Died in jail or a lockup

E. D. Atchison

died January 9, 1884 · Monterey Jail, Pennsylvania

E. D. Atchison was held at the Monterey jail when, according to a short dispatch from Staunton, Pa., published in the Helena Weekly Herald on January 17, 1884, a mob took them from the jail and hanged them on January 9, 1884. The report says the body was then riddled with bullets.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Helena Weekly Herald, January 17, 1884, page 5 Helena Weekly Herald, January 17, 1884

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