Died in jail or a lockup

Sam Woods

died December 28, 1879 · Colorado

Sam Woods was one of two men held in a Colorado jail. In the early morning of December 28, 1879, a mob took him and the other man from the jail and lynched them. The account published in the Puget Sound Weekly Argus on January 8, 1880 does not say whether jail staff resisted the mob or handed the men over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Puget Sound Weekly Argus, January 8, 1880, page 2 Puget Sound Weekly Argus, January 8, 1880

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