Died in custody
Name not reported
One of six people held in the custody of the sheriff was killed on August 31, 1894, when about fifty armed, masked men stopped the sheriff's wagon about two miles west of Wellington. The sheriff was taking the prisoners 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. 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.