Farrell Should Be More Skeptical!!

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> TILL

> I live only 70 miles from Carthage, IL, where Joseph Smith was jailed and

> lynched. I have twice taken the guided tour, and the guides, who are

> admittedly Mormons, claimed that the gun was an invention of those who

> wanted to smear the Mormons.


Matthew Bell
Next time you go give them the following reference and ask them if they still
want to take that position:

History of the Church Vol.6, pp.617-618

'Immediately there was a little rustling at the outer door of the jail, and a
cry of surrender, and also a discharge of three or four firearms followed
instantly......Joseph sprang to his coat for his six-shooter, Hyrum for his
single barrel,...
 When Hyrum fell, Joseph exclaimed, 'Oh dear, brother Hyrum!' and opening the
door a few inches he discharged his six-shooter in the stairway (as stated
before), two or three barrels of which missed fire.
 "Joseph seeing there was no safety in the room, and no doubt thinking that it
would save the lives of his brethren in the room if he could get out, turned
calmly from the door, dropped his pistol on the floor, and sprang into the
window when two balls pierced him from the door, and one entered his right
breast from without, and he fell outward into the hands of his murderers,
exclaiming, 'O Lord, my God.!' (Quoted from Mormonism; Shadow or Reality,
Jerald and Sandra Tanner, p259).

Also the following taken from the Tanners:

'In the Introduction to Vol.6 of the History of the Church, page XLI, the
following is stated about Joseph Smith's death: 'When the jail in Carthage was
assailed, and the mob was pouring murderous volleys into the room occupied by
himself and and friends, the Prophet turned from the prostrate form of his
murdered brother to face death-dealing guns and bravely returned the fire of
his assailants, bringing his man down every time, and compelling even John Hay,
who but reluctantly accords the Prophet any quality of virtue, to confess that
he made a handsome fight'...."

And finally again from the History of the Church Vol.7, pp.100-103:

'Elder Cyrus H.Wheelock came into to see us, and when he was about leaving he
drew a small pistol, a six-shooter, from his pocket, remarking at the same
time, 'Would any of you like to have this?' Brother Joseph immediately replied,
'Yes, give it to me,' whereupon he took the pistol, and put it in his
pantaloons pocket......I was sitting at one of the front windows of the jail,
when I saw a number of men, with painted faces, coming around the corner of the
jail, and aiming towards the stairs....
 "I shall never forget the deep feeling of sympathy and regard manifested in
the countenance of Brother Joseph as he drew nigh to Hyrum, and, leaning over
him, exclaimed, 'Oh! my poor, dear brother Hyrum!' He, however, instantly
arose, and with a firm, quick step, and a determined expresion of countenance,
approached the door,  and pulling the six shooter left by Brother Wheelock from
his pocket, opened the door slightly, and snapped the pistol six successive
times: only three of the barrels, however were discharged, I afterwards
understood that two of the three were wounded by these discharges, two of whom,
I am informed died.' (Quoted from Mormonism-Shadow or Reality by Jerald and
Sandra Tanner, p259).

Perhaps you should be more Skeptical about the words of Carthage's Mormon
guides :)

Thanks
M.Bell

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