Mormon 'King' Assassinated, Killers Fined

James Strang, leader of a Mormon splinter group, crowned himself “king” of his church on Beaver Island, Michigan, and ruled for six years. His “reign” was hated so much by the locals that he was assassinated in 1856. His killers were jailed in an unlocked cell and fined only $1.25.

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