Sharpe
Sharpe, a man, was held in the jail at Warrensburg, Kansas, in August 1872, according to a newspaper account of the time. The paper reports that about midnight a crowd of roughly three hundred men broke into the jail, battered down his cell door, and took him to a tree about a mile and a half from town, where they hanged him. The account says the sheriff tried to resist but was told the men respected him, and that Sharpe had to die. The paper also says his body was given to his family, and no other sources here describe who he was.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1872 Kansas newspaper account says a crowd of about three hundred men broke into the Warrensburg jail, took Sharpe to a tree and hanged him.
Reported by: 1872 Warrensburg, Kansas newspaper account (reporters).