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+ Since our last tho oyc.lInH nows has
been received Of the tfogIeil dotIboi Joe
smith and bis bfothor llyrum, Who wore
Killed 10 Inil, nl Carthage, Ill., by u mob
Jon tho 25th ult l0our paper OF Thurs.
Id1y we expressed n hope apfcI0c1tud upon
information that thA Prophet ,ul strron.
Idcrcd himself th@tho 45rmon difficult.
ties would end without boojshcdi bat 10
would seem that tho people had become
so cxaspurulcd ut Joe Smiths repeated
acts Of aggression and contempt Of the
laws, that they fell upon him and took his
I life in the most summary manner. There
appears TO be two or threo different yer.
sions of the affair, all Of which we give.
The following we copy from the ST. Lou
/ is ReyeIIe Of the 80 ult:-N q. P}caygge.
TERRIBLE NEWS!
Slaughter Of Joe Smith, Hgram Smith
and OHcrS--Tho steamer st. CroX,
which arrived early yesterday morning,
enabled US, by means Of an Extra, to con
yey TO our citizens the first news of the
violent death ofSmjth, the Mormon Proph-
ct, and some Of his fellow prisoners.
Promising that, upto the last moment Of
gong to press, the accounts continued to
be contradictory aud unsatisfactory, we
proceed to give our readers all we yet
know upon the subject, reserving com
menl for our next, when the real facts
will be known. Our Extra Of yesterday
morning, containing the story as told by
the Quincy Wing, and which we forward,
ed to our exchanges, we will say, though,
does no sort Of justice in the case. Joe
Smith has been /" Lynched," while under
the protection Of Gov Ford and the iacS :
According to the Quincy account
"The Carthage Greys,' a volunteer
company, were placed as guard around
the Carthage Jail. About 6 o'clock last
evening (tho 27th) an attempt was made
by the Mormons on the outside to rescue
the Mormon prisoners from the custody of
the guard. A youth about niaeteen years
of age "a Mormon) began the fray, by
shooting the sentinel at the door, and
wounding him severely y in the shoulder.
! simultaneously, with this attempt, the
Mormons on the inside Of the jail, inclu.
ding the Smiths, presented pistols through
the windows and doors Of the Jail, and
fired upon the guard without, wounding
morally, it is supposed, four Of the old
citizens Of Hancock! 1t is unnecessary
to say that this blood-lhirsty attempt on
the part of the Mormons was the signal
for certain and sure vengeance. The
lives of the two Smiths and Richards were
quickly taken, and we believe no othGrs.n
The Warsaw correspondent Of the Re-
publican, in this city, sends the follow ing
extract from his letter:
"This afternoon, (the 27th) between
the hours OF 5 and 6 o'clock, an armed
multitude visited the Jail at Carthage.
bore off the guard, and killed Joseph and
Hrum Smith, Report says that two Of
Joe's associates in confinement were like
wise destroyed. The Governor had left
Carthage in the morning for Nauyoo with
80 dragons, for the purpose Of securing
the balance Of the State arms remaining
at Nauvoo, and during his absence this
scene occurred.n
The following letter, telling its story
reached US about three hours alter the re-
ceiPt of the Quincy Extra:
Joe Smith and his brother Hpum Killed! |
STEAMER DOVE, June 28, 1914.
Editors Rereitie-Passengers from Bry-
ants Landing report the deaths of Joe
Smith and his brother Ilyrum, last eve
ming, by mob Of 200 men, dressed in
disguise, with their faces backened, who |
took them from the Jail in Carthage, |
where the had been confined, and shot
them.
1t is feared that the exasperated follow
ers OF the "Prophet" will make an attack
upon the town Of Carthage, and make a
general massacre of the citizens, unless
a sufficient force can be raised to defend
the place.
The excitement is great and the whole
country is rising, while at the same time
the Mormons will muster their entire
strength.
| have not time to detail all the circum-
~ wi p'ooChSC'' ~ Po'' ''o'''j
but these are the most important. The
above has been corroborated by messen-
ger from Carthage, who stood upon the
landing at Bryant's.
S. COMPTON SMITH.
We have since conversed with Capt
Reilly, Of the MENDOZA, who left Nauvoo
at 4, P. NJ, on Friday, the 28th. Accor-
ding 10 the account which he brings, the
Carthage jail is in the vicinity of wood.
A large body Of men, disguised and pain
ted, broke suddenly from the covert, over.
powered the or 10 men who were on
guard-the larger body, appointed for L
that purpose, being at greater distance L
of-entered the Jail, and shot Smith and L
his brother at once. Richards was not t
hurt, out Edward Taylor, the editor ol'-