Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In February 1887, the Holt County Sentinel reported that a mob took a person from the jail where they were being held and killed them. According to the paper, the guards knew the mob was coming, watched from an upper room, and offered no resistance. The paper said this person was one of three people the mob took from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Holt County Sentinel reports that a mob took three people from a jail and that guards watched from an upper room without resistance.
Reported by: The Holt County Sentinel (reporters).