Zion, was home to the main operations of The Kingdom. Matthews ruled as the absolute patriarch over the estate, where he designated chores and tasks for the residents of his kingdom to complete. While at Mount Zion, Matthews controversially married himself to Anne Folger, citing Divine Will as justification for his adulterous affair with her. Reluctant to accept the situation, Folger went to Albany on orders of Matthews to retrieve his children. On the return trip from Albany, Folger engaged in sexual relations with Matthews oldest daughter Isabella Laisdell, who was married to Charles Laisdell. Upon discovering that Isabella and Benjamin were engaged in an affair, Matthews whipped her severely, but then joined them in marriage, approving the union. Isabella remained at Mount Zion for several weeks until her husband tracked her down and demanded she return to Albany. Folger was then married to another resident of The Kingdom, but tiring of Matthews, Benjamin Folger ordered him out of the house, and demanded his wife Anne back, a request which was refused. Around this time Elijah suffered from several health problems and, suddenly died under mysterious circumstances. Folger, determined to end Matthews' Kingdom had Matthews arrested and briefly incarcerated for obtaining money under false pretenses. In 1835 Matthews, along with his housekeeper Isabella (later known as Sojourner Truth), was accused of murdering Pierson, but was acquitted due to lack of evidence, and Truth's presentation of several letters verifying her trustworthiness as a servant. The trial then focused on the reported beating of his daughter which he was found guilty of. The trial which lasted four days, resulted in a sentencing of three months and thirty additional days for contempt of court. Upon his release from prison later in 1835, Matthews traveled through Ohio, and on 9 November of that year he paid a visit to Joseph Smith under the pseudonym "Joshua the Jewish Minister." The two discussed resurrection and reincarnation. Matthews claimed to be both God and the reincarnation of the apostle Matthias; he also said he was a literal descendant of Matthias, and that transmigration of the soul typically went from father to son. False rumors circulated that Matthews had joined the Mormons, but in fact his meeting with Smith ended with the two prophets denouncing each other as Satanic. At one point, Matthews was committed to a hospital for the insane in New York. He is reported to