Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man named Morris was held in the jail at Watonga, Oklahoma. According to a dispatch from Wichita, Kansas, reprinted in the Highland Recorder, a mob took him from the jail on Monday night, September 14, 1896. The dispatch says the mob overpowered the sheriff and hanged Morris from a tree.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch from Wichita, Kansas, reprinted in the Highland Recorder says a mob stormed the Watonga jail, overpowered the sheriff and hanged the man from a tree.
Reported by: A dispatch from Wichita, Kan., to the New York World, as reprinted in the Highland Recorder (reporters).