George A. Smith reports the death of De. Dennison who was imprisoned for procuring an abortion.
George A. Smith, "Historical Discourse," November 15, 1864, Journal of Discourses, 26 vols. (Liverpool: B. Young, Jun., 1867), 11:6
Luke Johnson informed us that Warren Waste was afterwards a cripple, rendered so by weakness in the small of the back, and Dr. Dennison died in the Ohio Penitentiary where he was incarcerated for procuring an abortion, which caused death; Joseph soon after located in Kirtland. In Kirtland there were manifestations of evil spirits in high places, which might have been considered more dangerous than the manifestations in the early establishment of the Church.