Show 4 1 copyright Secure dj history OF JOSEPH smite JUNE 1844 I 1 insert the affidavit of anson call david evans evano and william E horner homer IV s june 1844 state of illinois hancock county city of nauvoo personally appeared before me aaron johnson justice of the peace bf 0 said county anson call david evans and william E homer horner of Il ancock hancock county and state aforesaid and being eing duly sworn depose and say that on monday the instant we started for rocky run hun un precinct and arrived yesterday we then went to col williams of that place and there soon assembled twenty or thirty men we were informed that colonel Willi williams aLs had bad gone to lima to get the colonel there to brine brin on his regime regiment nt we then informed them that we were delegated on behalf of the people of nauvoo to transact business with them afley informed us they had a committee set apart to do and that one of their committee was then present one was absent and the other two would shortly be here that while a person was seeking the two men we observed to the people that general smith was willing ta tto be tried in any state for an any ans crime or supposed crime that lie he had bad ever committed except ill in the state of missouri oneff the person persons s objected to general smith by the he municipal court in nauvoo aad declared that nothing else would do but for him to be taken upon the old writ and by the same bame person betsoi took him in custody before fitl anil till tried aitt acha he place where the writ was issued q 1 it was then observed that judge thomas bad advised general to enter into bonds to be tried before becore the circuit court and this would allay alithe ankh ail all the e excited feelings of the people it was then moved by one ot of their company and sanctioned by the people that a committee should wait on qu the judge who gave general smith that advice and give him a coat of tar and feath athele nth ath ere exe cs when whon one john elliott of notoriety agreed to find the tar and featheroff feat herff for that purpose aber some further llon lion conversation a man whom they called law lawyer er stevens came in from bibin ivard and asks asked where colonel williams wa was s he was told that lie he had bad gone to lima hey e then observed to the lawyer that we were wr ele eie legates delegates gates from nauvoo when he replied 4 we are expecting acting delegates too at warsaw an and he said the people were talking of them to the mississippi river and says bays he ile gentlemen you can do with aur vur delegat delegates ep what you think proper A mr crawford one of the committee ob he went against r such proceedings and advised them as a body to keep cool they then told tola flip lawyer the advice that the judge of the circuit court had given givan to general smith when he said it was unlawful advice and it was a second time moved and assented to that a committee should wait on judge thomas thomai and arid give him a coat of tar and feathers the remainder of the committee having come in in they stated to us that they bad written to the governor to obtain aid from other counties and if the governor did not send them aid they were too weak to go themselves now but were summoning summoning all the people that would come into the co county anty until they got force enough to come up and take joseph smith with the filst first warrant and take him to the place where rethe tha writ was first issued and nothing idis less tha nhat would satisfy the people A ANSON CALL t DAVID EVANS tt WM E horner HORNEK sworn and subscribe 1 I to this letb day of juneia june 14 AARON JOHNSON JP 11 From frae 4 the best information they could learn there were agie two hundred armed men at rocky run precinct two hundred at warsaw two hundred jn in missouri and the whole receiving constant consta additions at rpm 9 I 1 was at home the ciby all ail quiet Thurs thursday aby dak SO 0 at day break I 1 went with my staff and major akbor gen geri dunham to the prairie r 1 e to view the situation of the ground and to d devise plans for the defence of the city and select the proper locations to meet the mob and made arrangements for tor provisions for the city instructing my agents to pledge my farms for foi the purpose at 16 10 am br dr southwick from louisiana arrived amma reported that there was not much excitement excite mentin in st louis that a cannon had arrived at warsaw from quincy and that it had been reported to him that there was great excitement in upper missouri at 11 ili iii 1 reviewed the lion llon Ls ou facing the mn sion and went to parade on the banks of the river I 1 insert the affidavit of carlos IV lyon state of illinois city of nauvoo I 1 on the day of june 1844 came before me willard richards recorder of the city aforesaid carlos IV lyon and after being duly sworn dep oseth and saith that while at st louis mo oil on monday the dinst it was a common topic that they were furnishing arms and ammunition tove tobe to ba sent by steam boat to warsaw illinois and said if the tha people of Warsaw need five hundred men to give notice by the steamer boreas and the men should be sent from st louis to warsaw and that your said affiant also saw a cannon landed from the steamer mermaid 5 at warsaw and further he saith not CARLOS IV LYON Subscribe dand sworn to before me this day of june 1844 1944 WILLARD RICHARDS recorder of the city of nauvoo 1 5 wrote to john tyler president of the united states as follows city of koit Nall nauvoo ill iii june 1844 1944 5 sir 1 I have just enclosed to the governor of the state stats of illinois copies of the enclosed affidavits davits sand and extra I 1 am sorry to say that the state staig of missouri not contented with robbing driving and murdering many of the latter day diy saints sainta are now itow joining the mob of this state for the fhe purpose of the utter extermination 5 of the mormons cormons Mor M mons as they have resolved and now sir as president odthe of the united states will you render that protection which the constitution ution guarantees in case cass of insurrection 1 and anil rebellion and save the innocent and op pressed from such horrid persecution with great respect I 1 have the honor to be your obedient servant I 1 JOSEPH SMITH mayor john tyler president of tile the JJ S washington ton D C 52 I 1 here insert affidavits of hiram B mount and john cunningham june 1844 state of illinois hancock county city of nauvoo Ngu personally appeared before me rae aaron johnson an acting justice of the peace in and for the county of hancock hiram niram B mount and john bunni cunnigham nggam who being duly sworn depose ose and say spy that george baker john banks oseph joseph barber bar er aud and two others came to your deponents on katurd saturday the loth dinst at morley settlement in said baid county and demanded our arms we replied that we had none when they required of us to go with them to nauvoo to take joseph smith and others prisoners and i they promised to supply ua us with arms second it if we would not no do so that we were required t to leave our homes and go to nauvoo we must either go against smith or take part pait with him they thy then told us they interi intended ded to go to nauvoo to take smith and ana if they cou could coula affo not take him they would take some of the head men of smiths hs clan and arid hold them rhem under I 1 bonds of death until smith was delivered up to them and your deponents deponent 8 further say that I 1 banks told them if they could not get volunteers enough they would get a force th that atwould would take him HIRAM B MOUNT his JOHN x cunningham mark r e subscribed and sworn to this L S S day ay of june 1844 before mp me AARON JOHNSON J P 11 also the affidavit of alien allen T wait june 1841 state of illinois ancock hancock II county city of nauvoo personally app appeared earea before me aaron johnson an acting justice of the peace in iii and for said county alien allen T wait of morley settlement in said county and being first duly sworn dep oseth and saith that on saturday morning lie he was at the house of colonel levi williams when he be told me that I 1 must take up arms and go and fight against joseph smith or I 1 must leave the place immediately or else I 1 must give up my arms and stay at home he also said they would take smith by law lair if they could or if the governor would not grant a writ to take him they would take him any how he also said that if the people would not give smith up they would lay tile the whole city of nauvoo in ashes I 1 enquired what they would do with those people P ople opie of nauvoo who would not fight hs he said tp they must make some signal or eise else they must share the same fate they must all perish men women and children I 1 then left in order to go 0 home when ghen captain harrison P crawford overtook overtook me and told me if the Go governor vernot would not help them they did not care for the governor any how he said governor ford was an unconstitutional man lie he had bad issued two illegal writs fritsy and they were done so on purpose and any such man ought not to hold any office whatever and they intended to proceed against the mormons cormons Mor mons whether they got any authority from the governor or not ALLEN T WAIT subscribed and sworn to this LS r a day of june 1844 before me 5 AARON JOHNSON J P 11 likewise the affidavit of isaac morley gardner gardnor snow john edmiston and durfee june 1844 state of illinois hancock county city of nauvoo pe personally ally aily appear appeared e before me aaron johnson an acting justice of the peace in and for ald aid said county isaac morley gardner snow john edmiston and edmund durfee all of hati hah cock county aforesaid and being first duly sworn depose and say that on saturday the lay day of june 1844 at morley settlement in said county certain persons to wit george baker farmer john banks esq luther perry constable joseph barber farmer and another person whose name vie we do not know called upon your deponent isaac morley when john banks said they waited on him to make three thres propositions viz that we were to take up arms join with and go along with them to nauvoo to arrest one joseph smith and others about 17 in number living in nauvoo 2nd and to remove our effects to nauvoo or 3rd ard to give up our arms to them and remain neutral and said isaac morley was required to notify all the brethren in the neighborhood and report to the said committee which of these propositions we accepted by 8 on monday morning following and that one of the above resolutions was to be complied with within that time on oa the same day said joseph barber and luther perry went vent ment to where your deponent edmund durfee was at work in in a field in the I 1 same neighborhood and said they had come to notify him that said durfee must comply with one of the above propositions if not that said durfee would smell thunder and all your deponents dep orients further depose and say that the they have been compelled to leave their homes and flee to nauvoo for protection for we were here afraid to stay there on account of the mobs threatening to utterly exterminate us accordi according n toa aga tga to a warsaw signal extra of june 1844 if we staid at home and further your depte deponents 9 say not ISAAC MORLEY GARDNER SNOW JOHN EDMISTON EDMUND DURFEE subscribed and this T S Q sworn to S day of june 1844 before me AARON JOHNSON J P 1 also the affidavit of solomon hancock wm garner and john G lofton state of illinois june 1844 hancock county city of nauvoo personally appear appeared before me aaron johnson an acting justice of the peace solomon hancock william garner and john G lofton who being first duly sworn depose and bay say that on saturday the day of june jure 1844 at morley settlement in said county certain persons to wit john clark dark john crawford jeremiah bentley and three others all farmers came to your deponent deponents and made three several propositions to them to wit that we were to take vake ake up our arms and join with them in going to nauvoo to take joseph smith and others prison prisoner erm erp 2nd and to remove with our to nauvoo nancoo immediately or ard 3rd to give tip up our arms to colonel levi williams and remain neutral we were ordered to give in in our decision on monday then next by 8 8 in the morning and if we would not agree to their decision we must abide tila tiba consequences and in consequence of mobs gathering in the neighborhood we have been obliged to leave our homes in in order to save our liv lives ilves zes tes and are come to nauvoo for tor protection solomon hancock further dep oseth and saith that sald said john clark dark did on tuesday ith ath mst mat inform your your deponent that one of their party had gone to st louis and had obtained three cannon carnon ca inon and were 41 expecting acting three companies of volunteers from stlouis st louls louis to join jon them in going to nauvoo to exterminate the mor mo mons and further your deponents say liot not SOLOMON HANCOCK WILLIAM GARNER JOHN G LOFTON L S subscribed and sworn to this i ka day of june 1844 before me AARON JOHNSON J P also the affidavit of james guymon state of illinois june 1844 hancock count county city of nau Nan nauvoo personally appeared before me aaron johnson an acting justice of the peace in andhor said county james guyman of green plains precinct c in in said county and being first hirst duly sworn dep d oseth and ands saith that on saturday morning morning t the dinst he was at rocky run precinct shenone when one captain captain calta in of ayinde an independent anti mormon minute men company 5 came to a house where your deponent wab was stay ini ing he enquired for a drum he wanted either to borrow it orbay it until this affray with the mormons cormons was over I 1 asked him how he wag going to proceed to take smith he be then said missouri had bad offered to send over two thousand men to come over to assist and take him I 1 asked whether it was legal for them to come over here be tie replied when they came over the constables were going to summons them and also to summons summons every man who was in or would come into the county I 1 asked if it was according to law lav to pro aeed that way i and he replied it was and he went antior the law and democracy ile he said sald they had sent two men to the governor to or der the militia out in their favor to help to take those criminals crim inala and iche if he would not do just right they would execute him himly by ly taking his head from his bis is shoulders I 1 replied you said you wasa was a democracy man and went for the faw taw I 1 said do you call that democracy or he said if they went that far fail and if the governor ordered the militia against a ga i D s t them in stead of in favor of them he would turn moby mob and the militia would join him and they would take the governors Governo Vs head from his shoulders he repeated it two or three times i I 1 enquire enquired i if it was law to go and drive those innocent mormons cormons who were rodin living the neighborhood pr or tyrannically compel them to do things not agreeable to their will he allowed that in this case it was I 1 asked what be was going 1 ng to do willi with these old settlers who aou would M go neither lei iel t he r take up arms and fight h t a against la nat smith nor in favor of him when he replied I 1 i d they must fight either for one side or the th e ot other h er or they must sharee the same fate as the mormons cormons Mor mons your deponent further saith eaith that he be is not a mormon and does not belong to the church of jesus christ or latter days day saints aint sand band and further saith not JAMES GUYMON r subscribed and sworn to this of june 1844 1644 before L T a S day me i AARON JOHNSON J P 1 also the affidavit of obadiah bewen june 1844 state of 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