Account of Trial, , Hancock Co., IL, 21–28 May 1845, State of IL v. Williams et al. (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1845). Transcribed from shorthand [before 24 Aug. 1858]; handwriting of and Daniel Mackintosh; 106 pages; Report of the Trial of the Murderers of Joseph Smith, 1845, CHL.
man by the name of and damned him for going back. Why did you stop him from telling the names of those engaged in killing the Smiths? Because I did not want to know any <the> more men that did it. Why did you not want to know the men that did it? Because I felt that I did not want to know any thing more about, You stopt him before he mentioned any others? Yes. And he termed A coward? Yes.
Derrick Fullar [Fuller] sworn. Mr. Fullar where do you reside? In the dirrection of . Do you know A man by the name of [William] Daniels? I have seen him. Did you ever have any conversation with him about the killing of the Smiths? I have had some. Where did you see him? Imethim <He overtook me> on the road. Will you inform the jury when you met him and where and what was said, tell it in your own way? The night the Smiths was killed I was on my way home he told me the Smiths where killed I dont know that I can tell the conversation. Well tell us as near as you can what he said of the manner of the killing and how he knew &c. He told me there was A company of men came up to the jail, the guard fired on them as they came up the guard clinched in the struggle he said he took Worrels [Franklin Worrell’s] sword from him that two or three men had hold of him he said he came up and struck him on the hand and took the sword and through it over the fence into the Garding [garden] he requested me that that if I saw Worrel before he did to tell him where the sword lay. Did Mr. Daniels tell you on this occasion any thing about A Marvelous light? No. Did he tell you about some man taking Smith after he fell through the window and setting him up for 4 other men to shoot him? He told me about setting him up against the well curb but I do not recollect him saying any thing about 4 others shooting him I am not scertain but he said they placed him up against the wall of the house. Did he tell you about 4 men who where so much terrified that they [p. [88]]