Died in jail or a lockup

George Bush

died September 1889 · Boone County Jail, Boone County, Missouri

George Bush, a Black man, was held in the jail at Columbia, Missouri, in September 1889. According to The Appeal, a Chicago newspaper, a mob took him from that jail on a Saturday night and lynched him. He was in the jail's custody until the mob took him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Chicago Black newspaper item (reporters).

Source

The Appeal, September 14, 1889, page 1 The Appeal, September 14, 1889

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