<​December 11​> on the 2d. day of this present Dec., 1843, at the house of Schrench Freeman about four miles and a half South of , in said , your said affiant heard a man by the name of say that he was going a shooting turkies, when askedwhat he was going to shoot them with, he shewed a brace of pistols and a large hickory cane; your affiant observed that he thought he could not kill turkies with such weapons, and the said said there was a certain cock he meant to take before night and they would do for that. He the said went off, and your affiant did not see him till Sunday evening the third, when your affiant asked the said if he had caught his turkey, and he replied yes, the one he was after, a Mormon Elder; your affiant then asked him who he was, and he said ; your affiant then asked the said what had been done with said ? and he said we put him on to a horse, tied his legs and guarded him to the , from whence about ten o’clock at night, we took him into Clark County, Missouri, for stealing a horse <​four​> years ago, where they would try him, and if found guilty, they would then take him into another county where there was a jail, Since <​as​> there was none in Clark County. On the 4th. day of December I asked him if they had writs or authority to take , he replied, we all had writs. On the 5th. said said he expected to get into difficulty on account of this scrape, but if any Mormon makes any business with me, I will shoot him, and further your affiant says not.