Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1906 a mob broke into the jail in Springfield, Missouri, took three people held there, and hanged them in the public square. The bodies were then destroyed in a bonfire, according to the account. The names of the three people are not known from this account, and nothing is recorded here about how the jail staff responded to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob stormed the Springfield, Missouri jail in 1906, took three people held there and hanged them in the public square.
Reported by: news reports.