Died in jail or a lockup
Frank Einbrec
Frank Einbrec, a Black man, was held in the jail at Mexico, Missouri. According to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report reprinted in the Watertown Republican, on July 22, 1899, a mob seized him from the officers who were moving him toward Fayette. The mob then hanged him at Steinmetz.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A St. Louis Post-Dispatch report says a mob seized Frank Einbrec from the officers moving him from a Mexico, Missouri jail toward Fayette and hanged him at Steinmetz.
Reported by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (reporters).