Name not reported

In February 1887 the Holt County Sentinel reported that a mob broke into a jail and took one of three people who had been held there. The paper said the mob then killed the people it had taken. According to the paper, the jailers knew the mob was coming, watched from an upper room, and offered no resistance. This person is one of the three the paper described as taken from the jail.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Holt County Sentinel reports that a mob took the person from the jail; the guards reportedly knew the mob was coming, watched from an upper room and offered no resistance.

Reported by: The Holt County Sentinel (reporters).

Source

• The Holt County Sentinel, February 25, 1887, page 4 The Holt County Sentinel, February 25, 1887