Died in jail or a lockup
Wylie Loe
Wylie Loe, a Black man, was held in the Chetopa city hall lockup in Chetopa, Kansas, together with John Risbee. On June 27, 1888, a mob of several hundred people took the two men from the building and hanged them from a second-floor window. The sheriff had planned to move the men to the county jail at Oswego, but the crowd insisted they remain at the city hall until a preliminary hearing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of several hundred took Wylie Loe from the Chetopa city hall, where he was being held, and hanged him from a second-floor window.
Reported by: news reports.