Account of Trial, [, Hancock Co., IL], 24–28 May 1845, State of IL v. Williams et al. (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1845); handwriting of ; 101 pages; Wilford Wood Museum, Bountiful, UT; images in Joseph Smith Murder Trial Papers, 1844–1845, CHL.
4— Franklin A. Worrill [Worrell]— admonished by the [blank] was in the day Jo. Smith was killed— was <on guard> near the Jail— Saw Smith killed— supposes there were between from 100 to 200— thinks they did not stay more than two or three minutes— they first came up in front of the jail— formed in half a minute— <th◊◊> made a rush for the door— dont know many went in— did not <know> any of them that came up there— thinks some disguised themselves by wetting their hands in powder, and then putting their hands on their faces— great confusion— there was a great crowd as thick as in this court room— their pieces were going off all the time— and so much noise and smoke that I could not see or heard any thing that was said or done— the guard were pushed out of the way— <that he was forced back about fifty feet—> they formed in front of the fence— and simultaneously crossed the fence— none of them stopped to examine Smith to see if he was dead— I saw him die— in about a minute after he fell— did not see him hanging in the window— They came from the direction of [p. 8]