T. M. Myers
Thomas Meyers was being escorted by Deputy Sheriff Seay on the road from White Bird, Idaho, toward the county jail on June 2, 1904, according to the Idaho County Free Press. The Elmore Bulletin reported that a crowd of citizens took him from the deputy near Whitebird, and a wire report said a masked mob outnumbered the officers three to one. The Idaho County Press and Stites Journal, reprinted in the Elk City Mining News, reported that he was hanged from a tree and shot. Editors in the county called the killing a disgrace and blamed public indifference to enforcing the law.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob overtook the officers escorting him to the county jail near White Bird, took him from their custody and lynched him, according to the Spokesman-Review, Elmore Bulletin, Idaho County Free Press and Idaho County Press reports.
Reported by: Spokesman-Review (reporters); Elmore Bulletin (reporters); Idaho County Free Press (reporters); Idaho County Press and Stites Journal, reprinted in the Elk City Mining News (reporters).