William Moore
William Moore, a Black man, was held in the jail at Charleston, Illinois, in June 1888. Reports published in the days after say masked men took him from the jail and lynched him, with a Chicago dispatch dated June 26 and a Cheyenne paper giving that date, while a Pennsylvania paper said the seizure happened on the evening of the 25th. The Diamond Drill reported that the mob hanged him from a water tank frame early on a Tuesday morning and returned his body to the jail. None of the accounts say how the mob got past the jail's officers or whether they resisted or handed over the keys, and one brief report placed the lynching at Mattoon rather than Charleston.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. According to the Chicago Journal, masked men took William Moore from the Charleston, Illinois, jail and lynched him.
Reported by: Chicago Journal (reporters); Brief 1888 press and telegraphic reports (reporters).
Sources (10)
- The Morning News, June 27, 1888, page 1
- The Cheyenne Daily Leader, June 27, 1888, page 1
- Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, June 29, 1888, page 2
- The Diamond Drill, June 30, 1888, page 2
- The Penn'S Grove Record, June 30, 1888, page 1
- Union County Courier, July 4, 1888, page 1
- The Iowa Plain Dealer, July 5, 1888, page 1
- Turner County Herald, July 5, 1888, page 2
- Griggs Courier, July 6, 1888, page 2
- Wessington Springs Herald, July 6, 1888, page 2