Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two men held in the jail at Denver, Colorado, were taken from it by a crowd and hanged to a tree, according to the Narragansett Herald of April 8, 1882. The jail held both men in its custody when the mob seized them. The mob took them from that custody and killed them by hanging.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched