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The press runs for the first and last time. Insiders break their silence. The truth will out.

They begged him to repent. He said he’d rather be damned. Now forbearance has ceased to be a virtue.

Prophet. Mayor. General. Presidential candidate. “We will not acknowledge any man as king or lawgiver to the church. Christ is our only king.”

Fugitives fled to Nauvoo and found protection. The Mayor’s court overruled federal warrants. “A sink of refuge for every offender who can carry in spoils enough to buy protection.”