Mitchell
Mitchell was one of two men held by the sheriff of Custer County, Nebraska, and his posse when, on the night of Tuesday, December 10, 1878, a mob of about twenty-five armed, masked men, mostly herders, took them from the officers. According to the dispatches, the mob tied Mitchell and the other man to a tree and burned them both to death. The reports describe the men as held by the sheriff and posse, and say the mob was armed and masked.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about twenty-five armed, masked men took Mitchell and another man from the Custer County sheriff and his posse, tied them to a tree and burned them to death, according to an Omaha dispatch.
Reported by: Omaha dispatch (reporters); a dispatch from Chicago reprinted in the Wheeling Register (reporters).