Deaths in CustodyWork in progressIn progress
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Colorado

In September 1919, the Butte Daily Bulletin reported that a mob in Colorado took two Mexican men from a jail and lynched them. Their names are not given in the item. The paper described the killings in a brief editorial note, and it does not name the jail or the date of the lynching.

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

Reported by: Butte Daily Bulletin (reporters).

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