Original sentence: The Smith brothers were awaiting trial for their decision to destroy a local newspaper that said Smith was practicing a form of polygamy and that he intended to establish himself as a theocratic king.There was a legal precedent for the destruction of a printing press that published violent threats against a community, but nevertheless Hyrum and Joseph were charged with disruption of the peace and high treason
Edited sentence: After he had the printing press burned.Fearing for his own saftey Smith declared martial law.Having severely stepped out of his authority as Mayor,he  Hyrum and Sydney Rigdon were charged with disruption of the peace and high treason.Hyrum and Joseph were killed in jail but not before killing 4 mob members with a smuggled in pistol.The Smith brothers were awaiting trial for their decision to destroy a local newspaper that said Smith was practicing a form of polygamy which was accurate and that he intended to establish himself as a theocratic king.The non-mormons of the cummunity were outraged