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Giabicino

died March 1895 · Huerfano County Jail, Huerfano County, Colorado

Giabicino was one of four Italian men held in a prisoner wagon traveling from Rouse to the Walsenburg jail in Huerfano County, Colorado, in March 1895. Masked men stopped the wagon at the Bear Creek bridge and took the prisoners into a neighboring field. A search afterward found no trace of Giabicino, and the Lusk Herald reported that the men were presumed dead.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men took Giabicino and three other Italian prisoners from the wagon transporting them between Rouse and the Walsenburg jail at the Bear creek bridge, and a later search found no trace of him.

Reported by: news reports.

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