Harrington

Dick Harrington was in the custody of officers in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 3, 1882, as they were taking him to the Central Station. The Huntsville Gazette reported that a mob overpowered the officers and hanged him from the Bluff Street Bridge. The paper said that after a pistol shot cut the rope, he fell to the track below, and that he protested that he was innocent. The report said no arrests were made.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob seized Harrington from officers in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 3, 1882, and hanged him from the Bluff Street Bridge, and the sources report that he protested his innocence.

Reported by: Kansas City police officers (the agency that held him); newspaper report.

Sources (5)

• Alexandria Gazette, April 4, 1882, page 2 Alexandria Gazette, April 4, 1882
• Daily Republican, April 5, 1882, page 1 Daily Republican, April 5, 1882
• Huntsville Gazette, April 8, 1882, page 1 Huntsville Gazette, April 8, 1882
• The Indianapolis Journal, November 10, 1887, page 3 The Indianapolis Journal, November 10, 1887
• Wichita Eagle, November 10, 1887, page 2 Wichita Eagle, November 10, 1887