Died in jail or a lockup
J. J. Hoover
According to the Stark County Democrat, a mob took J. J. Hoover from a jail in Colorado and killed them. The paper described the killing as a lynching in its issue of May 6, 1880. J. J. Hoover was being held at the jail when the mob took them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Stark County Democrat reports that a mob took J. J. Hoover from a jail and lynched him.
Reported by: Stark County Democrat (reporters).