Died in custody
Name not reported
Two people held in the custody of officers of the law were taken from those officers by a band of about 40 masked horsemen and hanged. The Springfield Weekly Republican reported the killings on August 8, 1868, placing them on a night in the week before publication. Their names and the place where they were held have not been recorded.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.