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Died in custody

Name not reported

died December 1878 · Salmon City

In December 1878, an American Indian person held in custody at Salmon City was taken from their guard by a mob and shot to death. The Fulton Journal reported it as the second of two Indian prisoners taken from their guard at Salmon City in this way.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

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