Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the town calaboose in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, was taken from the building in May 1884 by a crowd that attacked it, according to the Mohave County Miner. The paper reports that the crowd hanged him at the edge of town. The account says officers tried unsuccessfully to quiet the crowd. Medicine Lodge is where he was held and killed; his name is not given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.