Died in jail or a lockup
J. J. Havner
J. J. Havner was taken from the jail at Fairplay, Colorado, early one morning in April 1880 and lynched, according to a wire dispatch printed in the Press and Daily Dakotaian. The dispatch names the jail as the place Havner was held and says a mob took Havner from there and killed them. Whether the jailer or deputies resisted the mob or handed Havner over is not stated.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A wire dispatch reports that J. J. Havner was taken from the jail at Fairplay, Colorado, and lynched.
Reported by: news reports.