Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the Medicine Lodge jail in Kansas was shot in his cell in May 1884, after a mob forced its way into the building. The Huntsville Gazette reported that he was one of four men held there, and it gave no name for him. The paper said he was shot in his cell, but it did not describe what the jailers or sheriff did to stop the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.