Died in jail or a lockup
George Robertson
George Robertson, a Black man, was held in the Douglas County Jail in Lawrence, Kansas, in June 1882. Early on June 10, 1882, a mob of more than 100 men took him and two other men from the jail and hanged him from the Kansas River bridge. The Lawrence Times reports that no one in the mob was ever charged. His body was buried in an unmarked grave until his name was found in a 2021 cemetery plot chart.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.