Autobiography Volume 3 circa 1865-1866
On the I learned that one of
our clerks in the Historian's Office namely Jonathan Grimshaw
was about to leave us for England. He could not stand the
hard times and did not know whether Mormonism was true or not
so he was going house; but he had taken a very honourable course
in all his business and dealings
Death of Strang.
I learned from the New York Herald of the death of
James J. Strang who had broke off from the Church and
lead away a party. He was shot by two men who had
been his own followers. One ball lodged in the head went
in near the nose and the other in the spine of the back
There was a row in our street on the 4th
and one of the Surveyor's were nearly killed
