Dewey Smith
Dewey Smith was a Black miner. He was being held at Burnett's hotel in Camden, Missouri, where a crowd gathered and Sheriff Crowley was sent for and came to the hotel, according to a Kansas City Star correspondent. A mob forced its way into the hotel, took him to a mine near Richmond, and hanged him on March 2, 1901. The account says he was allowed to speak and asked that his body be sent to his mother in Kansas City, and that a man in the crowd prayed for him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Kansas City Star special correspondent reports that a mob forced its way into Burnett's hotel, where Smith was being held, took him to the mine and hanged him.
Reported by: Kansas City Star special correspondent (reporters).