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Witness William Splawn, Citizen of Daviess County
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was present and
followed Mr Rigdon after he also made the
above declaration
and said he did not wish to do any thing un
=lawful. he then
spoke of the fate of Judas & said that Peter had
hung him (Judas)
& said that he approved of Mr Rigdons
Sermon & called
it a good sermon and further this de
=ponent saith
not Reed
Peck
James C Owens a witness who was produced on a
former day and [ ]
been called back to the bar again
further deposeth
and Saith. He does not think Wil
=liam Whitman was
in the Danit expedition to Daviess, I think
he was left at far
west as Captain of the town guard though
he may have been in
Daviess for aught I Know and further
this deponent saith
not James C Owens
William
Splaun a witness produced
sworn and
examined on behalf
the State deposeth and saith I was
at Eli Bagleys in
Daviess county when an armed company
of men about 1000/2
in numbers James H Raulins and
Jesse D Hunter two
of the defendants were of the company
they came to
Bagleys they enquired who I was and if I was a
mob character and
learning I was not they let me alone
they inquired for
John Raglin and Said they heard he was a mob
character and had
gone for men to fight them and if they got
their eyes on him
they would take his life & that he had better
keep out of the way
to be positive that Hunter was of the
company I will not
but I have little or no doubt of it from his ap
-perance this was on
Saturday after I learned that
was burned the
Thursday before and during the time the mormon
troops were in
Daviess county and further this deponent saith not
William Splaion
Thomas M Odell a witness produced sworn and
examined
on behalf the State
deposeth and Saith, that on the Saturday after
Raglins house in
=red for John
Raglin I told them where he had gone, they said
their object was to
drive the mob from the county and said that
I must go. I
replied I could not. that I had no way to get off
and that my family
in is bare footed they replied that made
no difference I
must go, and said if I was not gone by next
morning by sunrise
they would take my life, they told
Mrs Raglin she must
[ ] that there she could not stay
and that Raglin had
better never show himself there that they
would take his life
if ever they set their eyes on him next