Charles Quinn
Charles Quinn was held in the Leavenworth jail in May 1866. According to the Leavenworth Conservative, as reprinted in The Spirit of Democracy, a crowd of about two thousand gathered at the jail, and the sheriff, police and acting mayor met them at the gates and urged that the law be allowed to take its course. The paper could not say who brought Quinn out of the jail, but reports that a crowd hanged him from a tree on high ground near the jail yard. Before his death, he spoke at the tree about his property, asking that it be sold to pay his debts and the rest go to his brother and sister.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Leavenworth Conservative, as reprinted in The Spirit of Democracy, reports that a mob of about two thousand gathered at the Leavenworth jail, and that the sheriff, police and acting mayor urged them to let the law take its course before Quinn was brought out and hanged from a tree by the crowd.
Reported by: Leavenworth Conservative (as reprinted in The Spirit of Democracy) (reporters).