Bob Goodrich
Bob Goodrich was married to a daughter of Jim Simmons, Sr., and was one of several Goodrich brothers. He was held in the Newcastle jail when, in the early morning of September 28, 1877, a mob broke in. The Weekly Union Times reported that the jailer was forced to unlock the jail and the sheriff was turned back, and that the mob took Goodrich from his cell and hanged him a short distance from the building along with the other men held there. The accounts describe the killings as a lynching from custody, and no other details of the men's deaths are given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Weekly Union Times reports that a mob broke into the Newcastle jail in the early morning, took Bob Goodrich from his cell and hanged him near the building, with the jailer forced to unlock the jail and the sheriff turned back.
Reported by: The Weekly Union Times (reporters).