Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in a Missouri jail was taken from his cell by a mob on the morning of Sunday, July 11, 1897, and hanged from a tree, according to the Hot Springs Weekly Star, which printed the account on July 16, 1897. The scanned report garbles his name, so he is not identified here. The jail's response to the mob is not recorded in the surviving account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper account.