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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.

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When was Joseph Smith matyred?

Joseph Smith was shot and killed June 27, 1844 at about 5 p.m at the Carthage Jail in Carthage, Illinois.


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Joseph Smith was killed in the county jail in Carthage, Illinois.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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