Died in jail or a lockup
M Godley
According to a January 1903 report in the Monroe City Democrat, M Godley, a Black man, was held in the jail at Pittsburg, Kansas, when a crowd broke in and took him from it. The paper reported that he was hanged from a telegraph pole. The report says the rope broke and his throat was then cut.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Monroe City Democrat, reprinting an unattributed report, says a crowd took him from the Pittsburg, Kansas jail and hanged him from a telegraph pole.
Reported by: Monroe City Democrat (reprinting an unattributed report) (reporters).