Frank Lyle
Frank Lyles was held by officers near Prescott, Kansas, in May 1886, according to a Kansas City dispatch printed in the Indianapolis Journal. The dispatch says a mob took him from the officers and hanged him from a tree on May 11, 1886. A St. Louis dispatch in the Wichita Daily Eagle gives the name as Frank Lyle and says he made no resistance when captured. Neither account says whether the officers resisted or handed him over, and no other details of the mob or the officers' response are given.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. A Kansas City dispatch in the Indianapolis Journal and a St. Louis dispatch in the Wichita Daily Eagle report that a mob took Frank Lyles from officers at Prescott, Kansas, and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: Kansas City dispatch, Indianapolis Journal (reporters); St. Louis dispatch, Wichita Daily Eagle (reporters).