Pierce

Pierce was held in the jail at Jacksonville, Neosho County, Kansas. According to newspaper dispatches from March 1874, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him on March 26. One dispatch says the hanging was from a tree limb until he died. The dispatches do not say whether the jailer or officers resisted the mob or handed him over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Pierce from the Neosho County jail at Jacksonville, Kansas, and hanged him; the accounts do not say whether jail officers resisted or handed him over.

Reported by: Los Angeles Daily Herald, citing a Chicago dispatch (reporters).

Sources (5)

• Gold Hill Daily News, March 27, 1874, page 3 Gold Hill Daily News, March 27, 1874
• Los Angeles Daily Herald, March 28, 1874, page 1 Los Angeles Daily Herald, March 28, 1874
• Pioche Daily Record, March 28, 1874, page 2 Pioche Daily Record, March 28, 1874
• Helena Weekly Herald, April 2, 1874, page 5 Helena Weekly Herald, April 2, 1874
• The Donaldsonville Chief, April 18, 1874, page 1 The Donaldsonville Chief, April 18, 1874