Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Hud Wingo

died August 1902 · Cordell, Oklahoma

Hud Wingo was held in the jail at Cordell, Oklahoma. In mid-August 1902, according to the Forrest City Times, a mob took them from the jail and hanged them from a tree. The mob that seized them from custody killed them, and the manner of death is recorded as homicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

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