Died in custody
Dick Butler
Dick Butler was in the custody of Indian police in 1888 when, according to the police, a mob attacked the party taking him toward the Nations and lynched him. His body was found shortly afterward, riddled with bullets. The police account is the only one given, and the record says nothing more about who he was.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Indian police reported that a mob attacked the custody party on the way to the Nations and lynched him.
Reported by: Indian police (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.