Bennett
In March 1898, Bennett was being held by Deputy Sheriff Pete Swanson at the Bassett ranch at the head of Isadora canyon near Vernal, Utah. According to a Vernal correspondent for the Deseret Evening News, a posse demanded that Swanson hand Bennett over, and when the deputy refused, the posse took Bennett from him, led him to a gate and hanged him. The correspondent reports that Swanson was made to unlock Bennett's shackles so the body could be removed, and that the posse then carried the body off into the canyon.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Vernal correspondent for the Deseret Evening News reported that a posse took Bennett from Deputy Sheriff Pete Swanson, who had held him at a ranch, and hanged him.
Reported by: Vernal correspondent, Deseret Evening News (reporters).