Died in jail or a lockup
A. M. Johnson
According to a brief dispatch datelined Council Bluffs, Iowa, and published May 1, 1894, A. M. Johnson was taken from a jail by a mob and lynched in the early hours of that day. Johnson's age, family, and work are not given in the source. The death is recorded as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.