Jack O'Neil
Jack O'Neil was one of three men taken from the jail at Bear River City during the night and hanged, according to the Gold Hill Daily News, which dated the deaths to November 10, 1868. The paper reported that the men were found suspended over the jail, with notices pinned to their chests giving the rest of their group ten hours to leave or meet the same fate. A Frontier Index report, repeated in an Omaha despatch, dates the hangings to November 12 and says a vigilance committee took one of the men from the jail. The two accounts differ on the date and on who took the men from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A vigilance committee took Jack O'Neil and two other men from the jail at Bear River City and hanged them, according to the Frontier Index as repeated in an Omaha despatch.
Reported by: Frontier Index, as reported in an Omaha despatch (reporters).