Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Cheyenne, Wyoming, was taken from it by a mob in 1883 and hanged from an electric light pole on one of the city's main streets. His body hung there until about 5 the next morning. A Springfield Weekly Republican account published in 1897 said the community was outraged at the time.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took a man from the Cheyenne jail and hanged him from an electric light pole; the writer says the community was outraged.
Reported by: news reports.