Painting: "Interior of Carthage Jail" by C.C.A. Christensen, showing the murder of Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr. Credit: Brigham Young University Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

Illinois Mob Murders Joseph Smith Jr., Mormon Leader

By Tony Pettinato on June 27, 2016

An article about the murder of Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr., who was assassinated by an angry crowd on 27 June 1844 inside the Carthage Jail in Illinois... (Read More)

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