Joseph Smith and the Doctrine and Covenants

The prisoners left the wagon and immediately ascended the south steps. . . . The door was open, and, one by one, the tall and well proportioned forms of the prisoners entered. The Prophet Joseph was the last of the number who lingered behind. Then turning away, and lifting his hat, he said in a distinct voice, 'Good afternoon, gentlemen." With that, Joseph Smith descended into the basement of the jail at Liberty, Missouri--a dark, cold, and cheerless dungeon in which he would spend the drea...