Langdon

Lucien Langdon was being held at a hotel in The Dalles, Oregon, in the custody of a deputy sheriff, in March 1882. According to a San Francisco dispatch citing a Dalles dispatch, masked men overpowered the guard at the hotel and shot him dead. The Democratic Advocate gives the date of death as March 20, 1882, and reports that a group of citizens had arrested him at his residence before he was taken to the hotel. No one has been identified as a perpetrator.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: San Francisco dispatch citing a Dalles, Oregon dispatch (reporters); deputy sheriff holding him at the hotel.

Sources (2)

• The Democratic Advocate, March 25, 1882, page 2 The Democratic Advocate, March 25, 1882
• The Tombstone Epitaph, March 27, 1882, page 3 The Tombstone Epitaph, March 27, 1882