Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An unnamed man held at the jail in Kennett, Missouri, was taken from the jail by a mob and lynched on November 16, 1889, according to a brief telegraphic report in The Herald of November 26 that year. The report gives no name for him, and nothing about his life. The jail is where he was held when the mob took him from it and killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.