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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Leadville

A vigilance committee took two people out of the jail in Leadville and hanged them, according to a brief report in The Canton Advocate published on December 4, 1879. Friends of the two later threatened the men who hanged them and said they would burn the town.

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

Reported by: news reports.

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