Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

One of 3 people whose names were not reported

died December 2, 1886

This person was one of three people held in a town jail in December 1886. About fifty armed, masked men came to the jail early one morning, and the jailer opened the door after they misrepresented their purpose. The group took the three people about a mile north of town on the Independence road and hanged them from a limb.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about fifty armed, masked men took the person from the town jail after the jailer opened the door, and hanged them from a limb.

Reported by: news reports.

News report