Died in jail or a lockup
Dick Harrington
Dick Harrington, a Black man, was in the custody of officers in Kansas City, Missouri, who were taking him to the Central Station on April 3, 1882. A mob overpowered the officers, seized him, and hanged him from the Bluff Street Bridge, and after a pistol shot cut the rope he fell to the track below. According to the Huntsville Gazette, he protested that he was innocent. The paper reported that no arrests were made.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob overpowered the officers escorting him to the Central Station, then hanged him from the Bluff Street Bridge.
Reported by: 1882 Kansas City newspaper account (reporters).