Died in jail or a lockup
Hepler
Hepler was being held in the jail in Nevada, Missouri, when a mob of about 200 men from Barton County took him from the jail late on January 22, 1892. According to The Grenada Sentinel, the sheriff tried to move him out of the jail, then retreated into an outhouse, where he was found, and the man was taken. The mob took him by train to Lamar, where the report says he was hanged from a tree in the courthouse yard, arriving about 1 a.m. on January 23.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.