George Meeks
George Meeks, a half brother of Ed Meeks, was held in the jail at Fort Scott, Kansas. The Montgomery Enterprise reported on January 26, 1900 that a mob took him from the jail on the evening of January 20 and hanged him from a tree in the courthouse yard. According to the same report, he had been shot in the leg in the jail corridor before the mob seized him, and the sheriff and deputies protected another man from the crowd. A January 27, 1900 brief in the Pine Bluff Weekly Herald said a mob of 500 men took him from the jail and lynched him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The World reported that a mob took George Meeks from the Fort Scott, Kansas jail and hanged him from a tree in the courthouse yard, and the Pine Bluff Weekly Herald said a mob of 500 men lynched him.
Reported by: The World (reporters); Pine Bluff Weekly Herald (reporters).