W. M. Daniels recalls that the many of the men involved in the mob were from Carthage and/or members of the local militia.

Date
1845
Type
Book
Source
W. M. Daniels
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

W. M. Daniels, A Correct Account of the Murder of Generals Joseph and Hyrum Smith at Carthage on the 27th Day of June, 1844 (Nauvoo, Illinois: John Taylor, 1845), 6-7

Scribe/Publisher
John Taylor
People
Hyrum Smith, John Taylor, Joseph Smith, Jr., W. M. Daniels
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

The company was paraded in single file; roll was called and Capt. Jacob Davis, (the murderer, who was screened from justice by the late Senate of Illinois,) and Capt. Grover, selected ten men each from their respective companies, who were to march to Carthage, in compliance with the request of the Carthage Greys, to co-operate with them in committing the murder. These twenty men were marched a short distance to one side, where they received their instructions from Col. Williams, Mark Aldrich, Cap. Jacob Davis, and Cap. Grover, and they were sent off. —I do not recollect the names of any of these twenty, with the exception of two brothers—coopers in Warsaw, by the name of Stevens. One of them is about six feet three inches high, well proportioned and athletic. The other is near five feet nine inches high, dark complexion and dark hair. When the officers were interrogated as to the object of these twenty men being sent in advance of the troops, they evaded the truth by replying that they had been detailed for a picket guard.

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