Name not reported
A man held in the county jail at Miles City, Montana, in July 1883 was taken from his cell by a mob, according to the Memphis Daily Appeal, which reported on 27 July 1883. The paper says the mob overpowered the jailer and hanged him from a railroad tie over a culvert about a mile outside town. His name is garbled in the scan and is not recorded here. The paper also reports that a theater in town burst into flames two hours after the hanging, and that many people believed the fire was retaliation, though no source establishes who set it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob overpowered the jailer at the Miles City county jail, took a man from custody and hanged him about a mile outside town.
Reported by: news reports.