Died in jail or a lockup
Dunnigan
Dunnigan was held in a jail in New Mexico in July 1880. According to a Denver Tribune special dispatch from Santa Fe, as reported in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union, a body of masked men took him from the jail at night. The dispatch says they put a rope around his neck, dragged him to an alley, hanged him, and then shot his body many times.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Denver Tribune's Santa Fe special dispatch says a body of masked men took Dunnigan from a jail at night, hanged him and then shot his body.
Reported by: The Tribune's Santa Fe special dispatch as reported in the Denver Tribune (reporters).