. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . )remeditated murder caniK;t be and is not denied at this duy; butthe desired ctfect of the murder was not attained, as the Mormonsdid not evacuate Xauvoo for two years afterward. In the meantime,the excitement and i)rejudice against this people were not allowedto die out. Horse-stealing was quite common, and eve
. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . )remeditated murder caniK;t be and is not denied at this duy; butthe desired ctfect of the murder was not attained, as the Mormonsdid not evacuate Xauvoo for two years afterward. In the meantime,the excitement and i)rejudice against this people were not allowedto die out. Horse-stealing was quite common, and every cxise thatoccurred was charged to the Mormons. That they were guilty ofsuch thefts cannot be denied, but a great deal of this work done atthat time was by organized bands of thieves, who knew they couldcarry on their nefarious business with more safety, as long as sus-picion could l)e ]>laccd up(jn the Mormons. In the summer andfall of 1845 were several occurrences of a nature to increase theirritation existing between the Mormons and their neighbors. Asuit was instituted in the United States Circuit Court against oneof the apostles, to recover a note, and a marshal sent to summons. IIISTORV OF 113 the defendant, who refused to be served with the process. Indig-nation niectinij^s were held by the saints, and the marshal threat-ened for attempting to serve the writ. About this time, GeneralDenning, sheriff, was assaulted by an anti-Mormon, whom he was friendly to the Mormons, and a great outl)urst ofpassion was occasioned among the friends of the dead man. INCENDIARISM. It was also discovered, in trying the rights of property at Lima,Adams county, that tlie Mormons had an institution connectedwith their church to secure their effects from execution. Incensedat this and other actions, the anti-Mormons of Lima and GreenPlains, held a meeting to devise means for the expulsion of theMormons from that part of the country. It was arranged that anumber o
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