Emmett Divers

Emmett Divers was being brought back to Fulton, Missouri, in Callaway County, from St. Louis, where he had been held for safekeeping, and was in the custody of Callaway County officers. Press reports say a mob of about a hundred men stopped the carriage in the early hours of August 15, 1895, took him from the officers, and hanged him from a railroad bridge near Fulton. One dispatch says the deputies pleaded with the crowd and tried to prevent the rescue, while the officers later denied being accused of letting the mob take him. Other reports say a crowd then cut his body down and hung it from a telegraph pole in Fulton.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (neglect alleged). Press reports say a mob of more than a hundred men seized Emmett Divers from the sheriff's deputies near Fulton, Missouri, and hanged him from a railroad bridge, and the Butler Weekly Times reports that officers were accused of letting the mob take him, which they denied.

Reported by: St. Louis press reports (reporters); Butler Weekly Times, Fulton, Mo. dispatch (reporters); Deputy sheriffs (the agency that held him).

Sources (20)

• Waterbury Evening Democrat, August 15, 1895, page 4 Waterbury Evening Democrat, August 15, 1895
• Evening Star, August 15, 1895, page 2 Evening Star, August 15, 1895
• Santa Fe Daily New Mexican, August 15, 1895, page 1 Santa Fe Daily New Mexican, August 15, 1895
• Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, August 16, 1895, page 1 Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, August 16, 1895
• The Evening Bulletin, August 16, 1895, page 1 The Evening Bulletin, August 16, 1895
• The News & Observer, August 16, 1895, page 1 The News & Observer, August 16, 1895
• Waterbury Evening Democrat, August 16, 1895, page 1 Waterbury Evening Democrat, August 16, 1895
• St. Paul Daily Globe, August 16, 1895, page 3 St. Paul Daily Globe, August 16, 1895
• The Anaconda Standard, August 16, 1895, page 8 The Anaconda Standard, August 16, 1895
• Wheeling Register, August 16, 1895, page 2 Wheeling Register, August 16, 1895
• Elmore Bulletin, August 21, 1895, page 1 Elmore Bulletin, August 21, 1895
• The Butler Weekly Times, August 22, 1895, page 3 The Butler Weekly Times, August 22, 1895
• Connecticut Western News, August 22, 1895, page 4 Connecticut Western News, August 22, 1895
• The Weiser Signal, August 22, 1895, page 4 The Weiser Signal, August 22, 1895
• Marshall County Independent, August 22, 1895, page 2 Marshall County Independent, August 22, 1895
• Hutchinson Gazette, August 22, 1895, page 6 Hutchinson Gazette, August 22, 1895
• The Globe-Republican, August 22, 1895, page 6 The Globe-Republican, August 22, 1895
• The Kanabec County Times, August 23, 1895, page 2 The Kanabec County Times, August 23, 1895
• The Cape Girardeau Democrat, August 24, 1895, page 2 The Cape Girardeau Democrat, August 24, 1895
• Mexico Weekly Ledger, August 29, 1895, page 1 Mexico Weekly Ledger, August 29, 1895