Died in custody
Name not reported
One of six Black people held in the custody of the sheriff was killed by a mob about two miles west of Wellington on August 31, 1894. The sheriff was taking them to town in a wagon, handcuffed and chained, when about fifty armed, masked men stopped the posse and shot them. The sheriff said he did not know any of the men in the mob. Officials said every effort would be made to bring those responsible to justice.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: the sheriff's posse (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.