Pulitzer
Pulitzer lived as a neighbor of N. L. Adams near Slater, Wyoming. In October 1888, while held in the custody of officers, he was taken from them by four masked men, who made him ride about four miles to timber. According to a letter from Robert McIntosh, a merchant at Slater, as reported in the paper, Pulitzer and Adams were found strangled to death on October 18, 1888, and their bodies showed signs of having been beaten with clubs. McIntosh called the killings foul and said they were without cause.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Robert McIntosh, a Slater merchant, wrote in a letter reported by the paper that Pulitzer was strangled to death and his body beaten with clubs after four masked men took him from officers.
Reported by: Robert McIntosh, a merchant at Slater, in a letter to Mrs. Adams, as reported by the paper.