Died in jail or a lockup
John Keffer
According to a telegraph report published in The Beatrice Daily Express on September 6, 1902, John Keffer was held at the jail in Lander, Wyoming, when a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. The report said he had been moved to that jail the night before, after a stay delayed a legal proceeding that was scheduled for him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telegraph report says a mob took him from the Lander jail and lynched him, and the report is unconfirmed.
Reported by: telegraph report.