Samuel Frayer
Samuel Frayer was held in the jail at Marysville, Kansas. A dispatch reported in the Kansas City news said that about forty masked men came to the jail on the night of March 21, 1884, and that five of them entered the jailer's residence, held him at revolver point, and forced him to open the jail doors. The men took Frayer to a wagon bridge on the south side of town and hanged him, and the dispatch said they dispersed quietly afterward. The jailer did not hand over the keys willingly; according to the dispatch, he was forced at gunpoint.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about forty masked men forced the Marysville jailer at revolver point to open the jail, then took Samuel Frayer to a wagon bridge and hanged him.
Reported by: A dispatch from Marysville, Kansas, reported in the Kansas City news report (reporters).