Died in jail or a lockup
Lacy and Roderick
Lacy and Roderick were hanged near Rawlins by a party of masked men on March 19, 1882, according to a Rawlins dispatch published in the Tombstone Epitaph on March 27. The same morning, the masked men had taken a man named Wm. Carter from a jail, and Carter escaped. The killing of Lacy and Roderick is recorded as a homicide carried out by the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Rawlins dispatch says a party of masked men hanged Lacy and Roderick, taking them after the same masked party took Wm. Carter from the jail that morning.
Reported by: Rawlins dispatch (reporters).