Oart Dudley
Oart Dudley was held in the Johnson County Jail in Olathe, Kansas. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, as reprinted in the Muskogee Cimeter, a mob arrived in motor cars, and when Sheriff Lon Carroll refused to hand him over, the mob overpowered the sheriff, battered down three jail doors, and took Dudley out. The mob hanged him from a telephone pole. An Oklahoma City Times editorial reported that the Johnson County sheriff was later taken off the payroll.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Cincinnati Enquirer, reprinted in the Muskogee Cimeter, reports that a mob overpowered Sheriff Lon Carroll, battered down three jail doors, took Oart Dudley from the Johnson County Jail and hanged him from a telephone pole.
Reported by: Cincinnati Enquirer (reprinted in the Muskogee Cimeter) (reporters).