Harvey
Harvey, a Black man, was held at the City Hall jail in Salt Lake City in August 1883. Witness testimony at a later trial, as reported in the Salt Lake Herald, says officers struck him on the head with a club after he was brought into the Marshals office at City Hall. Witnesses say a crowd gathered at the jail shouting for a lynching, and that an officer held the jail door open as Harvey came out. The crowd seized him, had a rope brought, and killed him. Witnesses differ on who struck him first and on how he was taken from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). Witnesses at trial, as reported in the Salt Lake Herald, say officers struck Harvey with a club, then an officer held the jail door while a mob took him with a rope; witnesses differ on who struck him first and how he was taken from the jail.
Reported by: witnesses at trial, as reported in the Salt Lake Herald (witnesses).