BT, a Finnish newspaper, reports an Unknown Mormon tried to break into Carthage Jail, sparking the conflict.

Date
Aug 20, 1845
Type
Academic / Technical Report
Source
Unknown
Hearsay
Reprint
Unsourced
Secondary
Journalism
Reference

“Mormonerna, en beväpnad religionssekt i de Förenta Staterna,” Borgå Tidning, [Porvoo, Finland] August 20, 1845, p. 1-4, and August 23, 1845, p. 2-3. English translation provided by Kim Östman, "Early Mormonism in Finnish Newspapers, 1840-1849."

Scribe/Publisher
By Common Consent
People
Unknown, Kim Östman
Audience
Reading Public
PDF
Transcription

English translation of Finnish: "... a Mormon, more courageous than the others, tried to break into the prison unnoticed despite the heavy guarding. When he encountered resistance, he fired his pistol at the head of a militia member. Thus the sign for a general battle had been given"; "But hardly had they prepared to do this, when the militia noticed their plans and sent them a rain of balls, so that they, hit by hundreds of balls, fell down from high up."

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