Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838 [State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason]
Source Note
Minutes and Testimonies, , Ray Co., MO, 12–29 Nov. 1838, State of MO v. Gates et al. for Treason (Fifth Judicial Circuit of MO 1838); unidentified handwriting; 126 pages; Eugene Morrow Violette Collection, State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia.
house, belonging to one Josiah Littlefield— They further said that they had been driven as long as they were a going to, that they had got strong enough now to defend themselves. that they intended to do it by the sword, that they were at the defiance of any set of men who could come against them, & that they now intended to make it a war of extermination— The following of the Defendents were in the above company viz. , , . & I think from his appearance Maurice [Morris] Phelps was there but may be mistaken — appeared to be captain or commander of the company as he did most of the talking— but most all of them had something to say— And further this deponent saith not.
X <his mark> Thomas M. Odle
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a witness produced, sworn and examined on behalf of the state deposeth and saith:
— I was in when the Mormons made an attack upon it, which took place on <one> thuresday in Oct— all the persons that were there left the town, and the Mormons <as I believe them to be> to the number of about 150 or 200 all armed took possession of the , and the store and other houses were burnt as I learned that evening.— and further this saith not—