Died in custody
Robert M. Duff
Robert M. Duff was held under guard at a neighbor's house in Jackson County, West Virginia, in October 1887. After a group of regulators hanged a man named Coon, they took Duff toward the place of that hanging, and shots were fired at the mob. His body was found in the public road early the next morning with his throat cut and stab wounds. The accounts dispute whether he made a confession. Relatives took charge of his remains and buried them near his home.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Regulators took Duff from the neighbor's house toward the site where Coon had been hanged, and he was found dead in the public road with his throat cut and stab wounds.