Name not reported

A man held in the jail at Dillon, Montana, was taken from it on the night of Wednesday, March 14, 1883, according to a Register report reprinted in the Ketchum Keystone. The report says a vigilance committee from Glendale took him from the jail and hanged him. His name is not given in the report.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Register, as reprinted in the Ketchum Keystone, reports that a vigilance committee from Glendale took a man from the Dillon jail and hanged him; the article does not say whether jailers resisted or gave up the keys.

Reported by: the Register, as reprinted in the Ketchum Keystone (reporters).

Source

• The Ketchum Keystone, March 16, 1883, page 2 The Ketchum Keystone, March 16, 1883