Died in jail or a lockup
A. J. Allen
A. J. Allen was one of three men held in the jail at Rapid City, Dakota Territory, after being caught near Deadwood. On the night of Wednesday, June 20, 1877, a group that has not been identified broke into the jail, took the three men out and hanged them, according to a Chicago Daily Tribune dispatch published two days later. The dispatch does not say how the group got in or whether the jail staff resisted, gave up the keys or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.