Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In December 1879, masked men took two people from a jail in Golden, Colorado, and hanged them, according to a brief newspaper report published in January 1880. The report gives no names, ages or other details about either person. The jail was the place where they were held, and a mob removed them from it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.