Name not reported

A Black man held in the custody of officers at Steinmitz, Missouri, was taken from them by a mob and hanged to a tree, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch dispatch datelined Mexico, Mo., published in July 1899. The killing is reported without a date.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch dispatch from Mexico, Mo. (reporters).

Source

• Aberdeen Herald, July 27, 1899, page 3 Aberdeen Herald, July 27, 1899