Died in jail or a lockup
One of 3 people whose names were not reported
An unnamed person held in the jail at Osceola, Missouri, died in May 1880 when a mob took them from the jail and hanged them. A brief item in The People and New Hampshire Patriot, published May 20, 1880, reports that three prisoners were taken from the jail on a Saturday and hanged. The item gives no names and does not say whether jail officers resisted the mob or handed the prisoners over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The news report says a mob took three prisoners from the Osceola, Missouri jail on a Saturday and hanged them.
Reported by: The People and New Hampshire Patriot (reporters).