Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail in Franklin County, Missouri, was taken from it by citizens of the area and hanged, according to a report reprinted in the Republican Herald on May 5, 1847. The report gives no name for him. It attributes the account to no named source.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Republican Herald (reprinting a news item; no source named) (reporters).