Died in jail or a lockup
Walters
Walters was held in a jail when a mob, disguised as Indians, took him out and hanged him, according to a San Francisco dispatch printed in the Alexandria Gazette in June 1871. The dispatch as summarized here does not give the location of the jail or name the officers who held him. Whether the jail staff or the sheriff resisted the mob, or handed him over, is not stated in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A San Francisco dispatch printed in the Alexandria Gazette says a mob disguised as Indians took Walters from the jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Alexandria Gazette (San Francisco dispatch) (reporters).