Died in jail or a lockup
Harry French
Harry French was one of three men held in a Missouri jail whom masked men took from the building and hanged from trees in March 1882, according to a dispatch in the Daily Kennebec Journal. The dispatch does not say whether jail staff resisted the mob or handed the men over. The paper's account of why the men were held is left out here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Missouri newspaper dispatch reports that masked men took Harry French from jail and hanged him from a tree; the dispatch does not say whether jail staff resisted.
Reported by: Missouri newspaper dispatch (reporters).