William N. Grover
William N. Grover (July 17, 1817 – August 25, 1899) was an American judge and
murder in 1844 of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement
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Murder trial
Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum Smith had been killed by an armed mob during their imprisonment in Carthage Jail on June 27, 1844. As a captain in command of the Warsaw Cadets in the Illinois militia, Grover was accused of having ordered his men to storm the jail and attack the Smiths. Grover had been a leader of the Anti-Mormon Party in Hancock County. At trial, a jury acquitted Grover and four other defendants[a] of the murders.
Law practice
In 1852, after an unsuccessful bid for election to the
St. Louis, Missouri. In 1863 he was appointed as a United States Attorney for the eastern district of Missouri. By 1871, he had moved back to Warsaw, Illinois, where he lived until his death in 1899.[1]
Notes
References
- ^ "Was a Pioneer Chicago Lawyer". The Dispatch. August 29, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- Carthage Conspiracy: The Trial of the Accused Assassins of Joseph Smith. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press)
- Marvin S. Hill. "Carthage Conspiracy Reconsidered: A Second Look at the Murder of Joseph and Hyrum Smith", Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Summer 2004.
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