<​April 5​> William Bowman swore in the presence of Theodore Turley that he “would never eat or drink, after he had seen Jo Smith until he had murdered him”.

Also Eight men— Captain [Samuel] Bogart (who was the County Judge) Dr. Laffity, John Whitmer and five others came into the Committee Room and presented to Theodore Turley the paper containing — — — — — — — — — — the Revelation of July 8. 1838. to Joseph Smith, that the Twelve were to take their leave, at the building in [HC 3:306] Far West on the twenty sixth of April, to go to the Isles of the Sea, and then asked him to read it— Turley said “Gentlemen I am well acquainted with it,” they said “then you as a rational man, will give up Joseph Smith being a Prophet and an Inspired Man— now he, and the twelve are scattered all over the Creation let them come here, if they dare, if they do, they will be murdered— as that revelation cannot be fulfilled, you will now give up your faith”— Turley jumped up and said “in the name of God, that Revelation will be fulfilled”, they laughed him to scorn— John Whitmer hung down his head— they said “if they (the Twelve) come, they will get murdered— they dare not come to take their leave here— that is like all the rest of Jo. Smith’s dam’d prophecies— they commenced on Turley and said, he “had better do as John Corrill has done, he is going to publish a book called “mormonism farely delineated,” he is a sensible man, and you had better assist him”— Turley said, Gentlemen, “I presume there are men here who have heard Corrill say, Mormonism was true, Joseph Smith was a Prophet, and inspired of God &c I now call upon you, John Whitmer, you say Corrill is a moral and good man, do you believe him, when he says the Book of Mormon is true, or when it is not true, there are … many things published that they say is true, and again turn round and say it is false” Whitmer asked do you hint at me? Turley replied “if the cap fits you, wear it, all I know, you have published to the world that an angel did present those plates to Joseph Smith” Whitmer replied “I now say, I handled those plates, there was fine engravings on both sides— I handled them,” and he described how they were hung, and “they were shewn to me by a supernatural power” he acknowledged all— Turley asked him “why the translation is not now [HC 3:307] true,” he said “I cannot read it, and I do not know whether it is true or not”— Whitmer testified all this in the presence of Eight Men—