Died in jail or a lockup
Bell
Bell was one of two men held in the Nebraska City jail who were taken out and killed by a mob, according to a short item in the Orleans County Monitor published January 31, 1887. He had been in the custody of the Nebraska City jail, and the mob took him from there and killed him. The item is the only account of his death cited here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A short newspaper item reports that the man was taken from the jail at Nebraska City and lynched, but it does not say how the mob got in or how jail staff responded.
Reported by: news reports.