Died in custody
Name not reported
An unidentified Black man was taken from officers by a crowd at Pittsburg, Kansas, and hanged, according to a dispatch published in The Manitowoc Pilot on April 22, 1920. The dispatch dates the killing to April 20, 1920. The death is listed as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.