Herald and Gazette (Cleveland) claims that, Joseph received a revelation teaching that "a certain sceptic in the neighborhood," deserved "martyrdom."

Date
Jun 2, 1837
Type
News (traditional)
Source
Herald and Gazette (Cleveland)
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Unsourced
Journalism
Reference

"A Prophet in Limbo," Herald and Gazette (Cleveland) (June 2, 1837): 2, Joseph Smith Papers newspaper research files, 1977-2011, CR 100 1051, Church History Library

Scribe/Publisher
Herald and Gazette (Cleveland)
People
Joseph Smith, Jr., Herald and Gazette (Cleveland), Grandison Newell
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

A Prophet in Limbo!—The Cleveland Gazette, of June 2, says, that the Mormon Prophet. JO SMITH, has lately been arrested in Geauga county, as an accessory to attempt to murder an unbeliever in his golden humbug. It seems that Jo had a revelation that a certain sceptic in the neighborhood of the "Holy Land" deserved martyrdom, and soon found a couple of his followers stupid and wicked enough to obey his ministrations. They were foiled in their attempt to shoot the individual, quarreled with the prophet, and are now exhibiting this fiend in the garb of a "Latter day Saint," in his true character. So say reports.

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