Mingo
Mingo, a Black man, was held in the county jail in Marshall, Missouri, in late April 1900. According to a news dispatch from Marshall, a mob demanded the keys, and the sheriff, who at first refused, was forced to hand them over. The mob entered the jail, took Mingo from his cell, beat him and hanged him from a tree in the courthouse yard. The article says the crowd was quiet and orderly and that few townspeople took part.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch from Marshall, Missouri says a mob demanded the keys to the county jail, and the sheriff, who first refused, handed them over before the mob took Mingo from his cell and hanged him from a tree in the courthouse yard.
Reported by: news dispatch from Marshall, Mo. (reporters).