Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Rico, Colorado, was taken from it by a mob on the morning of June 16, 1882, and hanged, according to the Sacramento Daily Record-Union. The paper reported that another man was taken and hanged the same morning. It also does not say whether the jail staff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched