Died in jail or a lockup
John Kedmond
John Kedmond was one of three men held in a Missouri jail whom masked men took out and hanged from trees, according to a dispatch published in the Daily Kennebec Journal on March 10, 1882. The death is dated March 7, 1882. The dispatch describes the men as having been held in custody when the mob came for them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men took John Kedmond from the jail and hanged him from a tree, according to a Missouri newspaper dispatch.
Reported by: Missouri newspaper dispatch (reporters).