[frgoff]

No, this was the man who was imprisoned on false charges at least once, tarred and feathered several times, led thousands of people on three migrations to escape persecution, founded the largest, most prosperous city in Illinois, voluntarily returned to the United States when a trumped up warrant was issued for his arrest, and was mobbed and shot in a jail despite the governor's personal guarantee of safety.

That's the Joseph Smith the historian Jan Schipps (a Methodist) writes about. Who are you talking about?

[Wrigley]

voluntarily returned to the United States when a trumped up warrant was issued for his arrest,

Oh, so he really didn't destroy a printing press that was not his.