Massacre

Aiken massacre

Nov 1857 · 39.41° N, 112.05° W

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When
Nov 1857
Kind
Massacre
Deaths
5
Coordinates
39.41° N, 112.05° W
Description
1857 lynching of 5 travelers by Mormon attackers

Aiken massacre

1857 lynching of 5 travelers by Mormon attackers

The Aiken massacre was an 1857 lynching in central Utah, United States, of five Californian travelers reportedly at the orders of top leaders in Mormonism's largest denomination, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The victims were apprehended on trumped up charges of spying, imprisoned, then murdered, though two escaped with injuries, but were killed two days later.

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