Mitchell

Mitchell, a man in his sixties, was a farmer and gunsmith whom the New York Herald, citing testimony, described as respectable, and whose correspondent wrote that he was probably innocent. On Tuesday night, December 10, 1878, while he was held by the Custer County sheriff and his posse, about twenty-five armed, masked men took him from them. According to an Omaha dispatch, the mob tied Mitchell and another man to a tree and burned them both to death.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about twenty-five armed, masked men took Mitchell from the Custer County sheriff and his posse, tied him to a tree and burned him to death.

Reported by: Omaha dispatch (reporters); a dispatch from Chicago reprinted in the Wheeling Register (reporters); Omaha correspondent's telegraphed account to the Herald, based on testimony (reporters).

Sources (8)

• Wheeling Register, December 13, 1878, page 1 Wheeling Register, December 13, 1878
• The Daily Dispatch, December 14, 1878, page 2 The Daily Dispatch, December 14, 1878
• The New York Herald, December 14, 1878, page 7 The New York Herald, December 14, 1878
• The Camden Journal, December 19, 1878, page 2 The Camden Journal, December 19, 1878
• Fulton Journal, December 20, 1878, page 2 Fulton Journal, December 20, 1878
• The Iola Register, December 20, 1878, page 1 The Iola Register, December 20, 1878
• Chariton Courier, December 21, 1878, page 1 Chariton Courier, December 21, 1878
• The Superior Times, December 21, 1878, page 2 The Superior Times, December 21, 1878