Died in jail or a lockup
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Wyandotte, Kansas, was taken out by a mob in June 1867, according to a newspaper dispatch from the town. The mob tried to hang him, and when the rope broke, he was shot in the courtyard and died. The same dispatch later reported that it was now believed the two men held in the jail were innocent and that the mob's ringleaders were to blame.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: newspaper dispatch from Wyandotte, Kansas (reporters).