Died in jail or a lockup

Dan Moore

died September 14, 1900

Dan Moore was being held in a jail in September 1900 when a masked mob of between sixty and one hundred men broke in and took him from custody. The Evening World reported that they hanged him from a tree within one hundred yards of the jail. The paper reported that no shots were found at the scene.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Evening World, September 14, 1900, page 5 The Evening World, September 14, 1900

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