Died in jail or a lockup
Frits Meyers
A dispatch from Greenleaf, Kansas, reported in the Champion, says Frits Meyers was held in the jail at Belleville, Republic County, when about 40 armed, masked men took him out and hanged him. The report places the killing on a Saturday night in late April 1878. It does not say whether jail staff resisted the mob, gave up the keys or handed him over. The account is secondhand and comes from a brief newspaper item.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch from Greenleaf, Kansas, reported in the Champion says a mob of about 40 armed, masked men took Frits Meyers from the Belleville jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Champion (dispatch from Greenleaf, Kansas) (reporters).