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Richard Jennings

Nevada

Richard Jennings was held in a jail when a mob took him out and hanged him from the balcony over the front door. The Stark County Democrat reported his death in December 1881. The account gives no date for the killing and no other details of his life.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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