Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason]
Source Note
, Testimony, , Hancock Co., IL, 1 July 1843, Extradition of JS for Treason (Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court 1843). Copied [between 3 and 6 July 1843]; handwriting of unidentified scribe; signature of ; docket by , [, Hancock Co., IL], ca. [6] July 1843; notation by , ca. [6] July 1843; thirty-two pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL.
minating order had been directed To me I would have seen it fulfiled To the very letter eer [ere] this time. after a tedious Trial of 15 days with no other witnesses but <ones> witnesses says the witnesses of prisoners were either kicked out of doors or put on Trial for themselves. further says <&> the prisoners were now committed To under the care and direction of saml. Tillery Jailor. here we were received with a shout of indignation and <scorn> by the prejudiced populace prisoners were here thrust into Jail without a Regular the Jailor having to send for one some days after. The Mercies of the Jailor were intolerable feeding us with a scanty allowance, on the dregs of coffee and Tea from his own Table and fetching the provisions in a basket on <in> which the chickens had roosted the night before without being cleaned 5 days he fed the prisoners on human flesh and from extreme hunger <I> wewere <was> compelled to eat it In this situation we were kept [p. 30]