Deaths in CustodyWork in progressIn progress
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Oklahoma

According to a San Francisco Call report published April 20, 1909, a mob stormed an Oklahoma jail and took four men who were being held there. The men were lynched after being seized from custody. The report describes them only as prisoners, and the jail's officers' response to the mob is not described in the headline.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report