 some forty or fifty were mada special prisoners by hirn him at this time he delivered his speech tollie morans ns which has been published and which is dilly correct I 1 ws wis compelled by a company of nf men armed with to leave my bouge and ana go to captain bogaerts Bo garts camp he commanded as I 1 understood a part of the guard which surrounded an indirect charge chare or bising was detained detailed a prisoner two days examined exi mined and th then tha a liberated 1 I then asked the cerk of the tha campany Rom piny who had been my keeper the follo following Whig un ins which he reuall readily answered ans were thoe tho w men jhc alro mass massacred arved the die mormon sit fit hauns mill MID out under the Gavern governors order or were they robbers mob bers 1 A robbers Mob bers I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 are C cornelius maillum and ny AY out sv hy iza catl F authority or are they ilsey robbers mob bers A AM M b abera ers 11 v where are thise robbers nowa now I 1 I 1 A they have k j ined the army arav this company at the surrender i r of far west wre were p pointed hinted like lifts indians indiana the tha army wore a blid b idge anver I 1 of red blood I 1 saw a larga amount of tit lumber and destroyed and for foi fitall by tiie the sn idlers tera the destruction of c attle hoga s seemed to he their sport ita as their camp and tho the fi fields testified when they withdrew gun gan was taken from froin mp imp which t f have never seep seen or heard of since A gun that was left in wy care was t iken at the same time which I 1 afterwards found with wiley E williams Willi airas of richmond reputed one of the governors aides to obtain which h I 1 hid had to prove property affirm before a and pay said williams fifty cents I 1 w me t c billed to extract led lead dress the tha wounds ac for several persons saints who were shot in them the baige two of whim died atly at ly previous to the above and fora for a long ti no ne before the elti citizens zons of caldwell and par fic airey airly fir west wera culled upon to watch for mobs by day d y and gurd guard against thorn them by night till it became a burden almost lateler thle LEVI RICHARDS 11 sworn to bea beare re C M U woods clerk circuit court adorns co illinois frid ty ath 1 I giaso ghoson ii git G do hereby certify that I 1 was residing in jackson county mis 0 sum u ri in the fall of the year vt ai 1833 and hid been for the space of about one year I 1 wis at a meeting ne iw day for worship when a min man by the name of Mast masters pris camac to is us stating thit th tt he was sent I 1 by the tha mob to inform us that if we would forsake our rAi religion gion thoy they were willing to be our oar brethren and fig tt it for us as but if not adil a dil iid he our young men are ready and wa can c n scarce constrain them from tailing upon you and cutting you to pieces son sjon after this there came a large company of men inan armed to my and with much threat ening and profane words ordered me to be gone goas by the next dw day or they would kill me and ricky nay family in consequence of which threatening we quit our houie home in the mouth month of november leaving most of our effects suffering ring very roach much with coid cod fatigue and hunger we took o oi 01 i the prairie and went southward twenty miles or more where we stayed a few weeks but still being threatened I 1 by the mob we removed to clay county where we lived in peace until the fall of 1838 when a mob larose arose the people of the church of letter latter day saints when we ie were abtin obliged to leave our home seek safety in another place lace for a few weeks when we returned our gouse house had been broken open and the lock of a trunk broken open and the most valuable eon contents tents thereof taken away the them mst m st at 4 foar our bedding and furniture was either stolen or destroyed and we were then than ordered to leave the tha state GIBSON GATES sworn to before david W kilbourn J P I 1 this thia Is to certify carff that I 1 david pett pettigrew w was a citizen of jackson county missouri and acil owned a good farm laying on the blue river six miles i west of independence and lived in peace with the I 1 inhabitant fl until the ermaier and fed of 1833 I 1 when the inhabitants began to th threaten us with destruction I 1 was at work in ray my field and a roan man by the alame of alien ailen and others with him came along and orad out mr air yoo yon lare are at work as tho you yon was determined to stay here but we are determined that von shall leave the county immediately I 1 replied that I 1 boes woes was a free born citizen of the united states and had done harm to no mite man I 1 thero therefore fore claim protection by the law of the land and that the tha law a and nd constitution of the land would not them to corn com mit milt sp so cordila hor horrid dila a crime they then replied replie 4 that the old law and constitution is wora out and we are about to wake make a new one I 1 I 1 was at a meeting where we had met for pray er r and a inan man by the name of Ati masters came and desired an Iner interview view with us lie he then stated that he was sour sent by the mob to inform us thit th it if we would fore fora like ike cai our and d prophet religion and bee become ciron of their hair religion they the mob would be our brothers and alil would fight for us up but if you W will ill not we re are am ready and wilt will dria you you from I 1 th the 6 county I 1 A few days after this a large i mob came tomy to roy house commanded by general nos moses if hugh agli brazie and lewis franklin and broka down my door and herst into my house armed artner 1 with puns guns clubs and knives booie seme of them were painted red and balck this was in abe night and my family wa waft much frightened they threatened me with immediate death if I 1 did aid not leave lave the ap pace ee after A her much abuse abdoe they let us tor for the night but in a few days d lys niter after they returned and drove me and my family into the street not suffering us ns to tira anything with no I 1 saw that we must go or we went south to van buren burena county in compain with eighty or ninety others i tn in a short tine ti ne oe niter after I 1 I 1 reined to my farm and found vay house pl plundered m my grin load aud crop stuck an and all my farm and farming tools lid wiste w isac and destroyed and shortly after my house hause was it bur burned tied to kahps I 1 called on enquire western of andt independence and enquired of hint him it if he be could inform me what dl all this mobbing and riot informing him orthe of the d destruction and aad plundering of my house bouse to which he gave me no satisfaction a but insulted me and treated we me roughly governor boggs lived in the county and I 1 have hare seen seau hlin him passing among ne 08 in our great distress and guve gave no atten tion to our distresses he was ws then Liou lieutenant tenant governor of the state qa my return to m my y famil family y in van buren county I 1 was much abused by a man by by the name of brady he said he would kill me if ever I 1 aftem attempted pied to go to my farm or if 1 he oa 01 sat me passing that dav dav ag ilu ild I 1 returned to my family and in a tew days after a company of men came came where we lived and nd said they would pill my blood it if I 1 did not leave lease the place pi ice imme ditte iv the lead leaders roof of this were john cornet tha mas langley and warden I 1 m n county 1 this assi waitt in the cold winter 1 wi andoor our sufferings rings ware I 1 tied fled across missouri river to clay county whee e I 1 liv d ihlae years in ift which I 1 tine time I 1 oft ofin n hoard hard judge cameron aud anthers say sav th blut it your IM cormons mormons armons cannot gt at g t boar rights in many any of the courts of the ahe upper coultry cou poti and I 1 had bad not i ahn brivil go ge of voting as a free I 1 moved to cilda C edw 41 II county bought land end and i opened a good farm and lived in peace until the summer r and fill fal oi of 1838 1818 dhru mobs abose arose in the counties coun tiep rou round about and I 1 with the rest was obliged to like lake up arms in sell self defence for the cry was that teat mob taw law should prevail ff we stood them until the army rm came e and took us nil aft prisoners of war I 1 with yeram the rest reat was obliged to gan a deed of trust at the point of the ha sword I 1 with sixty others was wass s lecter out ond and m lo 10 androk andray baitty b o w general clark awe th they v kept us au a amber ber of weeks prete pretending to try us as m trpo and mui murderers at length I 1 obtain d my dinv liberty and returned to my family in culdwell Cil dwell county and I 1 found that there was no safety safely there for there w ans no law but all a scene of robbing plundering and stealing they about to take roe me ag du and F r ws wis obliged to leave my family and flea to illinois in about two months my amily amily arrived having red much abuse and loss of health n nd ind property soon after the arrival of m my y family my my i son a young man did di d and I 1 attribute his dea death th to the cruel barbarity of the mob of missouri missour 1 l he being a prisoner among a mon 9 them aud having suf frd md much inch because of them I 1 my fath father r was a told soldier ler and served in the rev lation ary war under the great washington hut but I 1 have not haa had protection on ny my own lands and I 1 havo have not boon bean permitted to see sea my farni farm in iii jack I 1 SOD eon county Wis missouri in seven years soldiers were ware stationed or quartered in di different parts of far west atud they tre treated aled u us roughly threaten lug to shoot us usand and making I 1 use of anything they pleased such as burning house timber and rails and garden fences and stealing and plundering what they chiy pleased I 1 when I 1 was at richmond id a prisoner before judge kink king we sent sant for many iny witnesses and when then they v came cam they were taken and cast into prison with us and we idere were not permitted to hive have h ive any witness is thedarl came out of they compelled me to sign a writing which was bof not true or remain in prison JAVID PETTIGREW f sworn td wore WOM D iff W kilbourn Kil hourn 4 P thus I 1 have given adew a few of ambe the multitude of ofaf af which might be given to substantiate tate the facts of our persecution and death iu in missouri i when the brethren left missouri they were poor having hating been everything valued by mobs much of etwas it was done under the eye of the govera government m nt offices Offic rs TS accordi according ing to th the foregoing aud all by the sanction of the state of missouri as the acts of her legisla legislature tre testify and being so numerous they were obliged to scatter over the state of illinois and biffl ent states to gat bread and cloth clothing log so thit that but few accounts missouri could be collected without unreasonable exertions about I i u ils do gave in their claims against aiss missouri ouri which I 1 dr drw baited ted to ta to about ai 51 12 1 2 cents leaving amI more of similar bill belh 3 hereafter to bo be present 4 ed which if not settled immediately will ere erelong long amount to a handsome sumi sum increasing by compound pound tuesday interest 1114 ashington city march 24 ift daar r brother brothen our business iti is ia at last ended here yesterday it a resolution passed the Seti senate ate that the committee should be discharged and that we might withdraw the accompanying papers which I 1 have done dohe I 1 hwe also taken a copy of the memorial and want to be off for the he west wes t immediately t I 1 have not gotten a letter from president Rg doil altho I 1 have frequently written to him I 1 have received in letter from brother bennett tint thit helas in the jerseys and that he was calculating to have me ine come that way and go home with him and also that he be had business which he wanted me to attend to at the office here when he last wrote lie stated chatas tant as yet he had no money to get home with and I 1 hardly know what course to take in regard to alie matter if I 1 do not receive a letter in two or three days I 1 design leaving for philadelphia or the there is one honest quaker looking sort art of a man here heie by y the name of william green instead of joho john akon as I 1 stated in a letter to brother robinson who ho has two iron printing with other things nac necessary emary that would come comae to I 1 commerce provided you could find work for him and inform him of the same how itoh work thero there te Is to ta do I 1 know kisow not therefore merely write I 1 that if such a aman mat and establishment are wanted you could easily obtain them or would know where they could be obtain obtained od he believes as much in ia our religion as any other but not much la in any yours youra in the E Z HIGBEE P SI S I 1 would just observe oba erve that information has bw reached this place so abina of tho the pers that you have come out for Harri harrisod Harris soi on is a said that the cain y some gentleman gent lenan 1 who obtained it from you whilst h in your danila I 1 ny in passing th rothe the state ff anoh 1 et ei paper states that 1000 houses are to be bug iu in commerce this season which I 1 hope is the he I 1 t j I 1 would just observe 0 o or n the subject of our 1 js si iness ness I 1 am sorry judge you young na had not inrid on the motion to print our papers as it have he been en opposed then us a speech from froin |