Died in custody
Tom Witherspoon
Tom Witherspoon, a Black man, was in the custody of officers at Belmont, Missouri, when a mob took him from them on Saturday, May 13, 1905. The mob hanged him in the public square. The Cody Enterprise reported the killing on May 18, 1905.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief newspaper account says a mob took him from officers at Belmont, Missouri, and hanged him in the public square.
Reported by: newspaper account (Belmont, Missouri) (reporters).