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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died October 28, 1881 · Colorado

An Italian man, whose name the Chicago Daily Tribune did not give, was held in a Colorado jail in late October 1881. After the man he had wounded, Hobletzel, died, citizens came for him at the jail and took him out.

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

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