Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Hyram Smith

Carthage jail, Jasper County, Missouri

Hyram Smith, the father of Joseph Fielding Smith, was being held in the Carthage jail in Carthage, Missouri, along with his brother. According to a November 1918 newspaper account, a mob stormed the jail and shot him to death.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report