Elder's Detection of Poison in Wine and Survival of a Gunshot Attack

“I was in the city of Windgor, and while there I was invited by a man to take a drink of wine. I could see by the man’s countenance that he had done something wrong, so I told him that I should not drink the wine in the glass that he offered me, but if he would change glasses and give me the one that he was going to drink, I would drink it if he would drink the one he offered me. He refused to do this, and I felt satisfied that there was poison in the wine. I afterwards learned that this man was one of the party that shot Joseph Smith at Carthage. The next day my companion went to a farm house a few miles from the city, and I remained in the city. When he left the house this stranger followed him with his Minnie rifle, and when he got within a short distance of him, he said, “Here goes for the first one,” and fired; the bullet passed within a few inches of my comrade’s head. My companion turned round and looked at him, but did not say a word. The ruffian gave chase, and when he came to within about one hundred yards he took a rest on a stump and fired. But the bullet whistled near by and missed him. My companion then walked on, and the man did not follow him any further.”

— Elder, as recorded in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 33, No. 36