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Robert Marshall

died June 1925 · Carbon County, Utah

Robert Marshall, a Black miner who worked for the Utah Fuel Company at Castle Gate, was in the custody of a sheriff's posse in June 1925 when it was taking him to the county courthouse in Price, Utah. According to the account, a crowd forced the officers out of the car, took Robert out of town and hanged him on a farm between Price and Wellington. Deputies cut him down, but when he showed signs of life, the crowd hanged him again.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A sheriff's posse was bringing Robert Marshall to the county courthouse in Price when a crowd forced the officers out of the car, drove him out of town and hanged him.

Reported by: sheriff's posse (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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