Died in jail or a lockup

Julio Gray

died January 28, 1884 · Rosita, Colorado

Julio Gray was one of two men held in the jail at Rosita, Colorado, when a masked mob took them out at about 2 a.m. on a Monday in January 1884 and lynched him. The source is a brief national news item that reports the killing without saying how the jail or its officers responded. It gives no other details about him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took Julio Gray from the jail at Rosita, Colorado, and lynched him.

Reported by: news reports.

News report

Delaware Gazette And State Journal, January 31, 1884, page 2 Delaware Gazette And State Journal, January 31, 1884

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