Robert Scruggs
Robert Scruggs was a young man from a farming family near Oak Mills in Atchison County, Kansas. According to the Leavenworth Weekly Times, citing the constable and local residents, he gave himself up to the constable and asked for protection while in the constable's custody. The paper reports that a group of local farmers took him from the constable, led him to an elm tree and hanged him in August 1877. His father, Simeon Scruggs, later had the body cut down.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Leavenworth Weekly Times reported, citing the constable and local residents, that a group of farmers took Scruggs from the constable and hanged him.
Reported by: Leavenworth Weekly Times (reporters); the constable; local residents.