Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died January 31, 1881

According to a brief telegraph report carried by the Salt Lake Herald on February 2, 1881, two people held in a jail were taken from it by a mob on the night of Monday, January 31, and hanged. The report gives no names for them. It also mentions the killing of Colonel Potter, which it does not describe.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Salt Lake Herald, February 2, 1881, page 2 The Salt Lake Herald, February 2, 1881

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