Died in jail or a lockup
Charles G. Wooroth
Charles G. Wooroth was held in a jail in Alamosa, Colorado. At midnight on July 5, 1879, about one hundred citizens took him from the jail and hanged him from a cottonwood tree. A newspaper report from that month records his death as a mob killing carried out after he was taken from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper account says about one hundred citizens took Charles G. Wooroth from a jail in Alamosa, Colorado, at midnight and hanged him from a cottonwood tree.
Reported by: news reports.