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He wasn't escaping anything until he was at risk of being shot.
Joseph Smith was awaiting a legal trial in Carthage, Illinois, staying in the upper bedroom (not the jail cell - he was not a flight risk) of the Carthage jail with a small group of supporters when an armed mob burst in and tried to push into the room. Joseph's supporters struggled to keep the door closed as Joseph ran to the open window to escape the mob, but more men were outside. Joseph was shot and was dead upon falling to the ground below.

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