Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to an editorial in the Elk Mountain Pilot published on April 6, 1882, a man held in the jail in Pueblo was taken from it by a vigilance mob and hanged. The editor wrote that a civilized community should have let the law decide. The article gives no name or age for the man and no date for the killing, so the only account of his death is this editorial's.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Elk Mountain Pilot editorial says a second man was taken from the Pueblo jail and hanged by a vigilance mob.
Reported by: Elk Mountain Pilot editorial (reporters).