Kephart

Kephart was held in the Fairfield jail in Jefferson County, Iowa. A July 1860 newspaper item, reprinted in the Buchanan County Guardian, says citizens from Batavia broke into the jail, took him out and hanged him. The account is unattributed, and the item does not say how jail officers responded.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Buchanan County Guardian, reprinting an unattributed item, reports that a mob hanged Kephart after taking him from the Fairfield jail.

Reported by: Buchanan County Guardian (reprinting an unattributed item) (reporters).

Source

• The Buchanan County Guardian, July 10, 1860, page 2 The Buchanan County Guardian, July 10, 1860