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Reimbeimer

died June 11, 1881 · Atchison County, Missouri

Reimbeimer was held at the jail in Rockport, Missouri. According to a St. Joseph dispatch carried by the New-York Tribune, about twenty unidentified men took him from the jail on the morning of June 11, 1881, and hanged him from a tree.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A St. Joseph dispatch reports that about twenty unidentified men took Reimbeimer from the Rockport jail and hanged him from a tree.

Reported by: St. Joseph dispatch (reporters).

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