Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in a mining camp lockup, called the 'cooler', was taken by a mob of miners, according to an eyewitness's recollection published in The Red Cloud Chief. The eyewitness said the guards told the crowd they did not have the keys and submitted to being searched. The mob broke the door open with an ax, took him from the cell and hanged him from a beam on the street.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An eyewitness recalls that a mob of miners took a man from a camp lockup, called the 'cooler', and hanged him from a beam after the guards said they did not have the keys.
Reported by: eyewitness reminiscence.