To this day no one will come strait out and say that Smith ordered, it, but at least one witness stated that Smith “Made it clear what he wanted”.
Smith was dead by then. This was on Brigham Young's watch.
OK, been a while since I looked into this.
I remember the “Code of silence” was pretty unbreakable, it was clear the order came from the top.
Few were prosecuted, as I recall only one guy was executed?
Eye opening if you do research on it.
Zealots are still a problem today.