Died in jail or a lockup

Eli Owens

died June 17, 1886 · Hebron jail, Thayer County, Nebraska

Eli Owens was held in the jail at Hebron, Nebraska. Early on the morning of June 17, 1886, a masked party of men from Alexandria took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree, according to a dispatch datelined Omaha. The Sacramento Daily Record-Union account gives the same events.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News reports (2)

Los Angeles Daily Herald, June 18, 1886, page 1 Los Angeles Daily Herald, June 18, 1886
Sacramento Daily Record-Union, June 18, 1886, page 1 Sacramento Daily Record-Union, June 18, 1886

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