Mike Cuddihie

Mike Cuddihie and his wife were held at a hotel in Ouray, Colorado, in January 1884. According to a Denver dispatch printed in the Narragansett Herald, a band of masked men overpowered the sheriff's guard at the hotel, took the couple outside the town limits, and hanged them. Cuddihie was hanged from a tree, and his wife was hanged from the ridge pole of a vacant cabin. The coroner later cut down the bodies and buried them.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody

Sources (5)

• The Abilene Reflector, January 24, 1884, page 6 The Abilene Reflector, January 24, 1884
• The Iola Register, January 25, 1884, page 6 The Iola Register, January 25, 1884
• The Red Cloud Chief, January 25, 1884, page 2 The Red Cloud Chief, January 25, 1884
• Narragansett Herald, January 26, 1884, page 4 Narragansett Herald, January 26, 1884
• The Caldwell Tribune, February 2, 1884, page 1 The Caldwell Tribune, February 2, 1884