Deaths in CustodyWork in progressIn progress
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Colorado

A man held in a Colorado jail was taken from it by a mob and killed by hanging, according to a short item in the Bottineau Pioneer, a Dakota Territory newspaper, published June 23, 1894. The newspaper attributes the killing to a mob that took him from the jail. The item is the only source cited for this death.

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

Reported by: Dakota Territory newspaper item (reporters).

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