Died in jail or a lockup
Kinch King
Kinch King, a Black man, was held in the jail at Winton. On the morning of December 24, 1890, a party of about twenty masked men took him from his cell and hanged him, according to The Wichita Daily Eagle. The paper reports that the men forced the jailer to give up the keys to the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A party of about twenty masked men forced the jailer to give up the keys, took Kinch King from his cell at the Winton jail and hanged him, according to the 1890 newspaper account.
Reported by: 1890 newspaper account (reporters).