Died in jail or a lockup
Gold English
Gold English was taken from the jail at Bakereville, Missouri, early on Monday, April 9, 1894, by a mob of about 100 masked men, according to a regional news roundup published days later. The men hanged them from a tree just outside the town. The roundup gives no account of who was held at the jail with them or of their life beyond the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Idaho County Free Press (1894) reports that a mob of about 100 masked men took Gold English from the jail at Bakereville, Missouri, and hanged him from a tree outside town.
Reported by: Idaho County Free Press news roundup (1894) (reporters).