Ketchum
Ketchum was held in the custody of the sheriffs of Howard and Dawson counties in Nebraska, who were taking him and a second prisoner, Mitchell, toward Plum Creek. According to a correspondent's telegraphed account, based on testimony and published in the New York Herald on December 14, 1878, twenty-five to thirty ranchmen stopped the party, took both men from the officers and killed them. The correspondent wrote that both men were probably innocent. The killing is reported as having happened 'last week'.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Omaha correspondent's telegraphed account, based on testimony, says a mob burned him to death with slow tortures after taking him from the sheriffs.
Reported by: Omaha correspondent's telegraphed account to the Herald, based on testimony (reporters).