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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died April 1883 · Douglas County, Kansas

An unnamed man was held at the jail in Lawrence, Kansas, in April 1883, according to a short 1883 newspaper report. The paper says a mob took him from the jail and hanged him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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