Died in jail or a lockup
Cormack
Cormack was held in the jail at Trinidad, Colorado, in August 1879. According to a short news dispatch, a crowd of about 500 men took him and another man out of the jail and hanged them. The account gives no further detail about Cormack, whether the jail's staff resisted or handed the men over, or whether any investigation followed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch reports that a crowd of about 500 men took Cormack from the jail at Trinidad, Colorado, and hanged him.
Reported by: news dispatch.