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The Martyrdom of Joseph Standing or The Murder of a Mormon Missionary a True Story
The Martyrdom of Joseph Standing or The Murder of a Mormon Missionary a True Story Author:John Nicholson 1886. Also an appendix giving a succinct description of the Utah Penitentiary and some data regarding those who had, up to date of this publication, suffered incarceration through the operations of the anti-Mormon Crusade begun in 1884. Nicholson wrote this account while in prison. He was among the more early victims of the legal raid instituted... more » against the Latter-day Saints under the Edmunds Act, which prescribes penalties for polygamy and unlawful cohabitation.« less