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actions when the bank, with the charter held by Smith, collapsed just prior to a nationwide banking crisis. Many critics leveled accusations that Smith was actively misleading KSS members from the beginning of the financial enterprise as it was operating without an official Ohio bank charter and
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groups, many burned Latter Day Saint homes and destroyed the church print shop. Many Latter Day Saints were threatened and abused and by 1833, nearly all had fled from the county for their safety. The Mormon refugees then settled temporarily in neighboring counties, including
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required reserves. Supporters of Smith, on the other hand, hold that the financial institution's collapse was more than partially due to state and federal financial regulations and that the charges against Smith and his associates are at best inflated.
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In 1834, Smith called for a militia to be raised in
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On March 24, 1832, Joseph was dragged from his bedroom in the dead of night. His attackers strangled him, tore off his clothes, beat him, and attempted to force him to ingest poison. They then
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While the march failed to return Latter Day Saint property, many of its participants became committed loyalists in the movement. When Smith returned to
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as the centerplace for Zion. Many Latter Day Saints began to gather to that area. Many local non-Mormons in
Jackson County became alarmed at the movement's rapid growth. Forming
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Jackson County, Missouri's legislature later approved a compromise which set aside the new county of
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murder. The child was knocked off the bed onto the floor in the doorway of the home as Smith was forcibly removed from his home. The child died from exposure (many accounts say
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