Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A person held in the Leadville jail was taken out by a vigilance committee in 1879 and hanged, according to a brief report in The Canton Advocate published December 4, 1879. Friends of the two men taken from custody reportedly threatened the lives of those who hanged them and threatened to burn the town.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.