| Show H 1 I L W BURNING or TilE NAUVOO TEMPLE I I I 1l 11 A J Goo H Rudsill Now of Bowling Green Fla IHir i 7 Tells lIow it Was Done The Man I I Who Did It I i I 1 I I I I I 1 1Ft Madison 10 Democrat I II I peone II itudiditnotor of itolslins r1I OC I an Florldraileft once n 11 3titialson Ii I I i t I boy tells of tile destruction of the I I I I Nau oil TEMIA0 which occurred ilfty i I I KI Yearagagoitt n tih C or11t1m1rn I SIre it cauley of vpatoooce unit J If Atmew t i fU n Jtam d I P we tv the men I that 1lanl1l land carried out lhO dC0 1 r ti I I I trict 171 rleh of the colony Tern ple4w into poc Hi I I i I Ion of Snuoo bait he tcrnias re malu1 the Irolerty of tire Mormua i 1 stbilards tire I I Icing dedicate ij I it j I vrlor ih I ti Al Ihe 11m t I at the IImllh rrcrat i 11 j 11 I the lIopll was having the Nnuvoo III 1 manloa erected down on tile flat near I 0 t I I I the rivey Th house wa of large 1 pro 11 iortions and was of 1lcl find 1 wa j IlII I so 0 Iorlun its completion I o I t lie second I if t i story 1 M fully yearm teh llfot t lt1 I A spetting mans hihio gujn I If he thin r n nation one find lit 11 oi 1 J in I ac IC In wof llr 2mFovea eIi I found it tit Ile tire nul of a tunnel am g i 1 11 And after Iearlnr wY I CcclI I In glnln un onlrlm I followed i it I Ihe or a 1 le1 Imlt n mile In i J I 1 the IIIU1 of tho Ifi pie I he nrrh lrl1 J I C I 1 j Land w m3l noid 1Iga I arkhumI I will 11 1 nalloth far hlO per I walk file 1 Iy side 11 r 11 anti I am rnllxlle Ihal he arch 11 10 Ile1 I 11 t hat a eI Ill 0 t ellple I unit i If I 1 it doub it tI arelo lIMn l In Px1itence m i Ill nn1 Int act Imla I h Me flesh In II til t formod final CIVi lIdenan tire bus 0 1 tormellhal Cololel 11Irnn I 1 J barld I of jollIll Smiths William land R at part if thP Inslnfl nudd p Into a f t resilience after my I 11 Ihe In 1M ut I 1 r < cldele 1 I 1 I vs Woll tn he Illlnl of tile Temple I 0 4 I Well lve II Sir Mr J U Agnw owa II j < i j words ih her an I en recollect l 14 i Which 1 Iroro hi death In t whih 11 silool IleAreteffing I 1 1 1 A the fall farm r I ne II 11114 I 11 1 IS I story 11 nJ r gone ol friend 11 dlSta Ill I I e ht It he known until ofter the dlh A t of nil parties concerned as they h1 phagd thmehe In Pry In the ri a IIt TII 1 I lohl him r oul it olli I III f t riot now iiiat tboSebnrtL ure oi 111 I II ont I IV Iml harin to let It be I i I I a = 1 mnit isnI 1 It I m satin r S many art j lr old r s cur Itty I t 14 1 i llprelAll w In failing healtill at T I the he le 10 le 11o luhl mp th mt lmo as rftrnti I Ion which I h I nl dli ilr l ke 1 h I Asked film I If I A it3 J r I I he hal lornis lenl1 trule o f hi wrunl do 1 I Ings Ye nd I I I InKo and ho mlle in ndkisu 10 jYes I I all but one IhIIK nked I wh1 hot I S I A 11 I Ivan a I lot be anda II wits the burning 1 I I k A of the Nau1 Temple Say I Did I 1 11111 I y f do that VnlbA 1 J w I dial Jl V I owIWat l 1 n Y 1 1 I 11 Etna I wi I ht leU 1 YOI ni ntoll II I IN IS I 0111 I b I IS as follows tin near as I cn Teen H 1 i 1 in f1ltem aft near M I cn Klve I 1 I 4 S In I Atolls i own tneur 4 f f v The r anon why I burned I wall 11 rl 5i I t that Iher wa n contnaol report In i 1 I elrululon lhl Ihe Morolo were I Corning lack 10 NUIVoo and Iva were comin I I R I i rmld that they might lake II Into 1 I j I their heads to do 1 01 its wo h1 I Uj I nil the trouble with Ihem we wanted 4 I I I I JudR Sh T U I M I rg1th1dI1gu11 Ci I Costley A iXpn of f i A 4 a I Icqdoienf detcrlned the is trlclon II 1R I o f their TemlI IL n1 hy 0 dolnl Ihey I l i I I would nol tile able ever again 10 try jl I I 0 and m klh So on the aft e motion i I p f night I that the Temple was It bu ell to nler to make arrange if YP men to a three nlot on tile prairie live I U I j I an lien south If Fort Madison 11 1 I I Ih dge omlng rm Crlh 11 Inl ICa ItIbi nohlihhs r7n1y1n11uo J tf gn 1 I u Ir c ru1 1 i I I Vantainele still F met Rite u t i 1 f J4 l where the Murmol Chlrh Bool five I fU or and there I I mi south Alpronoome an 11 I I X we pledged ourselves 10 destroy the i f I f1 I TempI oureye1 I 10e111 it cost us on our horhMk I F 0 und W I urheycdgyo1Vnr11 t1 < oil t o 1 ric oI perfect some Won I ct 11 I I t ILI work on After a while we dIdod v to gt the leur1 10 how utt1lmolgir V 11 I t he Temple it n we tcl 9 I chan ZeJI i1ur o ure work So wet < i we-t hId our horses In Ih 0 bovidies In n on I I I chilled place 0 mile from town anti 1 I cuMt I i 1 I Pce ill walked In Wo looked about town un t 04 tl 4 o < lock In the nrno 11 In the nipantinic had prepared 0 umlh I menlme mi 111 I J r C Z of klnlnK hy late n gin cor pck n1 I 11 t I C it tit If rm hol ra In the top ot 1 I cllng put It on like cant unalr 1 I j u l y con t I IIO stuck ne tin many l r IT I tarred rag oil tck an I could carry itf 1 4 a j without ul being I lichl then Ito I put It an 1 1lv and ropeureil Palms matches from a mt e I to light my p1pe sand I er rendy We 0 I 111 d4 t i0k i t h1 but little trouble 10 finct the hw I 41 r t nrd Od a Itt Cr lulrlnK No till him oln I lm If A mt Can e 111Colllotl 11 us I I I 1hroug the Temple e In I il h I strong ro In the couIry anti were going I yi ny Ihn night and II would he I our I I Just cIIC 0 tier haps If ever hvlnl tin I I 11 opporlully to 11 1 the Temple I s oa f ill t lie would obligo as I Ih i t hll Inl provided Ile would hurry I hich we Igre1 10 do as I wu getting Into 15 jv q i iLhnrd mould 10 lark before Ile could get i ft I t 0 ugh o alter I good Iul of dclay I I I the key wan al last Inrlc II nol I I see tit I fix 10 nl but nl 101 the tOO l Val ng open Ave went In I ru11 1 II I I and kept a going the Soon I I ng left 11 t 11 I behind working with the Ior I I at I Is 1 called 011 for its to 101 left we lell 11 lij I on tin I it ticed final hit I r rt Joe la i I f I fill the key thetldher I steppI In J a 141 side To on and hOI two Rept on I 1 r on 1t 1 Tit n on after thern and it r it r ho had pPPI trip I went back 10 tile i I tj i q Is door andunlokoid II a Aoln 1Urlicalle key I 1 In I my It sand tha t II Inr thot I I t f lly Ihl 1 line t lie ran I hd illiacovered 1 < t I tll i r that I w 11lng 111 when I eme t t4 up to Ihm on1 I expla tie to Ihm Iml I U l to 11 I I had stopped to look tit the crucifixion t i i ia 1 he itined to Ile satialhc bait looked of b i j 10plcI01 nl me und front hat 1m I I on he bpI close UI mI side anti wUII r 1 not allow it to still I out walked I il III j j 1 right 1 around tin I out J t was gettinal I I I tusk anti we had tit rhAn I c for me ton to-n I light j my oeh t I Frow fr it mad r telling on mI 0mpnlonlh1 they I Were litterly 1appolntd wh1 w a 1 I Ave re omplled In walk Ant I told t 1 Ito q I-to com on In hale that we were late I I andWould miss tier beat that Ile were I going way on 10 they eune nlonl Land 1 1 4 we stopped behind it housemlicre I told t J 10 4 At I fail tons mbich I mude I i them 1 to n if lh hIPIIst oluo I ever ID j Ill j 1 aw UIVe hell tn watch but 0 rw mil I J 1 also unll Iva uw ilia Iellrd far 1 it nwuy on 0 run anti le 1new h I I 1 nllnl or I ke Y ur some one and I I that this Ivan Our hance Po leavinn I i the JeI udge will squire oil gain r I I ran I bac k to the Tsmplo I I mtartcl for tin I t Ihl IJd It t top h Ic If el soon Bained nil found a goold place to start my fire whero It I Neudl 0 r n Food nine E It w until light I to Ile seen front tit any I outside I After menin 4 It I I cesis I began ill retrace 41tills lslultc I joy and n Britt heart for I WI slr I I that tile Temple won an good its burned But I flow uw that there wits I Rtiod I I chno f or ills 10 hUI with II for I I ho1 Imatorny wy n1 did mot knol I which wy to turn 10 get out ulhoUh f 11 I 1 1 had been through the Temple I flung I I hor of 1m before I hod thouhl It I I 0111 slccNI nl last In getting out that I would lie 1 sure 10 tie caught hy the steward for ho would soon III 1 1 back and In all prbhll wOII I hy help with him for I 0 Certain that he uould the ullly mllu key 10 up You can Imagine lay feeling I = gIdd In a burninc Temple and In CU I ld scape the fire I was sure At n arrest I r I ran 11 oe way then the a her In hoPLAS or gaining some passage that I I would know su sin to find my way out I I but al In no purpnse I its getting 1 I sirse opt all tile tllne find I could not I 11 r ell on illrectloti from another unit It I wage tin lurk as 1 111Un Ilghl It I last I cnmlo th stairway olnl upno I j 4 fP took It J fill the bropoi l that it wInuld I I I lead trio back hl IN her I had r Fine I the Oro and I multi then take 0 new art 11 AfteT go Ing up two 10J of stairs still through may hall I elmo to a square 5UN I turn and n light share me down th I Pa ge In I lie oppanite direction I I L nom hot I wanted lro g = but I thought it best togo and sec what II 1 M or who Il wuO I Own discovered l that It was my fire whleh wna burning at 0 fearful iatoBendlntf Its Ilea Y tongu clear act OHM the hall I drew as near an I could and I happened to Bee Siiuln 10 McCauleys bandana handkerchief lying on the floor 0 short distance from the I re on Iho opposite side frunt Inc 1 Lit L-it new Ih1 my way led I thioufcli the BrW ns that loom was the end of our trip MIW whit Ito N ltoI11 knew no other Alay out but through the lire I beuune hurn stricken AVnill to I 11 lumPI UI hy tit y own hands t lod what shall I dot Not knowlrg as It wn Mil did I throw my coat over my I held 11111i amid e a Iva lou h a that h1 ot fire Ilue striking 1 full len lh on the floor und I rol it ell oer hd over until I get Out at > the reach oflb < her When I got tony to-ny feet I o off any i east Ind xln gllohol tho I fire Ihnt had euhl In the Inlne rafter which I Put 1 on all Ilh dlleUly I trisd its run for 101 calmly full my seen und one af my Ig from my fall on the lloor but I WM I excited at th time that did not rcM lie I tlio pain until atti rwnrds I211h41et nsslilance of a few matches I had thai I I now thought of el Kept striking them alone lilt may and al last leached the 0r that I had been going through and frounl It otttidln1 open The coulru I had tome and thrown It open In hopes I might be 1 able to sea 1 star from without They were satisfied that something some-thing had Inn pencil on account of my di lay You can Imagine our fLcIlngn when I stepped through the door T Iulec the floor to nnd locked It 1 nud Ian I-an OIU > Ahg an easterly d I IC0 fill the Judge ami quire followings I va sto re lome and hum1 find Ilmo1 ell oked nol being ull 10 specific I rand vhon I le to a well about 100 yards away I drnnk and threw the kiy In the cl I then told the July I I nl for and go its thallrul 11111ch th lid They bl here Ions IKfolo I did I for I i as almost hold going at all Ate caching the norms I told them the Joh wa done and forlhem ttfaD In different llrectloni and get home ai soon as pus I Ills I and Avoid meeting anyone Tvg ibjected leaving me ns they w ifrald I was hurt Internal vhlch I was fearful was tire I ce I had Inhaled the fire and Ihollcbt my time had come I told them tit go that I would pull through all right So the squire took the river road lit the river lo Appanooce len miles dlitunt the Judge the mail to Cnrthng dlollni sixteen mile distant lu the mouth while I look the pratric 10u1 lit the direction of liontoccole twelve miles Jlslanl I After going about fan f-an lie I looked toward Nauvoo and I FIAW 0 Illckerlng light nnd the next minute the flames burst through the rue 1nd lit up the country for milei rg ns light as day I put my bon j Into n ilead run In I the direction of the Ml Polar timber which I gained In time witilut being seen as the people on the road I ere all In bed but I had r n sooner er Junipiet my hroe over a fence Into ra field In1 secretol myself behind some huh w lien along COIO seven horsemen horse-men on their way to the fire which had by Ibis time been discerned twenty miles around After they had JABSed I again tried to mount my horse bait found It Impossible and found that my leg had swollen Co that I could lot walk I was In a fix sure enough what to do I did not know but I had to do something wo I got down on mI hands and knees and crawled on loward I cluster of tress I leading my hon When I arrived at the timber I fortu atdy found large tree which had been cut down leaving a high slump crawlIng crawl-Ing upon thin slump I managed 10 g1 oa tile back of mI berate Land Nsent back Jumping my horse over the fence back Into the rood I was Buffering co terribly that I could but Just cling lo my saddle I turned my horse In the dlncMon of Squire McCaulevs cabin where I arrived Just before dabreak unit found that the squire hall gOI I home nearly 10 hours before its g an Per prised to be called out by me but after giving him to understand my condition h cried like a child he took me In and I bid me away for 0 week where he and I bit wife cared for me n they would for one of their own if 11 I was able to go about without suspicion The Judge got home the night following the night the temple was burned having to ride In Ills Nvwdq on noek creek all lay which wo In the oulh side o 1 Itoek Creek township So ntler nearly fitly Years the true history of the lebY inadnyonown great 5 Mnrmim Temple Is imde known The narrator ot this story as told by Mr Agnew was n small I l oy at the time of Iho burning of the Timple living with film mother Juit west of Pt Madison Iowa And he recollects seeing l the light from the burning building on that memorable night Over twenty > ei ur after the destruction of the Tomnle I became intimately acquainted with nil the e purl connected with this I wih ni 011011011 It IIUDSILT 1 r l gl Green Florida |
