Bohannon
Bohannon was held in the county jail at Rolla. On April 21, 1882, a crowd took him from his cell and hanged him in public, and the Iron County Register reported that the fall broke his neck. The account says a large crowd gathered, and that he was cut down about fifteen minutes later and handed to his relatives. Before he died, he thanked the sheriff and jailer for their kind treatment, asked those present to leave liquor alone, and said he expected to go to Heaven. A clergyman spoke with him in his cell, and he told them he was ready and willing to die.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The newspaper account says a crowd took him from the county jail at Rolla and hanged him in public, and that the fall broke his neck.
Reported by: newspaper account of the hanging.