The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-12-02

Signal, who also on this day sOwed the last
Of his wild oats, and was afterwards prin-
cipal of the public school, and greatly
esteemed as county judge; Jacob G. Davis,
then State Senator, afterwards member of
Congress from that district.
They arrived near noon at some de-
serted shanties, about seven miles from
Warsaw, that had been built and aban-
doned in that furry and collapse of inter
nal improvements that passed over the
State in 1883. There they were met by
Mr.. David Matthews, a well known citi-
zen of Warsaw, who had ridden rapidly
from Carthage with an order from the
Governor, disbanding the regiment. The
Governor, fearing he could not control
the inflammable material he had gathered
| together, had determined to scatter 1T
again :.
Colonel Williams read the Governors
order. Some of the anti Mormon warriors
blessed with robust Western appetites,
| looked at the sun, and concluded they
could get home b. dinner time, and under
the influence of this inspiring idea started
off at quick step. Captain Grover soon
found himself without company. Cap
tain Aldrich essayed speech calling for
volunteers for Carthage "He did not
uidhC a ltil ctoltJ sd . vic Chl OHiOiO, anu
Sharp came up and took it off his
hands" Sharp, being a spirited and
, impressive talker, soon had a respecta-
BILE squad about him. Captain Davis,
| on the contrary, was sorely perplexed. 1t
was heavy weather for him. He was a
professional policeman, aud dearly loved
| both Mormon and anti-Mormon votes.
| He was so backward in coming forward
. that his company left him in disgust, and
followed the fiery Grover, whose company
| had gone home to dinner Davis still
| could not make up his mind to go home,
| but "gOt into Calvin Coles wagon and
| followed the boys at distance"; so that
| he had at last the luck to be in at the
closing scene, and the honor to be indicted
with the rest The speeches of Grover
| and Sharp were rather vague the pur-
pose of murder does not seem to have
been limited. They protested against " be-
| ing made the tools and puppets of Tommy
Ford" They were going TO Carthage to
! see the boys, and talk things over.
Some of the cooler heads, such as DIR.
Hay, surgeon of the regiment, denounced
tho proceeding and went at once back to
| Warsaw.
While they were waiting a. the shantes,
a courier came in from the Carthage Grays.
1t is impossible at this day to declare ex-
actly the purport of his message. 1t is
| usually reported and believed that he
| brought an assurance from the officers OF
this company that they would be found
on guard at the Jail where the Smiths
were confined; that they would make no
real rcsistance-merely enough to save
! appearances.
| This message was not communicated to
the men. They followed their leaders of
on the road to Carthage, with rather
vague intentions. They were annoyed
at the prospect of their picnic coming SO
| readily to q close, at losing the fun OF
sacking Nauvoo, at having to go home
without material for single romance
Nearly one hundred and fifty started with
their captains, but they gradually dwin-
died in number to seventy-fve. These
trudsed along under the fierce summer sun
of the praries towards the town where
| the cause of all the trouble and confusion
of the last few years awaited them
The farther they walked the more the
idea pressed itself upon them that now
was the time to finish the matter totally
The unavowed design of the leaders com
municated itself magnetically to the men,
until the entire company became fused
into one mass of blOodthirSty energy. BY
| an excess of precaution, they did not &c
directly into the town, but made a long
detour, so as to come in by the road lead
ing from NauvoO.
The Jail where the Smiths were. con
fined is situated at the extreme north
western edge of the dismal village, a
The end of long, ill-kept street WHOSE
middle is dusty road and whose side
are gay with stramoninm and dOg-fen
mel. As the avengers came in sight o
the mean looking building that hel'
their prey, the sleeping tiger that turks il
every human heart sprang up in theirs
and they quickened their pace to run
There was no need of Orders-nO posi-
bility Of checking them now. The guard
were hustled away from the door, good
naturedly resisting until they were care
, fully disarmed, and while their com
mander, Lieutenant Frank WOrrell
was struggling with his friendly assailants
as many as the narrow entry would hol'
had rushed into the open door an
up the cramped little Stairs. Smith an
: his brother had been that day remove
from their cells and given cOmparativ
liberty in large airy room on the frs
floor above. This afternoon they were re
, ceiving the visits OF two Mormon bretf
1 rem, Richards and Taylor They hear
the row at the door and the rush on tn
stairs, and instinctively barred their doc
, by pressing their weight against it. TIL
:, mob fired at the door. Hiram Smith fel
exclaiming, "Im a dead man" Taylo
crawled under the bed, with bullet in tn
l calf of his leg. Richards hid himse
behind the opening door, in mortal terror
He afterwards lied terribly about the al
fair, saying he stood calmly in the centr
r of the room, warding off the bullets wit
4 a cOnsecrated wand.
g Joe Smith died bravely. He stood b
} the iamb of the door and fired four shot,
e bringing his man down every time II
shot an Irishman named Wills in tn
arm; Gallagher, a SOutherner from tn
/ Mississippi Bottom, in the face; Voorhee
q | a half-grOwn hobbledehOy from Bea
: Greek, in the shoulder; and anotht
: gentleman, whose name l will not mel
: ton, as he is prepared to prove an alb
n and besides stands six feet two in his mo,
/ casins.
4 Smith had two loaded six-barrelle
:, revOlvers IN his room. How man o
D trial for capital offences came to be SUI
| piled with such luxuries is a mystery thu
/ perhaps only one man could fully hay
: solved; and as General Deming, the Jacl
Y Mormon sheriff, died soon after, and lie
no explanation of the matter, investig;
4 ton is effectually baflled. But the fOu
t shots which have chronicled, and tw
I which had no billet, exhausted one pisto
/ and the enemy gave Smith no time
b use the other. Severely wounded as h
S was, he ran to the window, which WIS
0 open to receive the fresh June air, an
: half leaped, half fell, into the Jail var
: below. With his last dying energies b
n gathered himself up, and leaned in
!, sitting posture against the rude ston
: well-curb. His stricken condition, h
J. vague wandering glances, excited no pit
: in the mob thirsting for his life. The
It had not seen the handsome fight he ha
e made in the Jail there was no appeal
e tho ho.rInr nh Ithnro 10 al, 4,