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Lyman Wight, Oliver Cowdry and HyIum, were
engaged with others in Bogus cstabLshm snt on
Licking Creek, but that their operations were cut
short by the bursting OF the Kirkland Bank.


While the press was suspended In Its operations,
| a man by the name Of Brown, came TO Nauvoo,
Yates County bills, for twenty GLARS per hundred
| Joe and Hyrum have been frequently seen with


their hands full ol these bills, by many persons IN


Nauvoo, and by them the whole country ny was HOOD S,
ed. There is not a merchant In the city but
knows this fact and also that there mas oeen
| large quantity of Bogus in circulation The hrst
who detected the counterfeit paper money, We're
Holdridge, Gilman, " Co., ot the New ork store;
The large amount of spurious money aiioat, ca sea
| a great excitement in the city, and II became
| common talk amongst the most wealthy class, VINO
were not afraid 10 speak their minds, ne
agitation Of the subject, very much offended Hls
Holiness, and he TO save himself, raed OUT III ms
characteristic style, and pronounced all the curses
Of God on the heads OF these persons, VINO were IN
fact the most substantial men in the city; such as
| the two Law, DIR. Foster, +. M. Foster, =. l.;
Higbee and Mr.. Cole. These men, he accused OF
being guilty of all kinds OF crime, especially oi
counterletng. This was all done to Kill their III.
fuence and in the hope that by raising the cry oi
"stop thief" ne would turn Suspicion 'foh' h'''-
SELF


/ have stated above, that the Bogus Press was IN
| operation in Joe's old house. AT that time, mad
| laid nv plans to give word to Harmon l.. Wilson


and urge him TO bring posse down suddenly on


the city and surprise the apostles atwork al ne DO





| ped by Larty from Missouri aided by some citi-
zens OF Illinois and carried into Missouri. ms,
| Avery, was one of gang OF Mormon horse tnleves,
that nest the whole country zoe d was az oraceed
ing against one OF his friends and arrests were de,


termined on. Accordingly wrlts were got out and


one man by the name OF Elliot, living IN Green


Plains was taken and brought 10 the city, charged


with being kidnapper. This proceeding aroused
| the whole country, and report was spread IN the


city, that the Missolrans, and the people OF war
| saw and Green Plains, were coming to rescue II.


lott Joe, became greatly alarmed and removed


the Bogus Press In consequence OF this alarn,t ,the
city Council called, and raised city poce OF


40 horse and 40 tootmen IN ne pay 81 'he fdlay' ivy


and sworn to execute his orders This police was


kept in pay for several days and disbanded to be
called out any time occasion required


| AT this time, | was forced into an adventure
| which was near ending traglcaly Information


was obtained by Joe, that man by the name OF
Richardson, who lived about nine miles back OF
Montrose, Iowa, was gong TO Missourl' 70 'es!iy


against Avery, who was shortly to have ms trial
| He and a boy named Chllds, were the material Wit


nesses to prove his guilt and Joe determined to Sc.
| cure them. Accordingly, Joe selected several OF


head, and toIry me, ordered that should go along
| did not know at the time what was IN the wind,
and consented. The company consisted OF Dun


ham, Cahoon Hosea stout ana Droaher, W Mems aII
| We went to the river, and while passing over,


the real object Of the adventure was disclosed, by
| the answer of Captain Durham TO Hosea Stout,
| who asked what the Prophets orders were Dun,
ham replied that they were to take Richardson and
| bring him 10 him (Dunhanl,) if they could do u
| alive if not, to kill him, and bury him IN dark
| rayae, AT the same time telling Stout TO take


good care and have it all done correct. He then
i gave Stout the command and pronounced the bless


lngs OF God upon us all, and ordered Stout mat II
i any man dlsobeyed or attempted TO back out, that
| they should not let him turn around more than
once before they shot him, for SAID ne dead men


tell no tales" Thinks ], this s terrible scrape


have got into; am paying too dearly for sighlsor


assure the reader that ielt hcrrfed at the IDEA
Of such proceedings; but there no alternative


must 60 and obey or be shot, so put on straight


face and determined 10 go II, but at all hazaros 70


suffer no injury TO Richardson or the boy; We
all mounted our horses, leaving Durham and Ca;
! hoOn TO guard the boat, and rode OIL at round
| gaop. We kept our pace until we got tour mics
back of Montr0se, where we halted at q house and
i got drink This was about o'clock at night. The
| man of the house got up and went along with ",
| 10 show the way. His name is Hunter, ana he Is
| one Of the faithful. We again mounted our horses


and rode of rapidly Little was SAID durlng me ne
rest of the tourney. When we got within about 80
| rods Of the house, the party stopped, and com,


menced talking very low. Being IN the rear did
not hear what was going on, but on riding up,they


raised their voices, and Stout addressed me, say
| ing, that this Richardson was member OF their
band in Missouri. ssWhat bandP said l. 1.-The Dan
| tie Band replied Stout" (This was the first time
had ever heard the DANTE Band spoken of by the


Mormons They had generally called themselves


The High Police" in the conversation that had
had with them) Said he this man is desperate


character, and nc knows all OF us, and therefore II


will not be safe tor any OF US to go into the house.
He don't know you, and therefore you must 90 IN,


and we will wait about ten rods oil, to be on hand
in case of difficulty. | declined going alone, but


he spoke fiercely, 'syou know my orders :" ! made


no reply for some rods, being on walk. when


some one of the company who were near, said, rs


he going!" Ireplied, "yes" "Amen," iheyall cried
| We rode near the house and stopped. Idismounted,


walked up to the door and knocked. ,"Come in"
| cried Richardson. | entered, when his aged mo-


ther, who lay in bed, on the opposite side OF the
| room, sprung up in haste, and asked me II was


not General Rich. replied that 1 was not; Then


said she, "aint you from Nauvoo." mo" said !.
liars, there was no trusting them. Said |, "what
is the mater" Again she asked if l was not from
| Nauvoo. "No," said |, 81 never was there. am


in pursuit Of a horse. thief from Burlington" BY
this time Richardson was partially dressed, and


| asked HIM il could stayall night. To which he
| replied in the affirmative then asked him II he
| would go with me, to put up my horse. He said


prepsied. 5 ' While this was % gong on on, the old So.
| man eyed me, very sharply, and said that, tins


was her son, and that he was going to Missouri in
| the morning, to testify against Avery, horse
| thief; and that the reason that she suspected me
to be from Nauvoo was. because they had been
| looking Tor some Of Joe Smiths DANTE. Band to


prevent him from going, and concluded by saying,
81 know him Of old and he must not send his men
hearts out" eyes" SAID l. 'and I'll help you. y


We then left the house to feed my horse When


we got little distance, told him what wanted.
He raised shovel that was standing near the
fence and bade me not come near him. then
drew my pistol and told him TO put down the


shovel, or I'd blow his brains out. Here the COM


pany came up, and told Richardson that If he


would 90 along, he should receive no harm. He


finally consented, got his horse and mounted him,
| and delivered him to the charge Of Karnes. We


then had another to take, the boy Childs. Il think
that is the name) who lived in the neighborhood.
| CHI ovdo nil ug m he nrp te ded


not to know exactly where the boy was and stopped
at his neighbors, as the company thought, to IN
| quire, but in reality TO give the ALARM After we


got the boy, called Stout to one side and told him
that he had foolshly let Richardson talk with his
| neighbors and that there would be plot laid TO
stop u.s. He seemed to think there was. no