Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man named Arata was held in the Denver, Colorado, jail when a mob stormed the building on July 26, 1893, and hanged him. According to a brief 1893 newspaper item, a sheriff's posse fired on the crowd and severely wounded two members of the mob. The item gives no further details about the man, his age, or how the mob got in.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.