Died in jail or a lockup
Richard Parker
On May 1, 1885, Richard Parker was being brought back to Great Bend, Kansas, by train from Kansas City while officers held him in custody. About half a mile from town, a mob stopped the train, took him from the officers, dragged him behind a horse, and hanged him from the awning of a billiard hall. According to a Great Bend dispatch printed in the Hand County Press, his body hung for about fifteen minutes before the coroner cut it down.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob stopped the train carrying him to Great Bend, Kansas, took him from the officers, and hanged him from a billiard hall awning.
Reported by: Hand County Press (Great Bend dispatch) (reporters).