Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In March 1886, a man was held in the county jail at Anthony, Kansas, in the custody of the sheriff. According to the Union County Courier, about forty citizens of Anthony took him from the sheriff and shot him to death. The paper reported that his mother and the wife of one of the men in the group witnessed the killing. The Courier published its report in January 1887.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.