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Handwritten envelope referring to criminal indictment for Butch Cassidy

Butch Cassidy Indicted

Gina Strack
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May 25, 2017
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digital_crime-butchAs a preview to a brand new online collection called “Crime in Utah,” the grand jury indictment of the notorious Butch Cassidy from 1897 is now online. He and several others were accused of robbing the payroll from the Pleasant Valley Coal Company in Castle Gate, Utah.

The case file is from the Seventh District Court for Carbon County.

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