Charles Bickford
Charles Bickford was held in the Jefferson jail in Jefferson County, Missouri. According to the Missouri Democrat, early on Monday, February 8, 1869, a group of disguised men overpowered the jailer and took his keys, then removed Bickford and another man, James Quick, from their cells. The mob hanged both men from an oak tree near a graveyard outside town. Citizens found the bodies the next morning and brought them back to town, and the paper reported that the jailer did not know any of the men involved.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob overpowered the jailer, took his keys and removed Bickford from his cell before hanging him from an oak tree, according to the Missouri Democrat.
Reported by: Missouri Democrat (reporters).