Capiti

Capiti was one of four Italian men being transported in a prisoner wagon toward the Walsenburg jail in Huerfano County, Colorado, in March 1895. Masked men stopped the wagon at the Bear Creek bridge and took the prisoners into a neighboring field, according to the Lusk Herald. A search of the area found no trace of Capiti. The paper reported that the men were presumed dead.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men took four Italian prisoners from the wagon transporting them between Rouse and the Walsenburg jail and were presumed to have killed them.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Lusk Herald, March 21, 1895, page 2 The Lusk Herald, March 21, 1895