Died in jail or a lockup
Louis Carry
Louis Carry was one of three men held in the jail at Rapid City, Dakota Territory, after being caught near Deadwood. According to a Chicago Daily Tribune dispatch published June 22, 1877, an unknown group broke into the jail on the night of Wednesday, June 20, took the three men out and hanged them. The dispatch does not say how the group got into the jail, and it does not say whether the jail staff resisted, gave up the keys or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An 1877 dispatch reports that an unknown group broke open the Rapid City jail and hanged Louis Carry and two others after they were held there.
Reported by: news reports.