Died in jail or a lockup
W. J. Porter
W. J. Porter was held in the jail at Alma, a mining camp in Park County, Colorado, in March 1880. Newspaper accounts report that about fifty citizens of the camp came to the jail, put a rope around his neck and hanged him from a projecting beam beside the building. The papers say no masks were worn and that no resistance was offered to the group, and his body was still hanging when the report was sent.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special despatch from Denver reported that about fifty citizens of Alma entered the jail, hanged Porter from a beam, and offered no resistance to the group.
Reported by: newspaper special despatch from Denver (reporters).