They shot the ring leader, fair trial, my Grand Father thought this was biggest slander on Mormonism in his life time, Hated Mark Twain.
Yup. As a convenient scapegoat. If about 200 Americans were murdered today in cold blood by a conspiracy of well over a hundred people, would you consider trial and execution of the onsite leader to constitute adequate justice, or would you want all participants and conspirators punished?