Died in jail or a lockup

Jack Murphy

Summit County, Utah

Jack Murphy was held in the jail at Coalville, Utah. According to a September 1883 report in the Arkansas Weekly Mansion, thirty masked men took him from the jail and hanged him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Thirty masked men took Jack Murphy from the Coalville, Utah, jail and hanged him.

Reported by: news reports.

News report

Arkansas Weekly Mansion, September 1, 1883, page 2 Arkansas Weekly Mansion, September 1, 1883

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