Mike Lacey

Mike Lacey was held in the jail at Rawlins Station on the Union Pacific line. On March 18, 1882, according to the Eureka Daily Sentinel, a body of lynchers took him from the jail along with another man and hanged them both. The Sentinel's report, published March 25, names no one among the lynchers and describes no action by the jailers or officers, and it is the only account of the death cited here.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Eureka Daily Sentinel reported that a body of lynchers took Mike Lacey from the jail at Rawlins Station and hanged him.

Reported by: Eureka Daily Sentinel (reporters).

Source

• Eureka Daily Sentinel, March 25, 1882, page 2 Eureka Daily Sentinel, March 25, 1882