Died in jail or a lockup
James Thompson
James Thompson, a Black man, was held in the jail at Larned, Kansas, in September 1892. According to a San Antonio Daily Light report published September 14, 1892, a mob of about 200 men took him from the jail and hanged him. A later report in The Times, published September 17, 1892, said the mob hanged him from a telegraph pole at night. Neither account says whether jail officers resisted the mob or gave up the keys, and no information about his family or life has been found in these sources.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took James Thompson from the Larned, Kansas, jail and hanged him.
Reported by: news reports.