Died in jail or a lockup
L. C. Allen
L. C. Allen, a ranch owner from Canadian, Texas, was widely known in the section. He was being held in the Ada jail when, according to the Wichita Searchlight, a mob took him and three other men out on Monday, April 19, 1909, and hanged him. A coroner's jury found that he died of strangulation from ropes placed about his neck by people whose names the jury did not know. The county attorney said he would investigate but found no evidence, and that prosecutions were unlikely.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's jury found that ropes placed about his neck by a mob whose members were unknown to the jury strangled him.
Reported by: Coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).