Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A mob of about twenty men broke into the jail at Russell early on Sunday, January 14, 1894, and took three men from their cells. One of the three was a man whose name is not clearly recorded in the account, and he was being held at that jail when the mob came for him. The mob hanged the three men from a bridge and killed them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper account (OCR text) (reporters).