Thomas Ackley Lyne records that Joseph was attacked by a mob of 200 and fired at them.

Date
1844
Type
Book
Source
Thomas Ackley Lyne
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

A True and Descriptive Account of the Assassination of Joseph and Hiram Smith, the Mormon Prophet and Patriarch At Carthage, Illinois, June 27th, 1844, By an Eye Witness, T[HOMAS]. A. LYNE (New York: C.A. Calhoun, 1844): 10-11

Scribe/Publisher
C.A. Calhoun
People
Thomas Ackley Lyne, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

On they crouch their way; they have lost the upright posture; two hundred of them, their fiendish lineaments daubed black, red and yellow; they have reached the jail; the guard of eight offer some resistance; their pieces discharged without effect, they are secured; up they rush a small flight of stairs; a slight door opposes them; volley after volley passes through the door; it is slightly on the jar, and the only weapon, a six barrelled pistol, left by some visitor, pointed through the door; three barrells discharged, in the desperate hope the guard would come to their relief; but all in vain--in an instant more and they are welcomed to the presence of their God; Joseph has four wounds, the "least a death to nature";

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