Ketchum

Ketchum was in the custody of the Custer County sheriff and his posse on Tuesday night, December 10, 1878, when a mob of about twenty-five armed, masked men took him from them. According to newspaper accounts, the mob tied Ketchum to a tree and burned him to death together with another man. One paper's account says the men had been accused of stealing stock, a charge the sources do not establish. The Fulton Journal and the Daily Dispatch both report the killing, though the Daily Dispatch gives the other man's name only as Mitchell.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody

Sources (3)

• The Daily Dispatch, December 14, 1878, page 2 The Daily Dispatch, December 14, 1878
• Fulton Journal, December 20, 1878, page 2 Fulton Journal, December 20, 1878
• The Iola Register, December 20, 1878, page 1 The Iola Register, December 20, 1878