Died in jail or a lockup
Thomas Larkin
Thomas Larkin was held in the Rhineland jail in Missouri. According to a special dispatch from Rhineland published in the Providence News, a mob gathered at the jail on the night of September 3, 1896, and the guards refused them admittance. The dispatch says the mob broke down the door, took Larkin out and hanged him from a tree nearby, leaving his body for the coroner.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch from Rhineland, Mo., says a masked mob broke down the jail door after guards refused them admittance, took Thomas Larkin out and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: special dispatch from Rhineland, Mo., published in the Providence News (reporters).