Montgomery Dudley

Montgomery Dudley, a Black man, was held in the jail in Pittsburg, Kansas. According to a 1903 Bridgeton Pioneer item, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. The item places his death in 1903 and names no one else involved.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A one-line 1903 newspaper item reports that a mob took Montgomery Dudley from the jail in Pittsburg, Kansas, and lynched him; the item gives no further details on how the mob reached him or how jail staff responded.

Reported by: 1903 newspaper page (news item) (reporters).

Source

• Bridgeton Pioneer, January 1, 1903, page 6 Bridgeton Pioneer, January 1, 1903