Died in jail or a lockup
Tom Little
Tom Little was held at the jail in Warrensburg, Missouri, when, according to a brief telegraphic report in the Evening Star, about four hundred mounted men took him from the jail and hanged him about a quarter mile from town on June 5, 1867. The report says the mob hanged him but does not describe how the jail's keepers responded. Little is recorded as a lynching from custody, and the account of it is this one short telegram.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief unnamed telegraphic news report says a mob of about four hundred mounted men took him from the Warrensburg jail and hanged him.
Reported by: unnamed telegraphic news report.