Died in jail or a lockup
Mont Golightly
Mont Golightly, a Black man, was held at the Pillsburg jail in Kansas when, on December 25, 1902, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a telephone pole. A news dispatch datelined Pillsburg reports that a member of the mob cut his throat while he was choking. The dispatch is the only account cited, and it does not name any jail officer or describe how the mob got past the jail's staff.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch from Pillsburg, Kansas, reports that a mob took Mont Golightly from the Pillsburg jail, hanged him from a telephone pole, and cut his throat while he was choking.
Reported by: news dispatch datelined Pillsburg, Kan., Dec. 25 (reporters).