Charles O. Woolbroth

Charles G. Wobroth was held in the jail at Alamosa, Colorado, in July 1879. Newspaper accounts say about one hundred citizens took him from the jail in the early hours of Saturday, July 5, and hanged him from a cottonwood tree. The papers give different times for the seizure and at least one dates it to Sunday. One account says he was one of two men held there and that a second man, James H. Croft, was hanged with him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd of about one hundred citizens took Charles from the Alamosa jail and hanged him from a tree, according to a Denver dispatch and newspaper accounts.

Reported by: Denver dispatch (reporters); newspaper account.

Sources (5)

• The Daily Dispatch, July 8, 1879, page 3 The Daily Dispatch, July 8, 1879
• Daily Kennebec Journal, July 8, 1879, page 3 Daily Kennebec Journal, July 8, 1879
• The Weekly Oskaloosa Herald, July 10, 1879, page 3 The Weekly Oskaloosa Herald, July 10, 1879
• The Weekly Elko Independent, July 13, 1879, page 2 The Weekly Elko Independent, July 13, 1879
• American Citizen, July 19, 1879, page 1 American Citizen, July 19, 1879