Died in jail or a lockup
Helpler
Helpler was held in the Nevada county jail in Nevada, Missouri, in January 1892. A mob of about 250 men from Barton County arrived there by train and went to the jail, demanding that the sheriff hand over the man being held. The sheriff resisted, but the mob broke in the jail door, found Helpler hidden in an outhouse, and took him away. They hanged him at the courthouse in Lamar.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 250 men from Barton County broke into the Nevada, Mo. county jail and took Helpler from the outhouse where he had been hidden, after the sheriff resisted, then hanged him at the court house in Lamar.
Reported by: news reports.