I called upon the President Young in the evening with E. T. Benson & Erastus Snow & Wm C. Stains & conversed
till 9 oclok upon the affairs of the court & the present excited
state of the people I sat up with my child till 1 oclok during
the night the men & clerks at Kinkades store came
out & kicked the police & stoned them then the police
turned upon them & knocked some half a doz down &
laid them cold on the pavement one was a surgeon
of the armey three Balls was shot from the store
at the poliece but none of them was hit but they
shot one of their own men the Police did not shoot
at all but used their Baton's or clubs
~ Tuesday
23rd My child is some better this morning I met
the mayor A. O. Smoot going to make out the papers
to arest the men at Kinkades store for assaulting
the police. Brother Stanes reported that Mr Wilson
the U. S. districts Attorney considered Judge Sinclair
was entirely out of order in his charge to the Jury
& insult to himself in not giving him the opportunity
of meeting with the Grand Jury they are becoming
diveided among themselves. I called upon the president
at 2 oclok Brother Sharp came in & gave an account
of the row at Kinkades last night He said that He
was in it from first to last Mr Charles Kinkade
was at the head of the row He tried to provoke a
Quarrel with the Poliece they made all kind of noises
to attempt the police to arest them but the police
did not interfere with them untill they came
out & kicked & stoned the poliece they then knocked
down some half a dozen of them several shots were
exchanged but nobody killed the Poliece quelled the
mob several of which were severely hurt one
asked for two poliecemen to guard him while He
wento to Mr Hartnets to get Dr Hurt to come &
dress the wounds of those who were hurt two
policemen went with him & while returning with
Mr Hartnet one of the poliecemen pistol accidentally
was discharged & the ball went into the ground this
Frightened Mr Hartnet for He thought He was
shot at But He was informed that it was an accid[en]t
the Gentiles are vary anxiouse to get up a row
with this people. The Court met to day at 11 oclk
& done no business except to decide that 2 indians
in the penitentiary should be tried in the next district
south.
I took all the papers or manuscript that
we had written in English for the Deseret Alphabet
& brought it to my draw[er] in the Historians office
~ Wednesday
24th My child commenced to fail about midnight
and we immediately considered him dying & he contin[u]ed
to fail untill 25 minutes past 12 oclok [A]M. when He expired
^JosepHyrum Smith son of Wilford & Emma Woodruff
was 1 year, 1 Month & 240 days old when He died^
Nov 22nd
I called upon the President Young in the evening with
E. T. Benson & Erastus Snow & Wm C. Stains & conversed
till 9 oclok upon the affairs of the court & the present excited
state of the people I set up with my child till 1 oclok during
the night the men & clerks at Kinkades store came
out & kicked the police & stoned them then the police
turned upon them & knocked some half a doz down &
laid them cold on the pavement one was a surgeon
of the armey three Balls was shot from the store
at the poliece but none of them was hit but they
shot one of their own men the Police did not shoot
at all but used their Baton's or clubs
~ Tuesday
23rd my child is some better this morning I met
the mayor A. O. Smoot going to make out the papers
to arest the men at Kinkades store for assaulting
the police. Brother Stanes reported that Mr Wilson
the U.S. district Attorney considered Judge Sinclair
was entirely out of order in his charge to the Jury
& insult to himself in not giving him the opportunity
of meeting with the Grand Jury they are becoming
divided among themselves. I called upon the president
at 2 oclok Brother Sharp came in & gave an account
of the row at Kinkades last night He said that He
was in it from first to last Mr Charles Kinkade
was at the head of the row He tried to provoke a
Quarrel with the Poliece they made all kind of noises
to attempt the police to arest them but the police
did not interfere with them untill they came
out & kicked & stoned the poliece they then knocked
down some half a dozen of them several shots were
exchanged but nobody killed the Poliece quelled the
mob several of which were severely hurt one
asked for two poliecemen to guard him while He
went to Mr Hartnets to get Dr Hurt to come &
dress the wounds of those who were hurt two
policemen went with him & while returning with
Mr Hartnet one of the poliecemen pistol accidentally
was discharged & the ball went into the ground this
Frightened Mr Hartnet for He thought He was
shot at But He was informed that it was an accident
the Gentiles are vary anxious to get up a row
with this people. The Court met to day at 11 oclk
& done no business except to decide that 2 indians
in the penitentiary should be tried in the next district
south.
I took all the papers or manuscript that
we had written in English for the Deseret Alphabet
& brought it to my drawer in the Historians office
~ Wednesday
24th My Child commenced to fail about midnight
and we immediately considered him dying & he continued
to fail untill 25 minutes past 12 oclok AM. when He expired
Hyrum Smith son of Wilford & Emma Woodruff
was 1 year 1 Month & 20 days old when He died
"Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)," November 22, 1858 - November 24, 1858, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 21, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/j2LR