Robinson

Robinson was held in a jail when, according to a Fair Play newspaper report published in September 1876, a mob took him from custody, carried him across a state line and hanged him. The report says two men, Philip Welter and W. H. Lewis, were arrested in Atchison County, Missouri, as members of the mob. Welter and Lewis were described by the paper as farmers who had lived in their county for years.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Fair Play newspaper report says a mob took Robinson from a jail, carried him across a state line and hanged him.

Reported by: Fair Play newspaper report (reporters).

Source

• Fair Play, September 28, 1876, page 3 Fair Play, September 28, 1876