Murder -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
The Spencer-Pike incident
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231046373]
Identifier: MSS 1309
Scope and Contents
Typewritten research paper for Larry C. Porter's Church History 342 class. Spencer writes about the murder of Ralph Pike by Howard Orson Spencer in 1859 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dates:
1970
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
S. A. Wixom letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340108]
Identifier: MSS 85
Abstract
The folder contains a handwritten letter dated 25 August 1883 and addressed to "Prest. McAllister & Brethren." Wixom describes the murder of a police officer in Salt Lake City, "Capt. Bent," by a "mulatto," who had refused to pay a restaurant bill, and the subsequent lynching of the man by a mob.
Dates:
1883 August 25
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections