Bert Dudley

Bert Dudley was held in the jail at Olathe, Kansas, when a masked mob arrived by automobile early on September 21, 1916. The sheriff refused to give him up but was overpowered, and the mob battered down three jail doors to reach him. The mob took Dudley to a telephone pole on the edge of town, where they hanged him and then shot his body. The attorney general and county attorney opened an investigation, and the county coroner was conducting an inquest, but investigators had found few clues to the identity of any mob member.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took Bert Dudley from the Johnson County jail in Olathe, Kansas, and hanged him from a telephone pole.

Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).

News reports (6)

• The Ocala Evening Star, September 21, 1916, page 1 The Ocala Evening Star, September 21, 1916
• The Lakeland Evening Telegram, September 21, 1916, page 1 The Lakeland Evening Telegram, September 21, 1916
• Laredo Weekly Times, September 24, 1916, page 3 Laredo Weekly Times, September 24, 1916
• Alexandria Gazette, September 25, 1916, page 4 Alexandria Gazette, September 25, 1916
• The Brandon News, September 28, 1916, page 2 The Brandon News, September 28, 1916
• The Port Gibson Reveille, September 28, 1916, page 4 The Port Gibson Reveille, September 28, 1916