These men could conceive of the scheme to steal and publish the 116 pages, but their scheme would be flawed. They are not leaders yet. They could participate in a mob, but could not lead a mob. Their influence and means are limited.
Aldrich, David – clerk sold suit to Joseph Smith
Butterfield, Martin – works in a hardware store
Capron, Joseph – shoemaker
Chase, Abel Durfee – carpenter, farmer
Chase, Edmond – farmhand
Chase, Willard – carpenter
Saunders, Benjamin – carpenter and joiner
Saunders, Lorenzo – carpenter and joiner
Smith, Robert W. – worked as the foreman in the Jessup shoe factory
Stafford, Barton – fish peddler