Deaths in Custody
Died in custody

Andrew Murrell

Missouri

Andrew Murrell was held in the custody of a sheriff's posse when a mob took him and hanged him to a tree about a mile from the village of Corder, Missouri. The Fisherman & Farmer reported the killing on September 11, 1891. His death was recorded as a lynching from custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A short news item reports that a mob took him from a sheriff's posse and hanged him to a tree about a mile from Corder, Missouri.

Reported by: short news item.

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