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Show 1844 Paper- Tells annul Martyrdom; Vifi the passing of time,' reverential rever-ential interest in the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum grows in the hearts of Latte'r-day Saints. "Nauvoo Neighi.-or" Copy A r.'.omcnto of more than passing interest bearing on this subject come:; to tne Hera:d in the form of a copy of the Nauvoo Ne'.ghbor, published as an extra edition Monday, Mon-day, J une 30, 184-1. The paper not only gives a lengthy account of the murder of these early church lc'adcrs, but .t also presents an interesting study of rural journalism of that period. The copy of the paper in which the account is given is the property : of J. E. Oakley, well known Springville Spring-ville barber, having been handed down to him from his illustrious . grandfather, Philo Dibble, one of tho first magic lantc'rn lecturers I of the state. It was brought across I and voluntarily gave bail for our I appearance to the Circuit Court, to answer in the case' of abating the Nauvoo Expositor as a nuisance. "At evening the Justice made out a. mittimus, without an investigation, investiga-tion, and committed the two General Gen-eral Smiths to prison until discharged dis-charged by due course of law, and they were safely guarded to jail. In tae morning the Governor went to the jail and had an interview with these men, and to every appearance all things were explained on both sides. "The constable then went to take these men from the jail, before the Justice for examination, but the jailer refused to let them go, as they were under his direction. Till discharged by due course of law;' but the Governor's troops, to the amount of 100 or 200, took them to the Court House, when the hearing was continued till Saturday, the 29th, and they were remanded to jail. "Several of the citizens had permits per-mits from the Governor to lodge with them and visit them in jail. It now began to be rumored by several sev-eral men, whose names will ' be forthcoming in time, that tnere was nothing against these men, the law could not reach them but powder and bail would! The Governor Gov-ernor was made acquainted with these facts and on the morning of tho' 27th, he disbanded the McDon-ough McDon-ough Troops, ana sent them home; took Captain Dunn's company o cavalry and proceeded to Nauvoo, leaving these two men and three or four friends to be guarded by eight men at the jail, and a company com-pany in town sixty men, eight or 10 rods from the jail, as a corps in reserve. Mob Siays Martyrs "About 6 o'clock in the afternoon the guard was surprised by an armed arm-ed mob of from 150 to 250 painted red and black and yellow, which surrounded the jail, forced in poured a shower of bullets into the room where these unforunate men were held 'indurance vile' to answer an-swer to the laws of Illinois, under the solemn pledge of faith of the state by Governor Ford that they should be protected, but the mob ruled! They fell as martyrs amid this tornado of lead, each receiving receiv-ing four bullets! John Taylor was wounded by four bullets in his limbs not seriously. Thus perishes the hope of law; thus vanishes the plighted word of the state; thus the blood of innocence stains the constituted con-stituted authorities of the United States, and thus have two among the most noble martyrs since the slaughter of Abel sealed the truth of their divine mission by being shot by a mob for their religion." The remainder of the front page is occupied with messages to loved ones and statements of prominent persons bearing on the case. the plains by Mr. Dibble and referred re-ferred to extensively in his lectures on the early history of the church. This inte'resting heirloom -gives an extensive account of events loading load-ing up to the tragedy, but unlike news reports of present day journalism, journal-ism, very few details of the' actual killing of these men are given. Another An-other journalistic contrast that would clash with the demands of news readers of today is that nearly near-ly r. column of explanatory matte'r is printed leading up to the firing of the shower of bullets that took the lives of the prophet and his brother and wounded John Taylor. Incident Related In relating the incident the .Neighbor in part says: "On Monday, June 24, 1844, Governor Ford had sent word that those 18 persons demanded de-manded on a warrant, among whom were Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith, should be protected by the militia of the' state, they, in com-! com-! pany with some ten or twelve others, started for Carthage, four miles from that place, they were met by Captain Dunn, with a company com-pany of cavalry, who had an order from the gove'rnor for the 'State Arms.' General Smith endorsed his acceptance of the same and both parties returned to Nauvoo to obtain ob-tain said arms. After the arms were' obtained both parties took up the line of march for Carthage, where they arrived about five minutes before be-fore 12 o'clock at night. Captain Dunn, nobly acquitting himself, landed them safely at Hamilton i Hotel." While the newspaper does not quote anyone as having related tho incide'nts leading up to the tragedy, it nevertheless uses the personal pronoun extensively in its report. Continuing the narrator says: "In the morning we saw the Governor Gov-ernor and he pledged the faith of the state that we should be protected. protect-ed. General Smith and his brother Hyrum were arrested by a war-I war-I rant founded upon the oaths of H. O. Norton and Augustine Spencer : I tor treason. Knowing the threats I from several persons, that the two ; Smiths should never leave Carthage j alive, we all began to be alarmed for their personal safety. The Gov-I Gov-I ernor and General Demming con-! con-! ducted them before the McDon- , j ough troops and introduced thorn as Ge'ncral Joseph Smith and General Gen-eral Hyrum Smith. This maneuver came near raiding a mutiny among ihc 'Carthage Greys,' but the gov- I ornor quelled it. j B;;;l Given Voiun:ai:iy i "In the afternoon, after grCnt exertions ex-ertions on the part of our rounst l, : tve dispensed with an investigation, |