mormon Doctrine on polygamy D&C 132:54
54 And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this commandment she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord thy God, and will destroy her if she abide not in my law.
What a lying adulterous jerk Joey Smith was..
Emma go so upset about this domestic abuse and death threat on top of Joey’s serial adultry, that she called him to come back and get arrested...
At the Carthage Jail it was the criminal Joey smith that God destroyed, not his innocent long suffering wife,Emma Smith
After 20 years of Joey’s cheating and the humiliation etc, Emma had finally had enough...
Plus there was Joey Smith trying to force himself on Emma’s friend Mrs William Law...
Can you imagine how it must have been like for that poor misused woman ???
People talking about her husbands criminal sexual sins and pointing her out as the wronged wife and whispering in NY, PA, OH, MO, IL ???
Even his close friends were disgusted with him and told him to stop cheating on Emma..
Joey Smith was a household name...everyone was talking about him...and locking up their wives and young daughters..