Evan Squires, AMH2010, Monday-Friday, 10:30 am
Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon religion, met his demise at the hands of an armed mob. He was being held in a jail awaiting trial for the destruction of a newspaper. In fact, he was supposed to be under the protection of the state, as there were non-Mormon mobs who wanted him dead. He had pistols that a friend had smuggled in, though he was unable to escape the confrontation with the mob. He jumped from a second-story window in attempt to escape, fell injured, and was shot to death. This is a very controversial religion so I am not surprised to find out that Joseph Smith's life ended like this.
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Keith, Patrick AMH2010
Humans are evr destroying the things that they do not care to understand. It seems to be a human past time to persecute.
That is pretty messed up, what happen to his followers, did they get scared and shoot him also? You would think they would help him. They just left him to die.
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