Jimmy Powers
Jimmy Powers, of Denver, was one of three men taken from the jail at Bear River City during the night of November 10, 1868, and hanged, according to a Gold Hill Daily News dispatch. The dispatch says the men were found suspended over the jail. An Omaha despatch, relaying a Frontier Index report, said a vigilance committee took the men from the jail and hanged them. Notices pinned to the men's chests gave the rest of their group ten hours to leave the area.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A vigilance committee took Jimmy Powers and two other men from the jail at Bear River City and hanged them, according to a Frontier Index report repeated in an Omaha despatch.
Reported by: Frontier Index, as reported in an Omaha despatch (reporters).