Scroggs

Scroggs surrendered to justice of the peace Waddell and was being held at Waddell's house in Kansas. According to a dispatch from Atchison printed by The New York Herald on August 21, 1877, early on August 20 a party of men went to the house, took him out into the hills and hanged him. The dispatch is the only source cited for these events.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The New York Herald, citing its Atchison dispatch, reports that a party of men took Scroggs from the house of justice of the peace Waddell, where he was confined, and hanged him.

Reported by: The New York Herald, citing its Atchison dispatch (reporters).

Source

• The New York Herald, August 21, 1877, page 6 The New York Herald, August 21, 1877