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What did Joseph Standing do to the mob?
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Joseph Standing was a Mormon missionary who was killed by a mob in Missouri. He was told by the mob that if he ever returned to the area, they would hang him by the neck like a dog. According to Clawson, after an hour of "desultory conversation… of which the vilest accusations were laid against the "Mormons," [and] the beastly talk of the mobbers," three men who had left on horseback returned and directed Standing and Clawson to go with them. Although it is not