George Robson

George Robson, a Black man, was held in the Lawrence, Kansas jail in June 1882. Early on June 11, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from the railway bridge, along with two other men held there. The New-York Tribune reported that he pleaded for his life and fell to his knees three times on the way from the jail to the bridge, and that his neck was broken.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took George Robson from the Lawrence, Kansas jail and hanged him from the railway bridge, according to the account.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• New-York Tribune, June 12, 1882, page 1 New-York Tribune, June 12, 1882