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Lynching -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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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

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