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Died in jail or a lockup

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died April 1909 · Oklahoma

In April 1909, four men held in an Oklahoma jail were taken from the jail by a mob and hanged, according to a Wausau Pilot report published April 27, 1909. The men were in the custody of the jail when the mob took them and killed them.

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

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