Died in jail or a lockup
One of 3 people whose names were not reported
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 him from the town jail and hanged him from a limb, after the jailer was misled into opening the door.
Reported by: the newspaper report (OCR text) (reporters).