Anderson Reed

Anderson Reed, a Black man, was being taken from St. Louis by officers to the jail at Edwardsville in February 1870. According to The Evening Argus, a mob seized him from the officers, shot him through the head and hanged him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Source

• The Evening Argus, February 25, 1870, page 1 The Evening Argus, February 25, 1870