by Dan Wees | May 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Just last month, attorneys for condemned child-killer James Edward Wood in Pocatello, Idaho, argued that his defense was undermined by a visit from local [Mormon] church leaders who talked to him about shedding his own blood…His [Wood’s] attorneys contend Wood is a...
by Dan Wees | May 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
In the 1828–1829 Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith initially describes the destruction of Jerusalem in the past tense—see 1 Nephi 10:3: “how that after they WARE [were] destroyd” (emphasis added). However, the verse reads differently today: “That...
by Dan Wees | May 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Concerning two captured Confederate commissioners in Utah… “[He, Brigham Young] would put them where they would never peep. He [Brigham Young] uttered this sentiment with such a wicked wording of the lower jaw and lip, and such an almost demon spirit in his...
by Dan Wees | May 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Springville, Utah was one of the hot-beds of fanaticism, and I expect that more men were killed there, in proportion to population, than in any other part of Utah. In that settlement it was certain death to say a word against the authorities, high or low.” John D....
by Dan Wees | May 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“In the excavations made within the limits of Salt Lake City during the time I have resided there, many human skeletons have been exhumed in various parts of the city. The present City cemetery was established by the first settlers. I have never heard that it was ever...
by Dan Wees | May 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“I married Jesse Hartly, knowing he was a ‘Gentile’ in fact, but he passed for a Mormon, but that made no difference with me, although I was a Mormon, because he was a noble man, and sought only the right. By being my husband, he was brought into closer contact with...
