Died in jail or a lockup
Samuel Purplesbot
Samuel Purplesbot was held in the jail at Jetmore, Kansas. On Monday night, November 8, 1886, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him, according to the Daily Republican in a brief item published November 11. He had gone to Jetmore and given himself up to authorities after an earlier incident near Marine, Kansas. The newspaper item does not say whether the jailer or officers resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Samuel Purplesbot from the Jetmore, Kansas, jail and lynched him, according to a brief 1886 newspaper item that does not say whether the jailer or officers resisted.
Reported by: news reports.