William Harvey
BornCirca 1848 (1848)[1]
DiedAugust 25, 1883(1883-08-25) (aged 34–35)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Cause of deathLynching at State Street and 100 South Street[2]
Burial placeOutside the Salt Lake City Cemetery[3]
Other namesSam Joe[1]
OccupationShoeshiner[1]

William "Sam Joe" Harvey (c. 1848 – August 25, 1883) was a 35-year-old, Black, US Army veteran accused of killing the Salt Lake City police chief Andrew H. Burt on August 25, 1883.[1][2] Upon arrest Harvey was severely kicked and beaten by the police.[1][2] A mob of up to 2,000 White people formed in front of the city jail, and the officers handed him over to them.[1][2] The mob hung him there then dragged his body for several blocks down State Street.[4][1][2]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "William 'Sam Joe' Harvey". University of Utah. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Clark, Cassandra; Westwood, Brad (February 2023). "African Americans and Salt Lake's West Side: Part One". Government of Utah. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  3. ↑ "That Uncovered Skeleton". Deseret News. October 31, 1883. p. 3. Retrieved June 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Mangun, Kimberly; Gerlach, Larry R. (March 16, 2013). "Making Utah History: Press Coverage of the Robert Marshall Lynching, June 1925". In Pfeifer, Michael J. (ed.). Lynching Beyond Dixie: American Mob Violence Outside the South. University of Illinois Press. p. 133. doi:10.5406/illinois/9780252037467.003.0005. ISBN 978-0-252-09465-1.
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