Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a report reprinted from the Cincinnati Commercial in the Daily Dispatch on August 10, 1857, a crowd took a second man out of the jail at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he was being held. The crowd hanged him from the tree nearest the prison. The newspaper's account of his name is garbled, so it is not recorded here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Cincinnati Commercial, as reprinted in the Daily Dispatch (reporters).