Died in custody
Name not reported
A man held in a sheriff's custody was taken by a mob of several thousand men and burned at the stake on the night of Friday, December 15, 1922, according to The Chicago Whip. The paper's account is partly garbled and does not give his name or the place where it happened. Whether the sheriff or jailer resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over is not stated.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The 1922 newspaper account says a mob of several thousand men took him from sheriff's custody and burned him at the stake.
Reported by: 1922 newspaper report (reporters).