Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man whose name is not recorded was held in the jail at Gunnison, Colorado, in October 1881. According to the Sacramento Daily Record-Union, he was accused of wounding Colonel Hobletzil in Gunnison, and Hobletzil died the following night. Shortly afterward, a group of citizens took the man from the jail and hanged him, and the account names no jail staff or sheriff who resisted or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A historical newspaper account says a group of citizens took the man from the Gunnison jail and hanged him shortly after Colonel Hobletzil died.
Reported by: historical newspaper account.