Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died September 15, 1884 · Wellington jail, Sumner County, Kansas

A person held in the Wellington jail in Wellington, Kansas, was taken from the jail by a party of armed men on September 15, 1884, and lynched. The Aberdeen Examiner reported the killing three days later.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report