Died in jail or a lockup
Jimmie West
Jimmie West was wounded in a shooting and taken to the town jail in Las Vegas, where he lay dying in a cell. According to an eyewitness account published in The Sun, a band of citizens led by Mysterious Dave took him and two other men from the jail that night. The account says the mob hanged the men at the windmill in the plaza and offered them a choice between being shot or hanged.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An eyewitness account in the newspaper says a band of citizens led by Mysterious Dave took him from the town jail and hanged him.
Reported by: eyewitness account in the newspaper.