Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Leavenworth, Kansas, died on January 15, 1901, when a crowd of men broke into the jail and took him from custody. According to The Savannah Tribune, the crowd tied him to an iron cross, poured coal tar over him and set it alight, and he was kicked and struck before he died. The paper's account reports that the mob killed him after taking him from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: newspaper account of the Leavenworth lynching (reporters).