Died in jail or a lockup
Orville Snyder
Orville Snyder had given himself up to authorities and was being driven by a deputy sheriff to the county jail at Canyon City, Oregon, on December 26, 1909. Five masked men took him from the deputy and shot him to death, according to a Montgomery Advertiser dispatch published December 28, 1909. The dispatch does not say whether the deputy resisted or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.