Died in jail or a lockup
Michael O'Brien
Michael O'Brien was held in the jail at Alamosa, Colorado, in December 1887. According to a special dispatch from Alamosa printed in the Denver report, a group of citizens came to the jail at night and took him from it. The dispatch says they hanged him on the gate of the stockyards.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch in the Denver report says a group of citizens took Michael O'Brien from the Alamosa jail at night and hanged him on the gate of the stockyards.
Reported by: Alamosa, Colo., special dispatch published in the Denver report (reporters).