Name not reported
A Black man held in the custody of officers at Salina, Kansas, was taken from them by a mob of citizens and killed several months before the death was reported in January 1894. His father sued the city for $10,000 in damages, and the lawsuit says the mob summarily executed his son. The case was tried the week before the report was published, and the father was awarded $2.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. His father sued the city for $10,000 over his death at the hands of a mob that took him from officers, and was awarded $2.
Reported by: his father's lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His father sued the city of Salina for $10,000 in damages, and a jury awarded the father $2 in the trial held the week before the January 1894 report.