Died in jail or a lockup
Amos Stanton
Amos Stanton, a farmer living in Nebraska, was held in a jail there on March 15, 1890, according to a brief item in The National Tribune published five days later. The account says that about half an hour after he was placed in the jail, a mob took him out and hanged him. The item does not say how the mob got in, or whether the jailer or officers resisted or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief newspaper item reports that a mob took Amos Stanton from jail and hanged him about half an hour after he was placed there.
Reported by: news reports.