Charles Salvers

Chas. Salyers was held at the jail in Lexington, Missouri, in August 1902, when a masked mob took him from his cell and hanged him from a tree outside town. The Waterbury Democrat reported that the jailer refused the mob's demand for the prisoners, and that several men broke in the outer door and cut through the steel cell doors. The Goodland Republic gave the date as August 13 and said the mob needed about 30 minutes to cut through the jail's steel doors. The accounts differ on the date and on how the mob reached him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took him from the Lexington, Mo., jail and hanged him, according to newspaper accounts.

Reported by: Lexington, Mo., newspaper accounts (reporters).

Sources (4)

• Waterbury Democrat, August 12, 1902, page 1 Waterbury Democrat, August 12, 1902
• The Goodland Republic, August 15, 1902, page 3 The Goodland Republic, August 15, 1902
• The Osceola Times, August 23, 1902, page 3 The Osceola Times, August 23, 1902
• Crittenden Press, August 28, 1902, page 2 Crittenden Press, August 28, 1902