Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died January 31, 1881

According to a short telegraph item in The Salt Lake Herald of February 2, 1881, a person was taken from a jail on Monday night, January 31, and hanged. The item described it as the second hanging from the same jail. The death was carried out by hanging.

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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