Died in custody
Lucien Langdon
Lucien Langdon was arrested at his home and turned over to a deputy sheriff, who was holding him at a hotel in The Dalles, Oregon, in March 1882. According to a San Francisco dispatch citing a Dalles dispatch, a party of masked men overpowered the guard at the hotel and shot him dead. No one has been identified as a perpetrator.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A San Francisco dispatch citing a Dalles, Oregon dispatch says masked men overpowered the deputy sheriff guarding Langdon at a hotel and shot him dead.
Reported by: San Francisco dispatch citing a Dalles, Oregon dispatch (reporters).