Died in jail or a lockup
James Woodson
James Woodson was held in the jail at Green River, Wyoming, in December 1918. According to a news dispatch published December 10, a mob estimated at 500 men, mostly railroad employees, took him from the jail that afternoon and lynched him. The dispatch also reports that earlier that day he shot and killed a railroad switchman and wounded another man after a dispute at a station restaurant. Later accounts in other papers repeat that the mob took him from the jail and killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch reports that a mob of about 500 men, mostly railroad employees, took James Woodson from the Green River, Wyoming, jail and lynched him.
Reported by: news dispatch.