Died in jail or a lockup
Charles Patterson
Charles Patterson was in the custody of the sheriff at Sidney, Nebraska, in October 1875. According to the Cheyenne Daily Leader, a crowd met him in the street, took him from the sheriff, and put a rope around his neck and over a telegraph pole. The sheriff cut him down and took him to the jail. During the night, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a telegraph pole.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Cheyenne Daily Leader special correspondent reports that a crowd took Charles Patterson from the sheriff in Sidney, Nebraska, hanged him from a telegraph pole, and later took him from the jail and hanged him again.
Reported by: Cheyenne Daily Leader special correspondent (reporters).