Personally appeared, , before me, , Recorder of said , and after being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that on or about the 27th of May, 1844, while at in , aforesaid, in company with Joseph Smith and others, called into a private room, and there and then said, ‘for God’s sake don’t suffer that man, Joseph Smith, to go out of doors, for if he steps outside of the door his blood will be spilt’; to which statement replied he had no such fears; when said confirmed said statements with considerable emotion, and said he knew that Smith could not go out of doors but his blood would be spilt. [HC 6:522] asked who would do it; said he would not tell, but he knew the proud spirit of — that he would not be insulted, and that he would kill Joseph Smith if he had to die on the spot, and there were many others in who would assist to do the same thing. was in the house below at that time. A day or two previous to the above conversation, while at aforesaid, heard say that Joseph Smith was the damndest rascal in the world, and he would be damned if he did not take vengeance on him if he had to follow him to the , and said made many more such like threats against Joseph Smith and .

“Sworn and subscribed this 21st day of June 1844, before me,

L. S.

Personally appeared, Joseph Smith, before me, Recorder of the City of , and after being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that while at at in the aforesaid on or about the 27th day of May, 1844, whither deponent had gone to transact business in the circuit court of the aforesaid, took deponent into a private room and told deponent there was a conspiracy against the life of deponent, and that deponent had not better go out of doors, if he did his blood would be shed. said he was deponent’s friend, and did not want to see blood shed.

“Sworn and subscribed this 21st day of June, 1844, before me,

L. S.