Fritz Meyer

Fritz Meyer was held in the jail at Belleville, Republic County, Kansas. According to a dispatch to the Atchison Champion from Greenleaf, Kansas, a mob of about forty men took him from the jail and hanged him a few evenings before the report was published.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Atchison Champion dispatch from Greenleaf, Kansas, reports that a mob of about forty men took Fritz Meyer from the Belleville jail and hanged him.

Reported by: Atchison Champion dispatch from Greenleaf, Kansas (reporters).

Source

• The Somerset Press, May 9, 1878, page 1 The Somerset Press, May 9, 1878