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Date: September 14, 2018 02:34PM
"Decoy caskets for the funeral were filled with sandbags to protect Joseph’s and Hyrum’s bodies. A $1,000 reward had been offered for the head of Joseph Smith. William W. Phelps preached the funeral service at the Nauvoo Temple."
—Norman Rothman, "The Unauthorized Biography of Joseph Smith," Page 360; "Martyred," 201
Cited in "500 Little-Known Facts about Joseph Smith," 225, 227