Joseph Smith, the founder and leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (more commonly known as Mormonism), was murdered along with his brother Hyrum when, on June 27, 1844, a mob broke into a jail where the two were being held in Carthage, Illinois. Earlier that year, Smith had announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States. A group of dissenting Latter-day Saints began publishing a newspaper that was highly critical of the practice of polygamy and of Smith’s leadership; Smith had the press destroyed. The ensuing threat of violence prompted Smith to call out
Joseph Smith, the founder and leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (more commonly known as Mormonism), was murdered along with his brother Hyrum when, on June 27, 1844, a mob broke into a jail where the two were being held in Carthage, Illinois. Earlier that year, Smith had announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States. A group of dissenting Latter-day Saints began publishing a newspaper that was highly critical of the practice of polygamy and of Smith’s leadership; Smith had the press destroyed. The ensuing threat of violence prompted Smith to call out a militia. He was charged with treason and conspiracy by Illinois authorities and imprisoned with his brother Hyrum in the Carthage city jail.
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