Died in jail or a lockup
John Gay
John Gay was one of three men a mob took from the jail in Russell, Kansas, on a Saturday night in January 1894, and the mob lynched him. The jail held him when the mob broke in and took him out to be killed. The Free Press reported the killing in a brief item published on January 18, 1894.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched