Louis Gary

Louis Gary was being held at the Rapid City jail in Dakota Territory. On the night of Wednesday, June 20, 1877, according to a Deadwood dispatch dated June 21 and reprinted in the Daily Press and Dakotaian, unknown parties broke into the jail and hanged him along with two other men. He had been in the jail's custody when the group broke in and took him, and the dispatch attributes his death to them.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Deadwood dispatch reported that unknown parties broke open the Rapid City jail and hanged Louis Gary after taking him from custody.

Reported by: Deadwood dispatch reprinted in the Daily Press and Dakotaian (reporters).

Source

• Daily Press And Dakotaian, June 25, 1877, page 2 Daily Press And Dakotaian, June 25, 1877