Died in jail or a lockup
Hugh Henry
Hugh Henry, a Black man, was held in a Kansas jail when a mob took him from custody on the morning of September 14, 1892, and lynched him. A Kansas dispatch printed by The Morning News on September 15, 1892, reported that the verdict attributed his death to persons unknown. The jail held him when the mob took him, and the mob killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Kansas news dispatch in The Morning News (reporters).