Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In March 1895, the Arizona Weekly Citizen reported in an editorial that several Italians held in a jail in a Colorado town were shot to death by a mob. The paper's writer used the killings to argue that the federal government might have to answer to Italy and England for mob killings of foreign nationals. The editorial gives neither the men's names nor the date of the killings.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An editorial says a mob shot several Italians held in a Colorado town's jail to death.
Reported by: editorial in the newspaper.