State of Illinois)

Hancock County)

City of )

Personally appeared before me a Justic of the Peace in and for s[a]id Personaly came James Olive, who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that on Friday afternoon the 21st inst, about 3 o’clock he was at his own house about two miles from Apanoose in a southeasterly direction, he saw a four horse waggon, with some men before it, all travelling towards Apanoose. They went about a quarter of a mile beyond my house, there met a two horse waggon and a company of men, about fifteen in number. Both parties then took the road towards the Big Mound. A part of the men were mounted, and a part were on foot, the mounted men were forward, and after passing my house they wheeled and rode back to the footmen who were some little distance behind, and said to them “there are some fellows on the mound, you had better hurry on, and we will take those fellows, and carry them to ,” they used profane language. I watched them until they got near the Mound and saw the guard on the Mound turn and run towards . After that the company went on to the mound and halted near the spot where the guard had run from.

On the same evening about sundown there was a man by the name of Milton Hamilton came into my house and told to me he had come to tell me to arm and equip myself according to law and stand in readiness, that the had demanded Joseph Smith, according to law and that he would not come it, (meaning that Joseph Smith would not surrender) that the had issued orders for the Militia to be in readiness to take said Smith. I asked him what , and he observed that he believe it was . I asked him if it was done by orders of the , and he said that was the understanding. He told me he acted under the orders of Capt. Mc.Auley. And further saith not.—

Subscribed and sworn to this 22nd day of June 1844— before me—

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