Died in custody

Dutch Charley

died January 6, 1879 · Carbon, Wyoming

Dutch Charley was in custody and being transported by train through Carbon, Wyoming. On January 6, 1879, the Jamestown Alert reported, about twenty-five or thirty masked men broke open the baggage car, took him out and hanged him from a telegraph pole. He was killed by a mob that seized him from the officers transporting him by train.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Jamestown Alert (reporters).

Source

Jamestown Alert, January 16, 1879, page 2 Jamestown Alert, January 16, 1879

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