Died in jail or a lockup
George Boss
George Boss died on May 12, 1894, after a mob took him from a jail and lynched him, according to an Associated Press dispatch datelined Kansas City and printed in the Fort Worth Gazette. The dispatch does not name the jail or say how the mob got in, and it does not say whether jailers resisted or handed him over. The account gives no other details about his life or family. The death is recorded as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).