Died in custody
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
A man held by the Custer County sheriff and his posse was taken from them on Tuesday night, December 10, 1878, by a mob of about twenty-five armed, masked men, mostly herders, according to The Daily Dispatch. The mob tied him to a tree and burned him to death. His name is not legible in the scanned newspaper account, and the account gives no other details about him. Because the scan is unreadable in places, the particulars of the sheriff's response and the men's identities cannot be confirmed from this source.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.