Hyrum H. Evans's Divine Deliverance from a Mob
Published October 5, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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Hyrum H. Evans was traveling as a missionary in Kent. He faced several hardships, including being nearly set upon by a mob planning to tar and feather him. He escaped this danger and later faced an incident where two policemen attempted to arrest him and his companion Leo Clawson based on a false report that they were thieves, but the officers left them in peace after learning who they were.
In Their Own Words
“As a rule I have been undisturbed in my mission, but at one time barely escaped a mob that had assembled with tar and soot to give me a “new suit,” thinking I was going to baptize that night, but I did not, much to their disappointment. Two policemen came at 10 p.m. one night to take myself and brother Clawson into custody, they being on the lookout for two thieves, and having been told that two strangers were at the house in which we were stopping. It was a “game” some one played who knew our whereabouts. On telling the officers who we were, they went off and left us in peace.”
— Hyrum H. Evans, The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 44, No. 50
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 11 December 1882 (Vol. 44, No. 50). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1882-12-11_44_50 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Full first-person account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 11 December 1882 (Vol. 44, No. 50), page 798 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1882-12-11_44_50
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