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Three Black soldiers held in the Hays City, Kansas jail were taken from it by a vigilance committee and hanged in January 1869, a night or two before the Daily Phoenix reported it on January 17. The Fairfield Herald's January 20 dispatch describes the same killing and says a third soldier held there was taken and hanged by the committee. The jail's officers are not named as having resisted the mob, given up keys, or handed the men over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A vigilance committee took soldiers held in the Hays City jail, Kansas, and hanged them, according to a brief 1869 dispatch.

Reported by: news reports.

Sources (2)

• The Daily Phoenix, January 17, 1869, page 7 The Daily Phoenix, January 17, 1869
• The Fairfield Herald, January 20, 1869, page 3 The Fairfield Herald, January 20, 1869