Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Chas. Norton

Kokomo, Colorado

Chas. Norton was held at the jail in Kokomo, Colorado. According to a brief newspaper item of July 29, 1880, he was taken from the jail and hanged.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief newspaper item reports that Chas. Norton was taken from the Kokomo, Colorado jail and hanged, but does not say who took him.

Reported by: brief newspaper item.

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