Died in jail or a lockup
Ben Wheeler
Ben Wheeler was one of four men held in a calaboose, a local lockup, when a crowd broke into the building in May 1884. According to the Iowa Plain Dealer, one of the four opened fire and was shot, and the other three were taken out and hanged at the edge of town. Ben was one of the men hanged by the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched