Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Sedalia, Missouri, was taken from custody by a crowd of citizens in July 1870, according to a St. Louis dispatch reprinted in the Chicago Tribune. The crowd hanged him. The account gives the date only as a Tuesday in that month, and it is the only report of his death found for this record.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: St. Louis dispatch reprinted in the Chicago Tribune (reporters).