Show NAUVOO AND THE for some time post past the peoria illinois journal has baa been publishing publish ing reminiscences of early days in illinois and on one occasion in particular bad some ome alleged recollections with reference to the latter day saints which were so far from the truth that we felt fell impelled to call attention to their heir inaccuracy in its issue of april Is ie nother another of these articles which to is given under the title at the head of this article and which has la IN Is i much more that is accurate than some ome others have the illinois veteran who furnishes the narrative says he was employed to in a 8 cooper shop in rushville schuyler Bc huyler county in ID and 1844 and often aaa the prophet joseph and leading mor mons as they stopped at lamberts tavern tavera the rushville hostelry on en route to and from springfield the state capitals capital of the proceedings in the years named darned he be say may you most remember that I 1 was only a boy then and I 1 am not now very proud of the part I 1 took IQ in the anti mormon excitement cit ement it was as a boy that I 1 participated in different movements and always under the leadership of older and more wise heads beads with this preface pre tace to lo his a be goes on to describe josephi joseph as aft I a tall tail rawboned raw boned sallow complexioned perun sun he had dark hair and always drester very neatly in tact fact he used to 40 wear clothes that we would then have bave been satisfied with amour as our sunday duds there was nothing peculiar or of eccentric in his manner of either talking or acting nor did his gaib indicate that hii be was the tar jar famed prophet he used to have considerable business busin esp time and again in springfield the capital of the state litsas and adil W wa on his rouk it was at the time while ne he was on these trios that I 1 saw 1111 him 1113 and board beard him talk 1 I the narrator uen told bow that in those days there was much lawlessness lawles golub on and said everybody know knew about the mormons cormons and their methods or at least everybody thought they did not a horse was stolen or a deed of unlawfulness committed that thai was not laid at the door of the latter day saints they ahey grew constantly more obnoxious and distasteful al all the time I 1 now feel that much of the crimes accredited to them were unjust but at the time being a mere boy I 1 lell fell in with the popular belief he then than stated that finally final jy things reached folph uch a critical st at ge that companies began to be in different parts of the state to drive out the Mor mons one of them was formed in rushville aad he be joined 41 it they marched to the rendezvous at carthage th affe Aur farmers miers along the line oai 0 march who refused to rive them food were pretty mean weli they reached carinio Carto Cari nit wAo at ad d by that hat time something ake 2000 wed men were assembled from all petits of the north west understand that I 1 now realize we were only rabble a mob unlawfully assem bleco says be our company was captained by charley lambert son of the tavern keeper at rushville Bush ville and every company had bad its chaplain at carthage they were met by governor ford who told them they were good loyal patriotic noble olt a It izene and delivered a perfect eulogy 10 ou them advising advie ing them to go home which they did A few months later there was wa an other gathering word was waa passed from mouth to mouth says saya be to gather at carthage with five days rations rat ione that there was waa to be a big hunt bunt well gather we did and there must have been of us u gathered you see eee the way the movement would tart start was this some borne would get up on the publio public aguare anu a speech denouncing the mor mons mom then some other follow fellow would do the same mime and it would all wind up by of calling allIng lor for volunteers and then we would all ail lall fall in allne PP they again met governor ford who advised toom to disperse diaper ae but must mist oi of them were too much worded forged up to go back without having something the journal account then say of what hollwed loll 1011 wed no one not an eyewitness eye witness to those scenes of excitement can realize how worked up the people were and to what whai extent they were ready to go joseph timith was wan in the jail at carthage and supposed to be under the protection of a local military company the carthage grays well Wella wellcome some ome of the follows fellows ano 11 had adnot nut started for home when ordered to do so attacked the guards and jail I 1 guess the guards real resist very much joseph tried to escape and jumped from a second story window when the crowd gathered about the place he was ahoi dead there must have been a dozen bullets fired into his body and one man as if to make sure of the work stuck a bayonet into the body I 1 was about a mil mile irom efrom carthage when it happened and hurried into town I 1 saw smith he lay on the ground just outside the building it is further stated that the excite ment did not uto die out with the prophets death but that event only served to increase wis the agitation against the mormons cormons Mor mons and every particle of was attributed to 10 them culminating in driving them out of the state then the narrator clofed with ahe remark I 1 want to say that I 1 am not at all proud of my experience and participation in the mormon agitation I 1 would much rather talk of other mat ers era inthe in the early history of our state there to la no ne doubt of this condition 0 of mind on the part of must most of those who acted with the mob in those tibet they bey axe are ashamed of their work be cause they have come to learn bow wicked it wae and if upon P this abia point give goo of bous that not lone hence i tion at carthage jail will be coa condemned downed in bisZ history OVY athe awful crimi of shed dug alig the blood of albe prophets wat that I 1 it aCtu 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