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Mormonism and Wikipedia/Joseph Smith, Jr./Death
An analysis of Wikipedia article "Joseph Smith"
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Reviews of previous revisions of this section
19 May 2009
Summary: A review of this section as it appeared in Wikipedia on 19 May 2009.Section review
Death Updated 9/3/2011
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Smith and his brother Hyrum were held in Carthage Jail on charges of treason.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
On June 27, 1844, an armed group with blackened faces stormed the jail and killed Hyrum instantly with a shot to the face.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Smith fired a pepper-box pistol that had been smuggled into the prison,Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
- For a detailed response, see: Joseph Smith/Martyrdom/Joseph fired a gun
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
then "sprang to the window" before being shot several times. He died shortly after falling to the ground.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
- For a detailed response, see: Joseph Smith/Martyrdom/Masonic cry of distress
- For an analysis of Fawn Brodie's critical work, see A FAIR Analysis of No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith.
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Smith was buried in Nauvoo.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Five men were tried for his murder; all were acquitted.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
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