Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a report in the Frontier Index, repeated in an Omaha despatch in the Chicago Tribune, a vigilance committee took one of three men from a jail near Bear River City and hanged him. The despatch said other men in the area were ordered to leave within ten hours. The dead man's name is not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. According to the Frontier Index, as repeated in an Omaha despatch, a vigilance committee took one of three men from a jail near Bear River City and hanged him.
Reported by: Frontier Index (as repeated in an Omaha despatch) (reporters).