Green Burton

Green Burton was one of three men held in the Russell County jail in Kansas when a mob took them from the jail and hanged them from a railroad bridge near Russell. A letter writer identifying as 'Citizen', printed in The Advocate, says none of the three had been proven guilty of the killing for which they were held, and that the mob broke the law and denied them a fair trial. The article says Burton wrote the names of the mob's two leaders on an envelope before he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A letter writer calling himself 'Citizen' says a mob took Burton and two others from the Russell County jail and hanged them from a railroad bridge.

Reported by: Letter writer 'Citizen' to The Advocate.

Source

• The Advocate, January 31, 1894, page 10 The Advocate, January 31, 1894