Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two men surnamed Barber were being held in a jail when a mob took them out and hanged them, according to The Iola Register, which reported the killing in its June 15, 1883 issue. The mob broke into the jail and carried out the hangings, and the paper's account names no officer who resisted or gave up keys. Their first names and the date of their deaths are not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched