The _Nauvoo Wasp_ of May 28, A. D., 1842, a paper edited by William Smith, one of the Twelve Mormon Apostles, and brother of the Prophet, declared, ["Boggs is undoubtedly killed according to report, but] [C] Who did the Noble Deed remains to be found out."
[Footnote C: The words in brackets are in the _Wasp_ communication, but not in Bennett's book. They are inserted here for clearness.]
This, however, is not an editorial expression of the _Wasp_; but is found in a communication, on the editorial page, it is true, signed by a now unknown writer under the nom de plume, "Vortex," who is indignantly taking to task a correspondent in the _Hawk Eye,_ a paper published in Keokuk, Iowa, for charging the supposed assassination of Boggs upon some Mormon. It is "Vortex" in the _Wasp_ that refers to the then supposed assassination of Boggs as a "noble deed," not the editor. The editorial comment of the _Wasp_ on this communication from "Vortex" is as follows: "We admit the foregoing communication to please our correspondent, not that we have any faith that any one has killed Governor Boggs. The last account we have received is that he is still living and likely to live." On the same page of the _Wasp_ is published Joseph Smith's denial of complicity in the then supposed assassination of Boggs and also the prediction of his violent death.
_The First Attempt of Missouri to Extradite the Prophet_.