Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-25
THE MARTYRDoM.

Monday, June 81, Is the sixty-sixth
anniversary OF the martyrdom at Car
thsge
The tragic story OF the killing OF the
Prophet Joseph and his Brother Hy-
rum, the Patriarch. has often been told
but Il win be retold again and again
both by friend and foe. for II is one OF
abe great dramas OF the world enacted
on the stage of history, and not OF nc-
tion; II II one Of the events from
which a now epoch has had begin
nins.
According to the graphic account OF
col. Hay, on the morning Of the 9th
OF June. the regiment OF Col, Levi VIII
iiams started from Warsaw In obe-
dience to the call Of the Governor to
rendezvous at Golden's Point a settle
ment in the vicinity Of Nauvoo They
went out In high glee, fully expecting
to march To the city OF the Saints.
Every man clearly understood that
Nauvoo was to be destroyed before
Warsaw had unanimously Resolved.
that we will forthwith proceed 90 Maui
VOC and extermlnate the city and It's
people;" manifesto which seemed too
peppery even for the palate OF Mr..
sharp. editor Of the Signal, who. when
he published H. added the saving
clause, III necessary" "Of course u
VIII be necessary" said these law
abiding" mlltia-men as they marched
out OF warsaw on the Nauyoo road.
rhey arrived near noon at some de-
ycItcd shanties. about seven miles from
warsaw. that had been built and aban-
doned In that furry and collapse OF IN
tcrnaI Improvement that passed over
the state in 1888 There they were met
by MIR David Matthews. a wcll known
citizen Of Warsaw. who had ridden
rapidly from Carthage with an order
from the Governor. disbanding the
regiment col Williams read the Gov
ernor's order Some Of the anti-Mor-
mon warriors started of At quick step.
CAPT. Grover soon found himself with
nut company capt Aldrch essayed
n speech calling for volunteers for car
image. "He did not make fair start"
nm and took II OFF his hands" sharp,
being spirited and impressive tax
er, soon had a respectable squad Wbout
him. Capt. Davis, on the contrary, WIS
sorely perpioxed II was heavy wealth
er for him He was a professional poll
tician. and dearly loved both Mormon
and anti Mormon votes. He was 20
backward In coming forward that his
company left him in disgust and fol-
lowed the fiery Grover, whose company
had gone home to dinner Davis st'll
could not make up his mind to 20 home
but got into Calvin Coles wagon and
followed the boys at a distance
while they were waiting at tho
shanties. courier came In from the
Carthage Grsys. II is usually reported
and believed that he brought an as
slrhnce from the officers of his com
pany that they would be found on
guard at the jail and that they would
make no real resistance-merely
enough to save appearances This
message was not communicated 10 the
men. They followed their leaders OF
on the road TO Carthage. with rather
vague Intentions. They were annoyed
az the prospect Of their picnic coming
so readily to a close at losing the fun
Of sacking Nauvoo Nearly one hun
dred and nifty started with their cap
tains but they gradually dwindled Ia
number to seventy-hve. These trudged
along under the fierce sumner sun OF
the prairies towards the town where
the objects OF their wrath were held in
prison.
We need not dwell on the details Of
the awful tragedy. We may quote
the account given by Col. NJ. b. OAR
nell OF Iowa. an eye witness;
ION the afternoon OF the day OF the
assassination, the mob who did the
killing came up. They had their faces
painted a sort OF brown color. l saw
the crowd Of men coming up from the
direction Of the creek at the northwest
corner Of the pasture. 1 was standing
within ten or twenty steps Of the pas
ture gate east OF the jail. The crowd
was coming single file. and STOPPING
down They had on hunting shirts.
I knew something terrible was going
To happen. | was youth at the time
and became transfixed 20 the spot. As
the crowd turned the southwest corner
OF the Jail, about one-half OF them went
right up the stairway, the other half
came right against me. ! got out OF
their way, and moment afterwards
heard the report Of a gun IN the house.
That was supposed TO he the shot
which killed Hyrum smith Joseph
started TO jump through the window
and the mob fired at him. He came
out on the east side Of the building
There was a large well just underneath
there and he fell just outside the curb.
Joseph was killed while passing out OF
the window"
He adds that he has no doubt the
Carthage Grays were cox7i=su % the
plot 10 murder the Church leaders, He
SAYS he believes every man Of them
knew IT, and that their guns were
charged with blank cartridges. when
they fired few shots at the mob. no
one was hurt
The faces OF the mob were painted
kind OF Indian color, but Col. Darnell
SAYS Il was understood at the time that
Thomas c. Sharp was the ringleader
1.-The moving spirit IN that mob The
Colonel says he knows there was such
man as william NJ Daniels. but
does not know what became OF him. He
also knew Frank worreil commander