Died in jail or a lockup
William Hales
William Hales was held at the jail in Kenton, Ohio, when a mob of about fifty men took him from the jail in the early morning of April 10, 1891. According to a report in the Daily Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle, the men hanged him from a maple tree near the jail. The report describes the group as well organized and working in a systematic way.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper dispatch from Kenton, Ohio reports that a mob of about fifty men took Hales from the county jail and hanged him from a maple tree nearby.
Reported by: Kenton, Ohio newspaper dispatch (reporters).