Died in custody
Name not reported
On August 31, 1894, six people held in the custody of the sheriff were taken from his wagon about two miles west of Wellington by a mob of about fifty armed, masked men. The sheriff was bringing them to town, handcuffed and chained, when the men stopped the posse and shot them. The sheriff said he did not know any of the mob members. The paper reported that officials promised every effort would be made to bring the men 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.