Died in jail or a lockup
George Robinson
George Robinson, a Black man, was held in the Lawrence jail in Kansas. According to The Daily Dispatch, a mob took him from the jail, along with two other men, and hanged him from the railway bridge on June 10, 1882. The paper reported that he pleaded for his life and fell to his knees several times on the way from the jail to the bridge. The account says the sheriff resisted as far as he could but was forced to submit.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took George Robinson from the Lawrence jail and hanged him from the railway bridge, and the sheriff resisted as far as he could before submitting.
Reported by: news reports.