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