Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Charleston was taken from his cell by a disguised mob of about 150 people and hanged on November 23, 1871, according to a single item in The Emporia News. The item does not give his name or age. It does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.