Died in jail or a lockup
Thomas Forrest
According to a news dispatch datelined Salt Lake and printed in the Memphis Daily Appeal on October 8, 1880, masked men took Thomas Forrest from a jail on the night of October 5 and hanged him. He was in the custody of that jail when the men took him from it. The dispatch reports his death as the work of a mob that seized him from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch datelined Salt Lake reports that masked men took Thomas Forrest from a jail and hanged him.
Reported by: news dispatch datelined Salt Lake (reporters).