Tom Stevens
Tom Stevens was held in the custody of the sheriff of Johnson County at Warrensburg, Missouri, in 1867. According to a Philadelphia Inquirer report reprinted in the Juniata Sentinel in June 1867, a party of about 200 men took Stevens from the sheriff and the Vigilance Committee of Johnson County hanged him. A letter reprinted in the Lewistown Gazette, dated June 3, 1867, gives the same account and attributes the hanging to the Vigilance Committee.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Vigilance Committee of Johnson County is said to have hanged him after a party of about two hundred men took him from the sheriff.
Reported by: Vigilance Committee of Johnson County, as reported in a Philadelphia Inquirer report reprinted in the Juniata Sentinel.