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HAWK-EYE: TUESDAYth#»tn out lt;f tho I’nlt* lt;1 S’lt**'*N’r», Frhnd Smiley, it not lt;lontluif purp -lt;•, hut to k« » p tin* f»**nti 1* i fs sji turning if Into lt;mo gran*! rlt; Nofrieu«ls «li i not burn ih»* trmploIf It. AN!‘KRSON.it (:*II noVe o pbf*nf ^r of4*mforf?•om\our——- — • —■ ' o • i -IHawk-Rye noine time ago from Mr. Smiley,of I’ontwMtic, concerning the butnlng of theMormon 11*in|t|t* ni Nauvoo. I wan running n ferry boat IhMwimh Montrose ami Nauvoo In tin* spring of 1 s 17 ami bail a Mormon employed on the boat, lb* waH quite an intelligent roan ami I ahoiiM Judge of high standing In the church, being one of th*Mnevonty. About thin tinm Itrigbani Young took a liking to Ibis titan h wife ami had her Healed to him. *he then bringealled lii4 Hidrltual wife. One d:iy an Iwont up town I noticed a group of mm standing In front, of tin* lt;411 y hotel. In tho renter of tho group ntood a man. ami on inquiring what waa tho matter, a byatandor Mid that wan Foster llorkwell. tin* man who shot old floggi*,. f Mopped near or to get a bettor view of the murderer of | (Jovernor Hogg , of Missouri. Ho w;i a ehort, heavy-set, middle-aged man with a j Had hut determined n uutenanee. II * had a jbelt around hi* waist from which hung tworevolvers and a long bowio knife. \ ft* vdays after my Mormon friend told rim t h t? Foster had made a vow before Im left the elty that the (Jmtiles should never enjoy that temple. It had cost too rnm-h money and hard work for them to ever npludgoover.In the spring of 1MH, while visiting InCincinnati, I noticed In tho pipers that the Nanv o temple had been burned and Immediately then* came Into my mind whit Rockwell had said the year before. Timarticle mentioned t w Mormon fa Mons a* dthat one had burned the temple to 1«-eptlie other from getting possession of It Iwill sav here that there were three fa*tions: Hlnklo was followed hy quit** anumber. Young took the majority to Silt Hake Fity. and Joseph Smith. Jr . with tlm ant I-pol y garnlht « Mopped In lawa. I « n creditably Informed that Mr-. .To • ph ^ a-! h was never a Mornmn I? iv Ml n »;that one falt; tbm tmrned the tempi#* to I th»* other out. as tin* Mormon* ha I b ' odriven out of the state and the majoil’v of
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Burlington Daily Hawk Eye Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Tue, Jun 04, 1895
Page 4
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