L. F. Lymes
L. F. Lymes was held in the Montrose County jail in Montrose, Colorado, when, on September 21, 1886, a mob of armed men attacked the building with sledges and crowbars, forced its way in and took him out. According to a Montrose dispatch reprinted in the Los Angeles Daily Herald, the sheriff, who lived near the jail, was alerted too late to stop them. When he arrived with a posse, the mob fired on him, no one was injured, and he drove the mob into the mountains, where it scattered. The dispatch says one group is supposed to have hanged Lymes, and citizens searched all day without finding his body. A wire report in the Morning Journal And Courier says a mob lynched him after taking him from the Montrose jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Montrose dispatch says a mob broke into the Montrose County jail, took a male prisoner and hanged him, and a wire report names L. F. Lymes as the man lynched.
Reported by: Montrose dispatch reprinted in the Los Angeles Daily Herald (reporters); Morning Journal And Courier wire report (reporters).