Joseph Smith was in Carthage awaiting a legal trial. As mayor of Nauvoo, he had ordered the destruction of a printing press that was printing anti-Mormon materials. He determined that this was causing civil unrest and ordered that the press be destroyed. He was being tried to see if it was legal for him to do so.
Joseph Smith was shot and killed June 27, 1844 at about 5 p.m at the Carthage Jail in Carthage, Illinois.
Joseph Smith was killed in the county jail in Carthage, Illinois.
Carthage, Illinois in Carthage Jail.
No. He was martyred in 1844, in Carthage, Illinois.
Joseph Smith was shot while jumping out of the second story window of the Carthage Jail in Illinois.
Joseph Smith, Jr. was shot and killed by an anti-Mormon mob on June 27, 1844 in Carthage, Illinois.
No. Brigham Young was in the eastern states.
Joseph Smith was shot and killed by a mob of about 150 men as he jumped from the window of Carthage Jail on June 27, 1844 at about 5 p.m.
Joseph Smith, Jr., the first prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) was shot and killed by a mob while awaiting trial in Carthage Jail in Carthage, Illinois on the evening of June 27, 1844. His brother, Hyrum, was also shot and killed in the same attack.
Joseph Smith was killed by a mob while awaiting trial in Carthage, Illinois. The trial was based on his ordering the destruction of a printing press that was causing civil disorder in Nauvoo, where he was mayor.
Joseph Smith Jr and his brother Hyrum, were murdered by a mob of about 150 men who stormed the Carthage Jail in Carthage, Illinois on June 24, 1844.
Joseph Smith was murdered in the jailhouse at Carthage, Illinois on June 27, 1844. He was being held in the jailhouse awaiting trial for ordering the destruction of a printing press for "disturbing the peace" in Nauvoo, where he was Mayor.