Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A person held in the jail at Russell, Kansas, was taken from it by a mob and hanged, according to a January 1894 newspaper report. Nothing in the record names them or gives their sex, age, or the date of the killing. The one-line report describes the hanging only, and does not say how the mob got into the jail or how the jailer or sheriff responded.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telegram report says a mob took a third person held in the Russell, Kansas jail and strung them up.
Reported by: news reports.