Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail in Hamilton, Montana, was taken from custody by a mob and lynched on October 13, 1903, according to a short report in The Free Lance published October 17, 1903. The paper's dispatches did not say whether the sheriff or jailer resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over. His name is not recorded in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.