Died in jail or a lockup
D. S. Lott
D. S. Lott was taken from the jail at Coffeeville and hanged by a mob, according to a brief item in the Bolivar Bulletin. The death is dated to November 1869.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief item in the Bolivar Bulletin reports that Lott was taken from the jail at Coffeeville and hanged; it gives no details of how the mob got in or how jailers responded.
Reported by: Bolivar Bulletin (reporters).