Died in jail or a lockup
Nat Oliphant
Nat Oliphant was held in the Topeka, Kansas, jail in 1889 when a crowd punched a hole through the building's wall and reached the cell block. The crowd took him from his cell and hanged him from a pole near the First National Bank building downtown. The account says his body was then cut down and displayed by a local undertaker.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.