November 29, 1838, Joseph Smith and fellow prisoners were committed to the keeping of the sheriff of Clay County, who took them to Liberty and cast them in prison. Parley P. Pratt and fellows were likewise retained in Richmond, and thus ended this "trial" before Judge King. Notes 1. This was a brother named Carey, who had been beaten over the head until his brains oozed out. He died shortly afterwards, having been exposed in that condition without shelter, all afternoon and night. 2. _Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt_, p. 204. 3. During these trying scenes, November 13, 1838, while Hyrum Smith, with the Prophet and the other prisoners, were incarcerated, Joseph Fielding Smith, who afterwards became President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born at Far West. When he was but a few days old, members of this mob-militia entered the home, ransacked it, and turned the bedding, on which the infant lay, upside down, smothering him until his life was apparently gone when he was discovered. 4. Parley P. Pratt declared that General Wilson made the following statement: "It was repeatedly insinuated, by the other officers and troops, that we should hang you prisoners on the first tree we came to on the way to Independence. But I'll be d--d if anybody shall hurt you. We just intend to exhibit you in Independence, and let the people look at you, and see what a d--d set of fine fellows you are. And, more particularly, to keep you from that old bigot of a general, Clark, and his troops, from down county, who are so stuffed with lies and prejudice, that they would shoot you down in a moment." 5. _Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt_, pages 228-9. Chapter 26 The Expulsion from Missouri 1838-1839 The Case Before the Legislature