Stewart
Stewart, a man held in the Leadville jail in Colorado, was taken from the jail by a mob on November 20, 1879, and hanged in a shed next to it. Accounts differ on the hour, with one giving about 1 a.m. and another about 10 in the morning. The crowd is reported to have left his body hanging there for the rest of the day. As of publication, one report said the authorities had taken no action on the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Stewart from the Leadville jail in Colorado in the early morning of November 20, 1879, and hanged him in a shed next to the jail, and his body was left hanging through the day; the Evening Star, reprinting a Leadville report, says authorities had taken no action on the killing.
Reported by: Evening Star, reprinting a Leadville report (reporters).