Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In February 1884, about one hundred men entered the jail in Tombstone, Arizona, early one morning, took a man from his cell, and hanged him from a telegraph pole. According to the account, he told the men before he died that he was innocent. His body was left hanging from the pole until the afternoon.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.