[144]. Liberator, Sept. 27, 1834 (4: 153).
[145]. Conditions were apparently much like those which existed recently in Memphis, Tennessee, when a Committee of Public Safety was organized and a crusade started against gambling. See New York Times, July 14, 1904; July 17, 1904.
[146]. See Niles’ Register, July 25, 1835 (48: 363); Aug. 1, 1835 (48: 381). Also Liberator, Aug. 8,1835 (5: 126–7).
[147]. For a brief account of the conspiracy led by Murrell, see Niles’ Register, Aug. 8, 1835 (48: 403–4). A complete account may be found in the American Whig Review, November, 1850 (12: 494); March, 1851 (13: 213).
[148]. See Liberator, Aug. 8, 1835 (5: 126–7).
[149]. The “South-West,” II, p. 185–7. In Mississippi, at this time, eleven crimes were punishable by death.
[150]. See Liberator, Aug. 1, 1835 (5: 123).
[151]. Boston Advertiser, Sept. 12, p. 2.
[152]. Similar punishments have been inflicted upon Mormons. Joseph Smith, Jr., and Sidney Rigdon were tarred and feathered on the night of March 25, 1832.—See W. A. Linn: “The Story of the Mormons” (1902), pp. 133–137.
[153]. Issue of Aug. 22, 1835 (48: 439).