Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Salt Lake dispatch printed in the Chicago Daily Tribune reported that masked men took a man from a jail in Utah and hanged him on October 5, 1880. He was being held at the jail when the mob took him out and killed him. The dispatch attributes the killing to the mob, and his death is recorded here as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Salt Lake dispatch printed in the Chicago Daily Tribune says masked men took a man from a jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Salt Lake dispatch printed in the Chicago Daily Tribune (reporters).