June 12, Wednesday, 1844 ---June 12 Wednesday, 2013
(I wanted to post this yesterday, but our computers were down all day.)
While Joseph was in his office today, he was interupted by Sherrif David Bettisworth, from Carthage who had come to arrest him and take him to Carthage. Joseph knew is rights and stated the law allowed him to go before any Justice of the peace in the county. He asked the others in the room to witness that Bettisworth had sought to abridge the law. He then went to Esq. Aaron Johnson and was, of course aquitted from the trumpt up charge of "spontaneously instigating a public riot". Sheriff Bettisworth returned to Carthage a very angry but helpless man.
June 13, Thursday, 1844 ---June 13, Thursday, 2013
Bettisworth, having returned to Carthage without Joseph, further infuriated the mob and there was now talk of an attack on Nauvoo.
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