Charles Deiterle
Chas. Deiterle was held in the jail at Weiser, Idaho, in December 1880. According to deputy sheriff G. W. Tracey's testimony to the coroner's jury, about 15 to 20 masked men came to the jail after midnight and demanded the keys. Tracey said he was threatened and handed over the key after his young daughter brought it to him, and the men took Deiterle from his cell and shot him soon after. The coroner's inquest was reported in the Caldwell Tribune in January 1884, and the body was later identified as Deiterle's.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Deputy sheriff G. W. Tracey testified to the coroner's jury that masked men took Deiterle from his cell and shot him after he was threatened into handing over the keys.
Reported by: Deputy sheriff G. W. Tracey, testifying to the coroner's jury (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.