So was the poor man a martyr?
“So was the poor man a martyr?”
Did any of the Apostles get killed because they had the Nazereth Expositor destroyed for exposing their systematic sexual abuse of women? And during their death did they fight their way out with gunfire while screaming a Masonic plea for help?
Well...#1...how many other armed prisoners firing off weapons in other settings have been deemed as "martyrs?"
Beyond that...see my conjecture in post #17.
Because it also comes down to how much a given guard may have known that Smith & Co. were armed with two loaded weapons...loaded weapons that Mormon historians conceded were in possession of Smith (with one being fired off)...just a concession you NEVER see Lds top leadership emphasize -- or even mention -- in their tours of the Carthage jail they own...or in their writing/speaking of Smith's death.
This is info deemed as not "faith promoting."