Reddit mentions of The Exoneration of Emma, Joseph & Hyrum: Part One

There's a book called "The Exoneration of Emma, Joseph and Hyrum" that goes into this in great detail and brought new evidence to light. It's available on amazon and definitely worth the read if you want to dive into the rabbit hole of Secret Masonic Combinations in early mormon history. He documents from journals that both Brigham and Heber were constantly hanging around newspaper offices the days leading up to the murder, awaiting the important news of Joseph's death, and shows that there alibis are demonstrably lies.

https://www.amazon.com/Exoneration-Emma-Joseph-Hyrum-Part-ebook/dp/B07728CX7N

http://www.lostmormonism.com/samuel-smith-poisoned/

https://puremormonism.blogspot.com/2017/10/brigham-youngs-hostile-takeover.html?m=1

Why did the murderers paint their faces black unless there was a risk of being recognized? Seeing as they were all supposedly from Carthage and were there to kill every mormon polygamist what was the chance of being recognized? Why were the other 2 mormon polygamists in the room supposedly full of gunfire almost completely untouched? Why would Joseph yell the Masonic distress cry unless he recognized some of the men as being brothers from the Lodge, which the 12 were far more involved with? Why did William Smith flee Nauvoo for his life after outing the 12 publicly for practicing polygamy, claiming the 12 were trying to kill him like they did his brothers? Why did he hide out in Elijah Abel's house on the east coast? Why did Lucy Mack accuse Brigham of murdering her sons?