James Ross

James Ross was eighteen years old. In Missouri, while a constable was taking him to jail, a band of armed men seized him from the officer, took him into the woods and hanged him. The St. Joseph Herald reported that a coroner's inquest jury found he died by violence at the hands of some party or parties unknown. The constable was the only witness at the inquest.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's inquest jury found he died by violence at the hands of unknown parties after a band of armed men took him from a constable on the way to jail, as the St. Joseph Herald reported.

Reported by: coroner's inquest jury (court); the constable who was taking him to jail; St. Joseph Herald (reporters).

Source

• The Portland Daily Press, July 30, 1874, page 2 The Portland Daily Press, July 30, 1874