Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Fayette, Howard County, Missouri, was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged from a tree in July 1899, according to a St. Louis dispatch carried by the Macon Beacon. The dispatch says the officers did not think a guard was necessary, despite talk of a possible mob. His name is not legible in the surviving text of the page.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A St. Louis dispatch says a mob took him from officers at the Fayette jail and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: St. Louis dispatch (reporters).