Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A wire dispatch in The Anaconda Standard, datelined November 16, 1889, reported that a person was taken from a jail in a town whose name is garbled in the printed text and hanged the previous night. The account gives no name, age, or description of the person. It does not say who took them from the jail or whether jail staff resisted or handed them over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.