L. E. Walker
L. E. Walker was in the custody of the sheriff at Canon City, Colorado, when an armed mob of cowboys took them from the sheriff around midnight on August 10, 1883, according to a Canon City newspaper report carried by the Denver dispatch. The mob shot Walker to death and hung the body from the timbers of a bridge on the outskirts of town. The county was greatly agitated, and the report says steps had already been taken to apprehend the killers.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Republican at Canon City, as reported in a Denver dispatch, says an armed mob of cowboys took Walker from the sheriff around midnight, shot him and hung his body from a bridge.
Reported by: The Republican (Canon City newspaper), as reported in a Denver dispatch (reporters).