Died in jail or a lockup
Andrew Grandstaff
Andrew Grandstaff was held in the jail at Viroqua, Wisconsin, when an angry crowd took him out and hanged him, according to a short item in the Fisherman & Farmer published in June 1888. The item gives no date for the killing. A newspaper account of that year reports the killing, and no court was involved in his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: newspaper item (historical news report) (reporters).