 When he returned to the jail later that day, he was refused admission by the guards and, as a result, missed the mob's attack on the jailhouse.Fullmer later stated that had this not happened, there was a hundred chances to one that he would have shared the same fate as the Smiths.Fullmer remained in Nauvoo until 1847 and was appointed to act as a trustee of the church, including handling church business such as disposing of property for the Mormons during and after their exodus from Nauvoo.