Died in jail or a lockup
Dan Logan
Dan Logan was one of two men held in the jail at Trinidad, Colorado, in August 1879. According to a short news dispatch published in The Bossier Banner on August 28, 1879, a crowd of about 500 men took the two out of the jail and hanged them. The dispatch gives no further detail about the men, about whether jail staff resisted, gave up keys, or handed them over, or about any investigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch reports that a crowd of about 500 men took him from the jail at Trinidad, Colorado, and hanged him.
Reported by: news dispatch.