Emmett Divers
Emmett Divers, a Black man, was in the custody of Callaway County officers in August 1895 while being taken by train from St. Louis toward Fulton, Missouri. Press reports say a mob of about one hundred men took him from the officer near Fulton and hanged him from a railroad bridge. Later that morning, a larger crowd reportedly cut his body down and hung it from a telegraph pole in Fulton. Press accounts give his date of death as August 9 in one report and August 15 in another.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Press reports say a mob of about 100 men took Emmett Divers from Sheriff Buchanan of Callaway County near Fulton, Missouri, and hanged him from a railroad bridge.
Reported by: press reports from St. Louis (reporters); news dispatch.