N. L. Adams
N. L. Adams lived near Slater, Wyoming, and his family lived on Front street near the rolling mills. According to the paper, four masked men took him from the officers holding him, along with another man, and made them ride their own horses about four miles to timber. The two men were found strangled to death on October 18, 1888, and their bodies showed signs of beating. A merchant at Slater, Robert McIntosh, wrote to Mrs. Adams, as the paper reported, calling the killing foul and without cause and saying Adams was considered an inoffensive man.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A merchant at Slater, Wyoming, wrote to Mrs. Adams that masked men took him from the officers holding him, and he was found strangled, with bodies showing signs of beating; the writer called the killing foul and without cause.
Reported by: Robert McIntosh, a merchant at Slater; news reports.