by Dan Wees | Jan 7, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“[T]hey would all make a circle, and Jo Smith claimed if they threw any dirt over the circle the money chest would leave. They never found any money.” Ketchel A.E. Bell affidavit – 6 May 1885, Naked Truths About Mormonism 1 (Oakland, CA: Deming &...
by Dan Wees | Jan 7, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“It is a fact, of which we are not particularly proud, that Susquehanna County harbored such a madman as Joe Smith… “Joe Smith was here lumbering soon after my marriage, which was in 1818, some years before he took to ‘peeping,’ and before diggings were...
by Dan Wees | Jan 7, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“There was much digging for money on our farm and about the neighborhood. I saw Uncle John and Cousin Joshua Stafford dig a hole twenty feet long, eight broad and seven deep. They claimed that they were digging for money but were not successful in finding any....
by Dan Wees | Jan 6, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“Sallie [Chase], Williard’s sister, also a Methodist, told me several times that young Jo Smith, who became the Mormon prophet, often came to inquire of her where to dig for treasures.” Mrs. S.F. Anderick Affidavit – 24 June 1887, see Roger...
by Dan Wees | Jan 6, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“[The Smiths] lived, at that time, in Palmyra, about one mile and a half from my residence. A great part of their time was devoted to digging for money: especially in the night time, when they said the money could be most easily obtained… “Joseph...
by Dan Wees | Jan 5, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“When we arrived at Mr. Hale’s, in Harmony, Pa. from which place he [Joseph Smith, Jr.] had taken his wife [Emma], a scene presented itself, truly affecting. His father-in-law (Mr. Hale) addressed Joseph, in a flood of tears: ‘You have stolen my daughter...
