Died in custody
James Johnson
James Johnson was being taken to Fulton, Missouri, by a man from Guthrie and a deputy from Cedar City when a mob met them at Miller's Creek. According to a Fulton dispatch printed in the Omaha Daily Bee, the mob took him from the officers escorting him. The dispatch says they put a noose over his head, threw the rope over a tree limb and left him hanging.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Fulton, Missouri dispatch to The Bee says a mob took James Johnson from the officers escorting him and hanged him at Miller's creek.
Reported by: Fulton, Mo. dispatch to The Bee (reporters).