Died in jail or a lockup
Archie Telati
Archie Telati was taken from the sheriff's custody near Battle Creek, Michigan, by about twenty-five masked men, who hanged him from the limb of a tree, according to a November 1888 item in The Times. The item does not say where he was being held or on what day the killing took place. It also does not say whether the sheriff or other officers resisted the mob or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Times reports that about twenty-five masked men seized Archie Telati from sheriff's custody near Battle Creek and hanged him from a tree limb.
Reported by: The Times (reporters).