Charles Vincent
Charles Vincent was held in the Ellensburg jail, Washington, in August 1895 when a large mob broke in during the early morning of August 14. Accounts say the sheriff, Stinson, tried to stop the mob but was overpowered, and that the jail's steel cells slowed the crowd without stopping it. The mob took Charles out and hanged him from a railroad bridge or a silver-poplar tree near the jail, and his body was fired upon. Several papers report that his father, Samuel Vincent, was taken from the jail and hanged beside him within the hour, and that some prominent townspeople took part, while civil authorities had not yet acted.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the Ellensburg jail, overpowered Sheriff Stinson and his deputies, took Charles Vincent from his cell and hanged him from a railroad bridge, then fired on his body.
Reported by: Morning News (reporters); Record-Union (reporters); Weekly Union (reporters).
Sources (8)
- The Morning News, August 15, 1895, page 1
- Birmingham Age-Herald, August 15, 1895, page 1
- The San Francisco Call, August 15, 1895, page 1
- The Record-Union, August 15, 1895, page 1
- The Manning Times, August 21, 1895, page 1
- Weekly Union, August 21, 1895, page 1
- Connecticut Western News, August 22, 1895, page 4
- Cottonwood Report, August 23, 1895, page 2