Dan Adams
Dan Adams, a Black man, was 20 years old according to one account. On April 20, 1893, he was being taken by train from Salina when a deputy sheriff hid him under a seat, but a mob entered the railway car, overpowered the deputy and put a rope around his neck. The crowd carried him to the Union Pacific depot and hanged him from a telegraph pole, though a Ceredo Advance account says about 500 men took him from the officers and hanged him from a tree without giving him a chance to speak. His father later sued the city of Salina for $10,000 in damages, and the Wichita Daily Eagle reported in January 1894 that the father was awarded $2. A 2021 Community Voice account says no arrests were made in the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody
Lawsuit: His father sued the city of Salina for $10,000 in damages over the lynching, and a jury awarded the father $2 in January 1894.