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Carthage Jail is a historic building in Carthage, Illinois, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It was built in 1839 and is best known as the location of the 1844 killing of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum, by a mob of approximately 150 men.
The Carthage Greys reportedly feigned defense of the jail by firing shots or blanks over the attackers’ heads, and some of the Greys even reportedly joined the mob, who rushed up the stairs. The mob first attempted to push the door open to fire into the room, though Smith and the other prisoners pushed back and prevented this.
Carthage Jail (c. 1885), where Smith was killed in 1844. When the destruction of the Expositor was reported to Smith's journalistic enemy Thomas C. Sharp, his Warsaw Signal published a call to action: "Citizens arise, one and all!!! Can you stand by, and suffer such Infernal Devils! to rob men of their property and rights without avenging them.
Smith and other Mormons continued to be held at Liberty Jail. [32] [35] After a hearing conducted April 9–11, 1839, Smith was indicted by grand jury on the charge of treason. [36] On April 16, 1839, Smith and his companions were permitted to escape custody while they were being escorted to Boone County. [1] [37] Smith fled across the border ...
An etching of the Cartage Jail, c. 1885, where John S. Fullmer had stayed with Joseph Smith and where Smith was killed on June 27, 1844 Gun used in Carthage jail defense. The Fullmers heard about the Latter Day Saint movement and became members while living in Jefferson Township.
Smith's brothers, Joseph and Hyrum, were killed by a mob on June 27, 1844, while being held in Carthage Jail, in Illinois. Samuel was attacked by mobbers, while traveling toward Carthage after hearing rumors of trouble, and is said to have developed some kind of stitch in his side evading them, which may have contributed to his subsequent death ...
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The Nauvoo Expositor. The Nauvoo Expositor was a newspaper in Nauvoo, Illinois, that published only one issue.Its publication, and the destruction of the printing press ordered by Mayor Joseph Smith and the city council, set off a chain of events that led to Smith's arrest for treason and subsequent killing at the hands of a lynch mob.