Died in custody
Name not reported
In December 1886, four Black men were reportedly taken from officers and lynched by a mob in the Indian Territory, according to a brief item in The Maryville Times dated December 22, 1886. The paper linked the mob's action to the killing of a farmer, George Taafe. The item names none of the four men. The death is recorded as a homicide by a mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.