Lorenzo Danino

Lorenzo Danino was held in the Walsenburg jail in Colorado in March 1895. According to a New-York Tribune report, about seven or eight masked men came to the jail door after midnight, claiming the sheriff wanted to enter. When guards opened the door, the men fired eight or ten shots into the cell, hitting both men held there. The report says Lorenzo Danino was killed in the cell, and that the other man lived a short time after being shot.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men fired eight or ten shots into his cell at the Walsenburg jail after guards opened the door, according to a New-York Tribune report.

Reported by: New-York Tribune (reporters).

Source

• New-York Tribune, March 14, 1895, page 1 New-York Tribune, March 14, 1895