Died in jail or a lockup
Abe Witherup
Abe Witherup was being held in the jail at Paris, Missouri, in May 1902. According to a Kansas City Journal dispatch printed in The Bee, a mob of more than a hundred men rode into town around midnight, took him from the jail, and hanged him from a bridge at the north edge of town. The Crittenden Press reported in June that a mob had taken him from the jail and hanged him. None of the accounts say whether jail staff or officers resisted the mob, gave up keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Newport Weekly Independent (reporters); Kansas City Journal (reporters).