Died in jail or a lockup
Roy Hamonds
Roy Hammond, a 19-year-old Black man, was held by the sheriff at Bowling Green, Missouri, according to the Norwich Bulletin. A mob of about 200 men and boys took him from the sheriff and about half a dozen deputies that night and hanged him. The Log Cabin Democrat reports that a circuit judge ordered a special grand jury to investigate the lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody