Nelson

According to a dispatch from Richmond, Missouri, reprinted in The Red Cloud Chief in December 1897, Nelson was taken from the jail at Lexington and lynched by a mob. The report attributes the killing to the mob and places it at the jail where he was being held.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Richmond, Missouri dispatch reprinted in The Red Cloud Chief reports that Nelson was taken from the Lexington jail and lynched.

Reported by: Richmond, Mo. dispatch as reprinted in The Red Cloud Chief (reporters).

Source

• The Red Cloud Chief, December 3, 1897, page 2 The Red Cloud Chief, December 3, 1897