Thomas Wall

Thomas Wall was held in the Rico jail in Colorado in June 1882. A Republican dispatch published in a Denver newspaper says a party entered the jail in the early morning of June 16, took him out, and hanged him in a small cabin across from the building, together with another man that same night. Another account gives the place as Rice and the day as Saturday, and does not say whether jail staff tried to stop the group. The papers do not name the people in the party.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Thomas Wall from the Rico jail in Colorado in the early morning and hanged him, according to a Republican special dispatch published in a Denver newspaper; the dispatch does not say who was in the party.

Reported by: Republican special dispatch published in the Denver newspaper (reporters).

Sources (4)

• Sacramento Daily Record-Union, June 17, 1882, page 4 Sacramento Daily Record-Union, June 17, 1882
• Wood River Times, June 19, 1882, page 1 Wood River Times, June 19, 1882
• The Portland Daily Press, June 19, 1882, page 1 The Portland Daily Press, June 19, 1882
• The Weekly Visitor, June 23, 1882, page 2 The Weekly Visitor, June 23, 1882