Sag Bush
Sag Bush, a Black man, was held in the Decatur, Illinois jail. In the early morning of June 3, 1893, a mob broke through the outer door and the cell cage, took him from his cell and hanged him from a telegraph pole near the jail. The guards said they did not have the keys, and the jail had extra guards posted because of earlier threats, though according to the account no resistance was made. Two doctors pronounced him dead within minutes.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke through the outer door and cell cage of the Decatur jail, took Sag Bush from his cell and hanged him from a telegraph pole, and the guards said they did not have the keys.
Reported by: Decatur jail guards (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.