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On June 27, 1844, an armed group with blackened faces stormed the jail and killed Hyrum instantly with a shot to the face. | On June 27, 1844, an armed group with blackened faces stormed the jail and killed Hyrum instantly with a shot to the face. | ||
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Smith and his brother Hyrum were held in [[Carthage Jail]] on charges of treason. | |||
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#Joseph and Hyrum were accompanied in jail by [[John Taylor (Mormon)]] and Dr. [[Willard Richards]], who were not prisoners. | |||
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On June 27, 1844, an armed group with blackened faces stormed the jail and killed Hyrum instantly with a shot to the face. | |||
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#{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|p=550}} ("Hyrum was the first to fall. A ball through the door struck him on the left side of the nose, throwing him to the floor.") | |||
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Smith fired a [[pepper-box]] pistol that had been smuggled into the prison, | |||
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#{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=393}} ("Joseph discharging all six barrels down the passageway. Three of them missed fire, but the other three found marks."); {{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|2005|p=549}} (Smith received a smuggled six-shooter, and passed along a single-shot pistol to Hyrum). | |||
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then "sprang to the window" before being shot several times. He died shortly after falling to the ground. | |||
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#{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|pp=393–94}}; {{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005}}. | |||
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Smith was buried in Nauvoo. | |||
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Five men were tried for his murder; all were [[acquitted]]. | |||
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#{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|p=550}} ("Hyrum was the first to fall. A ball through the door struck him on the left side of the nose, throwing him to the floor.") | #{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|p=550}} ("Hyrum was the first to fall. A ball through the door struck him on the left side of the nose, throwing him to the floor.") | ||
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An analysis of Wikipedia article "Joseph Smith"
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Reviews of previous revisions of this section
19 May 2009
Summary: A review of this section as it appeared in Wikipedia on 19 May 2009.Section review
Death Updated 9/3/2011
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Smith and his brother Hyrum were held in Carthage Jail on charges of treason.
Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
On June 27, 1844, an armed group with blackened faces stormed the jail and killed Hyrum instantly with a shot to the face.
Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Smith fired a pepper-box pistol that had been smuggled into the prison,
Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
- For a detailed response, see: Joseph Smith/Martyrdom/Joseph fired a gun
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
then "sprang to the window" before being shot several times. He died shortly after falling to the ground.
Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
- For a detailed response, see: Joseph Smith/Martyrdom/Masonic cry of distress
- For an analysis of Fawn Brodie's critical work, see A FAIR Analysis of No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith.
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Smith was buried in Nauvoo.
Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Five men were tried for his murder; all were acquitted.
Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
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