Porter: A year or so later when the Prophet Brigham was trying to move the Saints out of Nauvoo, and heading West, the mobsters were harassing and interfering with the Saints, so much so, that it caused them a lot of heart ache and difficulty. Brigham came to me and asked if I would give myself up to the Illinois courts, hoping that would appease the mobs. He said he would get a lawyer to defend me, which he did. The mobs were appeased, and the Saints moved to a place in Iowa they called Winter Quarters.
Meanwhile, I was in jail for four months before it came to trial. During that trial, the Marshall gave testimony that Frank Worril and the mobsters were chasin' down the Saints, and he gave me the order to stop them - so I was immediately acquitted. (statue for sale in Porter's Place restaurant in Lehi, Utah - themed after Porter Rockwell and the old West)