Died in custody

Baker

died September 1871 · Rudersburg, Montana

Baker was held in the custody of the sheriff at Rudersburg, Montana Territory, in September 1871, when a crowd of citizens took him from the sheriff and hanged him, according to the Dodgeville Chronicle. The paper reported that the killing followed the death of Doc Maun, whom Baker had stabbed the previous Thursday.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Dodgeville Chronicle, September 15, 1871, page 4 Dodgeville Chronicle, September 15, 1871

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